Redirecting DDoS traffic to a government site is poetry.
They hit it too, for maybe half a minute. It was just about to turn into a lot more than poetry, but someone somehow had the idea of checking (probably looking to see if it domain answers - and it did). To quote,
Mar 07 00:35:37 is that going to redirect the ddos to wh?
Mar 07 00:35:41 no right?
Mar 07 00:35:52 i imagine yes.
Mar 07 00:36:01 mpex.co ->
http://www.whitehouse.gov LMAO
Mar 07 00:36:22 i figure i got a 1% shot of making us national news.
Mar 07 00:36:26 heh
Mar 07 00:36:36 its a very clever idea
Mar 07 00:36:43 lol, that actually worked.
Mar 07 00:37:03 WE GET SIGNAL
practice is going to be standard operating procedure from now on.