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Ajit Pai Kevin Holmes RE: Letter to Chairman Pai from Sens. Wyden and Schatz Tuesday, May 9, 2017 2:42:00 PM
Thanks, Kevin! From: Kevin Holmes Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2017 2:41 PM To: Timothy Strachan
; Nicholas Degani ; Zenji Nakazawa Cc: Matthew Berry ; Ajit Pai Subject: FW: Letter to Chairman Pai from Sens. Wyden and Schatz FYI. I was just sent the attached letter from Sens. Wyden and Schatz, which asks a series of questions related to the recent DDoS attack.
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Joe Sak Ajit Pai; Mignon Clyburn; Mike ORielly Net Neutrality and the DDos Attack Claim Monday, May 8, 2017 9:56:15 PM
Hello, The FCC is not under a DDos attack, there has been a legitimate call to arms being made by actual people thanks to your views on Net Neutrality. You and your agency opened a public forum in which you requested that people leave their thoughts and comment on the subject. People are commenting and leaving their thoughts and you claim this to be an attack. This is an illegitimate and underhanded move to block peoples speech. You and your agency are receiving the exact feedback you requested, and have now shut it down. This is not a DDos attack, this is people speaking up about problems we see with your policies. Net Neutrality and Title II should remain in place and are forces of good. I am extremely disappointed in your handling of negative criticism and in the way you treat people who are giving fair and valid commentary on a topic you asked them to comment on. Joseph Walter Sak
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Nathan Korth Ajit Pai; Mignon Clyburn; Mike ORielly In support of net neutrality Saturday, May 13, 2017 10:39:41 AM
Maybe you can't see it through your greed and corruption, but Net Neutrality is what the American public wants. It's not some kind of "onerous regulation on industry" - it's simply about protecting everyone's freedom to communicate in the modern world. Additionally, the recent failure of the FCC to receive public comments is completely unacceptable, and I will be contacting my representatives to make sure it is thoroughly investigated. When viewed alongside the flood of automated anti-NN comments, the shutdown of the comment system (along with the unsubstantiated claims of DDoS) looks a lot like censorship. Nathan Korth
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David Sibley Ajit Pai Net Neutrality Saturday, May 13, 2017 10:55:32 AM
Since the FCC has decided to stop taking comments on their website on net neutrality and claims that they were unable to receive comments due to DDOS attacks, I feel it's imperative to contact you directly. Net neutrality should be a legal requirement in the US and the world over. I believe it net neutrality is within the spirit of the founders of this nation. The idea that all people are created equal goes with the idea that are ability to communicate and our ideas are created equal. If this country starts to allow the rich or business or any group to have more or better ability to communicate on the internet due to your removal of that freedom, you personally will be responsible for letting down the founders of the country. You will be letting down the citizens currently living here. You will be letting down the world as they are watching us and how we handle this issue. We will not forget it. Furthermore, this is a bipartisan issue for anyone not paid by ISPs. Over 80% of citizens agree with net neutrality. Do not let money, greed and the president convince you that your job is the benefit the citizens and people of the country. David Sibley
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Dave Sibley Ajit Pai Internet neutrality Sunday, May 14, 2017 5:46:11 PM
It sickens me how much your opinion changed between 2014 and this year. It's obvious you have no interest currently with how the country and it's citizens feel regarding this issue. No one could logically arrive at your current position on net neutrality from where you were unless outside forces influenced you. You went from wanting "a series of hearings" on net neutrality to having no hearings this year. You recommended "the commission seek guidance from Congress instead of plowing ahead" to seeking no outside guidance. You went from requesting to "ask ten distinguished economists from across the country" to asking no one. I could keep quoting you from 2014 but I assume you remember your own words well enough. You are probably just actively choosing to ignore yourself. You've made it clear you are actively ignoring a growing population of people who support net neutrality. You're actively pretending the US hasn't told you directly that the FCC should support net neutrality by saying the FCC website was under DDoS attack when evidence points to the majority of the anti-net neutrality arguments are spam. http://jeffreyfossett.com/2017/05/13/fcc-filings.html Your ignorant position will damage the internet as we currently understand. It will limit competition. It will only benefit the currently in place wealthy elite instead of actually being an open internet.
