24 Hours of Failed Surveillance on a Disabled Advocacy Site
They came cloaked in cloud infrastructure. Masked behind spoofed user-agents. Hopping between Oracle Cloud IPs in Brazil, the US, and who-knows-where — trying to get eyes on a single blog post.
They weren’t curious readers. They were persistent snoopers — and for 24+ hours, they failed. Every single time.
🎯 The Target
The post they were obsessed with: Sacre Bleu! L’Ordinateur Dit Non (The Computer Says No).
A satirical, rights-based piece calling out institutional fragility, performative safeguarding, and the systemic barriers faced by disabled service users. Apparently, it struck a nerve – or an entire server rack. It was also only visible on our site for less than an hour yesterday morning whilst we did some tests… the plot thickens – as they say!
🕵️ The Behaviour
- Provider: Oracle Cloud (ASN 31898)
- Regions: Brazil, United States, and rotating VPS locations
- Timeframe: 24+ hours of constant probing
- Methods: Spoofed user-agents (Mac, Linux, legacy Chrome builds)
- Result: Blocked cold by Cloudflare and Mr Snowie
No JavaScript. No cookies. No page load success. Just failed access logs and rising suspicion.
📈 The Theory
Was it a government actor? A compliance team? A contractor for a “rehabilitation” charity desperate to know what I’m publishing next?
I don’t know for sure. But I know this:
If you’ve thrown cloud infrastructure at a disabled blogger’s firewall for 24 hours and still failed – it might be time to offer me a job suited to my skills, not run reconnaissance.
With that being said, I do appreciate the CV building exercise you’ve blessed me with – thank you.
🔒 The Outcome
Zero successful access attempts.
They never saw the post. But I saw them.
If you’re reading this post because you’re part of the surveillance campaign – next time, just ask. Or maybe don’t. Either way, I’m watching back – however, I’d like to think you’re already well aware of that by now.
Published by Kieron JH • August 6, 2025
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