DDoS
Russia Today Suggests Anonymous Took Down Its Site
The TV channel said it was the victim of a “massive” cyberattack from devices “mostly based in the U.S.”
Russian Government Websites Are Currently Down
The reasons for the outage are unclear at this point, but there have been similar disruptions attributed to the Russian government in recent weeks.
Ukraine’s Military, Banks Suffering DDoS Attacks
There is currently no indication who's behind the attacks, but they throw further chaos into an already volatile situation.
Notorious Website Kiwi Farms Loses Its Domain Registrar
DreamHost has allegedly asked the website best known for trolls and targeted harassment to find a new home.
'Titanfall' Players Are Worried About a Game They Love But Can't Control
"I really just want to be able to play the only game I’ve actually gotten good at."
T-Mobile Outage Causes Unfounded Panic About a DDoS Attack That Didn’t Happen
An account allegedly affiliated with the Anonymous hacking collective helped spread panic and misinformation after T-Mobile suffered an outage.
Cloudflare Is Protecting a Site Linked to a Neo-Nazi Terror Group
The Silicon Valley giant is protecting a site linked to a known neo-Nazi terror group from virtual attacks aimed at knocking it offline.
Hackers Are Selling Botnets and Stolen ‘Fortnite’ Accounts Over Instagram
As hacking and gaming communities continue to intersect, some hackers are selling access to botnets and likely stolen Fortnite, Spotify, and other online accounts on Instagram.
Ajit Pai Says He Had Doubts About Fake DDoS Attack, But Didn’t Say Anything
The chairman stumbled through questions about the nonexistent attack on the net neutrality comment system during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing.
Lawmakers Want to Know Why Ajit Pai Made Up DDOS Attack, Lied to Congress
FCC boss Ajit Pai finds himself in hot water over the attack that wasn’t.
UK Cops Tried ‘DDoS-Style’ Tactics on Drug Dealers’ Phones
The technique likely wasn’t a literal DDoS, and instead telcos cutting off certain phones. But the end result was the same—drug dealers can’t communicate.
The Hacker Training Ground in Suburban Essex
This month, a 24-year-old was jailed after setting up a website where hackers could dummy run their software before launching it for attacks.