WikiLeaks was hit today with another denial-of-service attack as controversy about the massive document leak continued. – WikiLeaks was hit by another blow from a denial-of-service attack today.
Though the attack initially focused on cablegate.wikileaks.org the site
WikiLeaks is using to host its cache of diplomatic cables the attackers
eventually moved on to wikileaks.org. Earlier today, WikiLeaks posted a
messa…
Twitter experiences another distributed-denial-of-service attack, knocking out the microblogging service for a time. The attack follows a security incident Aug. 6 when Twitter was one of several Websites affected by a DDoS attack targeting a pro-Georgian blogger.
– Twitter’s servers were hit Aug. 11 with another
distributed denial-of-service attack, sending the microblogging service
crashing down.
Around 3 p.m. EDT,
Twitter posted an updated to its status blog stating that it was experiencing a
site outage and was examining the nature of the attack. Lat…
The fallout from the DDOS attack that hit Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other Web 2.0 sites continued even after the attack had officially ended. Hacktivism or not, Web admins need to take precautions to protect against DDOS attacks.
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The fallout from the distributed denial-of-service attack that hit several Web 2.0 sites Aug. 6 has taken a couple of twists and turns.
Besides knocking out Twitter for a time on the 6th, the attack triggered a response from the company that a day later disrupted service for some users. Accord…
Micro-blogging service Twitter has been taken offline in what the company believes is a co-ordinated attack.
The popular site has been subject to a so-called denial-of-service attack, according to the company’s status blog.
Denial-of-service attacks take various forms but often involve a company’s servers being flooded with data in an effort to disable them.
It is not yet clear when the outage began or whether the service has suffered a global blackout.
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Twitter co-founder Biz Stone confirmed in his blog that the social media site had been hit by a denial-of-service attack that knocked it offline for nearly two hours during the morning of Aug. 6. There were also online reports that Facebook was hit by a denial of service attack. However, Facebook officials would only say the company was investigating the reports and would update users as soon as possible. Both sites appeared to be operating normally by around noon EDT.
– Twitter is in the midst of defending itself against an ongoing
denial-of-service attack, the micro-blogging service reported this
morning.
Few details have been released so far about the attack. The company, however, confirmed the attack
today in a blog post, and noted that even though the …
AT T says it has lifted a block it put on part of the notorious 4chan.org bulletin board. AT T says the block was a security move in response to a denial-of-service attack against one of its customers, but the incident has touched a nerve among those concerned about net neutrality and censorship.
– AT amp;T blocked portions of the 4chan.org bulletin board July 25 and 26 in
response to denial-of-service attacks against an AT amp;T customer,
touching off a debate on censorship and network neutrality.
In response to criticism, AT amp;T stressed that it moved against 4chan.org
because of the…
