2014
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Sony Reportedly Fights Back Against Hackers With DDoS Attacks Of Their Own
As many have heard by now, hackers have been chipping away at Sony Pictures, leaking information in the process, such as the salaries of Sony execs, celebrity information,…
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AbleGamers’ weird weekend of porn stars, charity and a worries over a DDoS attack [correction]
AbleGamers believe they became the target of a DDoS attack over the weekend after the charity founders declined to accept funds from porn star Mercedes Carrera because of…
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1&1 goes titsup, blames lengthy outage on DDoS attack
UK hosting company 1&1 went titsup late on Tuesday night and struggled to recover this morning, after claiming it had been the victim of a Distributed-Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack.…
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66 year old British Rock Guitarist jailed for taking part in 2010 Anonymous DDoS campaign called Operation Payback
Geoffrey ‘Jake’ Commander, a 66-years-old British rock guitarist and part of the Electric Light Band Orchestra (ELO), has been given a a jail sentence for joining the popular…
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Carbon Poker Crash and Possible DDoS Attacks Highlight Need for Legalization
Recent happenings at what was considered one of the more reliable and trustworthy offshore online poker rooms, Carbon Poker, is simply furthering the case for regulated online poker…
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Hacker Group ‘Lizard Squad’ Hits Xbox Live and PlayStation Network with DDoS Attacks
A hacker group used distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against two giants in the gaming industry, causing widespread service outages among users. First, Lizard Squad, the self-professed…
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Fort Lauderdale Website Under DDoS Attack Again
The City of Fort Lauderdale announced Wednesday that it may have to disconnect its Internet service at different points due to another attempt at a denial of service…
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Summary of DDoS Attacks this Holiday Season
A number of high-profile distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have taken place over the past few days, and it is expected that more will occur as we draw…
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Fort Lauderdale websites DDoSed after Anonymous threats over feeding ban
Turns out the whole thing was pointless anyway Municipal websites in Fort Lauderdale, Florida suffered a distributed denial of service attack on Monday after Anonymous promised to disrupt…
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The Conversation hit by DDoS Attack
Academia-meets-journalism website the Conversation was hit by a denial of service hacker attack this morning, preventing it from posting new articles or sending its daily email for around…