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Showing posts with label down. Show all posts

Tuesday, 11 September 2012

GoDaddy rejects claims they were hacked by Anonymous affiliate


Millions of GoDaddy websites went down on Monday, allegedly taken down by an Anonymous affiliate, AnonymousOwner3r. GoDaddy denies the hacking claims.
Digital Journal reported on Tuesday that an Anonymous hacker had claimed to take down millions of GoDaddy client websites. GoDaddy is Internet's largest domain registrar.
According to a statement by Scott Wagner, interim CEO of GoDaddy, the company denies accusations that a hacker was responsible for the takedown.... read more.

Friday, 17 August 2012

RT's website suffering a massive DDoS attack


Many people from all over the world are complaining on RT's Facebook page that they cannot access the RT News website. Turns out they are now suffering a massive DDoS attack.
This morning, it is impossible to access the RT News website at RT.com.
You either get a message saying the website is currently available, or it just hangs on and on trying to connect.
Initially RT tweeted that their website was experiencing technical problems, and that they didn't know the cause.... read more.