ddos
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Ello Experienced Its First DDoS Attack
Ello, the upstart social network that’s grown in massive popularity of the past week, is currently down. Whether for maintenance or more nefarious purposes, it isn’t outwardly explicit. According to its current status page, the site is investigating the cause but is leaning toward a possible denial of service (DDoS) attack.
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Participating In Anonymous DDoS Attack For One Minute = $183,000 Fine
Eric Rosol is not a big-time hacker. However, the Wisconsin man did participate in the 2011 distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that Anonymous unleashed on Koch Industries — for one whole minute. And for that one minute of his life, a judge just decided, Rosol must pay a $US183,000 fine.
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This Map Shows Where DDoS Attacks Are Happening Right Now
Yesterday, Google announced Project Shield, a suite of free tools to help small websites stay online during DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks. To accompany it, Google has also made available a live map of DDoS attacks which shows when and where they’re happening.
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Botnet Warlord: Meet The Man Who Will Kill Your Computer
You can blow away any website in the world if you try hard. Throw enough traffic at a server on the internet — friendly or otherwise — and it will buckle. For most, these attacks are a headache, but here’s one man who makes a sport (and money) out of swarming his enemies online.