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Chinese government linked to largest DDoS attack in GitHub history

07

Apr

2015

On March 26, 2015, a very well-coordinated distributed denial of service (#ddos) #attack was waged on GitHub, the heir apparent to the now-closing Google Code. GitHub characterized this as the largest DDoS in its history. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EEF) and security researchers Netresec name the Chinese government as the culprits of the attack, which […]

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US to enact sanctions against foreign cyber attackers

06

Apr

2015

US president Barack Obama has signed on Wednesday a new executive order aimed at imposing “sanctions on individuals or entities that engage in malicious cyber-enabled activities that create a significant threat to the national security, foreign policy, or economic health or financial stability of the United States.” “The malicious cyber-enabled activity must have the purpose […]

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DDOS Attack Motivation: Hacktivism, Extortion, Competitors and Experiments

07

Nov

2013

Distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) solutions provider Prolexic has released an infographic that sums up the most important things about DDOS attacks and defense strategies. According to the company, DDOS attacks are usually motivated by extortion, hacktivism, hacker experiments, angry customers or employees, and retaliation by competitors. In the first phase, the attackers identify their targets (web, […]

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