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Tim Lawrence Ajit Pai Net Neutrality Thursday, May 18, 2017 5:03:42 PM
Good afternoon Mr. Pai, I'm Tim Lawrence, a registered voter in the state of Utah who is in support of keeping net neutrality, which you are ceaselessly trying to attack and repeal for your own gains. As one of the vast majority that wishes to keep net neutrality intact, I implore you to reconsider your decision to exploit your power and not listen to the people of this great nation. This is not Dancing with the Stars, you are correct. This is the United States of America, a country built on freedom and the voices of people within it. I do not know of a single person who supports doing away with Net Neutrality, aside from the politicians who are continuously returning to the fight against net neutrality, against freedom, and against the American people. We will not sit idly by while you take the fate of our internet into your own dictatorial hands. Please, during this 4 month 'comment period', actually read through some of the thousands of comments that I'm sure are already flooding your inboxes, voicemails, etc., and realize that we are NOT bots, we are NOT a DDOS attack. We are the American people, and we love the internet and we will fight for it every day, every hour, every waking moment to keep it from becoming even more of a corporate oligopoly controlling politics for selfish gains. We will not back down. Net neutrality will continue on. Not just for the American people, but for all the people of the world demanding the United States not make a fool of themselves again in their political choices. If you have actually read my messages, thank you for your time, Mr. Pai. Again, I implore you to reconsider the decisions made today. Otherwise it will be a long winter in Washington. Regards, Timothy Lawrence
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Paul - Technical Support Ajit Pai FCC Looks stupid Monday, May 22, 2017 9:10:57 AM
Dear Ajit, The FCC has now stooped to the point of the ridiculous. You won't release info on the DDOS attacks because of privacy concerns....oh please!! Are you kidding. You sound like Anthony Weiner, I didn't send those dick pics, my phone was hacked! Do you even realise how stupid you guys look. That wasn't a DDOS attack, it was hundreds of thousands of Americans voicing their opinion of the total douchebagger the FCC is upto. Keep title II in place, keep the NET neutral! Sincerely, Paul Klissas
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Timothy Strachan Kevin Holmes; Alethea Lewis Jill Pender RE: Letter to Chairman Pai from Sens. Wyden and Schatz Tuesday, May 09, 2017 4:34:00 PM
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Thanks, Tim From: Kevin Holmes Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2017 2:51 PM To: Alethea Lewis Cc: Timothy Strachan ; Jill Pender Subject: FW: Letter to Chairman Pai from Sens. Wyden and Schatz Alethea, (b) (5)
Thanks, Kevin From: Heiman, Anderson (Finance) [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2017 2:33 PM To: Kevin Holmes Cc: Jill Pender ; Carroll, Melika (Schatz) ; Klein, Micaela (Schatz) Subject: Letter to Chairman Pai from Sens. Wyden and Schatz Hi Kevin, Please find attached letter to Chairman Pai from Senators Wyden and Schatz, regarding the recent reported DDoS attacks. Best, Andy Direct: 202-224-0808 Anderson Heiman
Senior Advisor for Technology and Trade Senate Finance Committee Senator Ron Wyden 219 Dirksen Senate Building (202) 224-4515
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Mark Wigfield Timothy Strachan; Matthew Berry; David Bray FW: Wyden, Schatz Ask FCC For Details of Reported Cyberattack Tuesday, May 09, 2017 3:30:15 PM
FYI From: Harper Neidig [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2017 3:22 PM To: Mark Wigfield Subject: Fwd: Wyden, Schatz Ask FCC For Details of Reported Cyberattack
Any response? Thanks. ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Chu, Keith (Wyden) Date: Tue, May 9, 2017 at 3:19 PM Subject: Wyden, Schatz Ask FCC For Details of Reported Cyberattack To: "Chu, Keith (Wyden)" Cc: "Inacay, Michael (Schatz)"
For Immediate Release: May 9, 2017 Contact: Keith Chu (Wyden), 202.224.0537 Michael Incay (Schatz), 202.224.3123
Wyden, Schatz Ask FCC For Details of Reported Cyberattack Following a report of a DDoS attack on the FCC’s website, Senators Wyden and Schatz are asking Chairman Pai to answer questions on the ability of the FCC to mitigate such cyberattacks.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Brian Schatz, DHawaii, today asked Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman, Ajit Pai, to explain in more detail the nature of a reported cyberattack on May 8, including how it impacted the public’s ability to comment on a proposal to roll back net neutrality protections.
In their letter, the senators asked Chairman Pai if the FCC was prepared to defend against such distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, should they happen again. Distributed denial-of-service-attacks involve bad actors flooding a given website with more online traffic than it is prepared to handle in an effort to crash the site. The senators also asked Chairman Pai to make alternative ways available for the public to comment; for example a dedicated email account on the net neutrality proceeding as was done in 2014. “DDoS attacks against federal agencies are serious - and doubly so if the attack may have prevented Americans from being able to weigh in on your proposal to roll back net neutrality protections,” Wyden and Schatz wrote. “Any potentially hostile cyber activities that prevent Americans from being able to participate in a fair and transparent process must be treated as a serious issue.” Read the letter here. Specifically, Wyden and Schatz asked: 1.
Please provide details as to the nature of the DDoS attacks, including
when the attacks began, when they ended, the amount of malicious traffic your network received, and an estimate of the number of devices that were sending malicious traffic to the FCC. To the extent that the FCC already has evidence suggesting which actor(s) may have been responsible for the attacks, please provide that in your response. 2.
Has the FCC sought assistance from other federal agencies in
investigating and responding to these attacks? Which agencies have you sought assistance from? Have you received all of the help you have requested? 3.
Several federal agencies utilize commercial services to protect their
websites from DDoS attacks. Does the FCC use a commercial DDoS protection service? If not, why not? To the extent that the FCC utilizes commercial DDoS protection products, did these work as expected? If not, why not? 4.
How many concurrent visitors is the FCC’s website designed to be able
to handle? Has the FCC performed stress testing of its own website to ensure that it can cope as intended? Has the FCC identified which elements of its
website are performance bottlenecks that limit the number of maximum concurrent visitors? Has the FCC sought to mitigate these bottlenecks? If not, why not? 5.
Did the DDoS attacks prevent the public from being able to submit
comments through the FCC’s website? If so, do you have an estimate of how many individuals were unable to access the FCC website or submit comments during the attacks? Were any comments lost or otherwise affected? 6.
Will commenters who successfully submitted a comment—but did not
receive a response, as your press release indicates—receive a response once your staff have addressed the DDoS and related technical issues? 7.
Does the FCC have all of the resources and expertise it needs in order
to combat attacks like those that occurred on May 8? ###
-Harper Neidig Staff Writer The Hill Office: 202.628.8526 Cell: (b) (6)
