2015
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Extratorrent down – Massive DDoS attack against popular torrent website
The worlds number 4 torrent website is down following a massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack by unknown hackers. The website seems to have been down for…
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Anonymous vows to take down jihadist websites to avenge ‘Charlie Hebdo’ victims #OpCharlieHebdo
Hacker group Anonymous has vowed to avenge those killed in the deadly attack on the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo by taking down jihadist internet sites…
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State of the Internet: Attack traffic, DDoS, IPv4 and IPv6
Akamai today released its latest State of the Internet report, which provides insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds and broadband adoption across fixed and mobile…
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German government sites faced DDoS attacks
A German official says Chancellor Angela Merkel’s website and several other German government sites have been blocked, and a pro-Russian organization has claimed responsibility. A pro-Russian organization calling…
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Scandinavian banks hit with DDoS attacks
The new year started poorly for Finnish bank OP Pohjola Group and its customers: the latter have been prevented from executing their online banking transactions by a DDoS…
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Finnish bank takes cricket bat to wave after wave of DDoS varmints
When they were up, they were up, and when they were down… Finnish bank OP is continuing to fight off a cascading series of distributed denial of service…
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Nordea bank’s online services hit by DDoS Attack
Nordea Bank Finland was quoted as saying on Friday that its online banking services were hit by a denial of services attack on the heels of Wednesday’s hacking…
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DDoS attack on 4Chan by Lizard Squad’s DDoS Rent-A-Tool Lizard Stresser
Lizard Squad’s rent-a-tool Lizard Stresser in action against 4Chan. The infamous band of hackers, Lizard Squad, which brought down the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live servers through Christmas…
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National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) investigate OP Pohjola DDoS attack
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is investigating a Denial of Service (DoS) attack on the OP Pohjola financial services group. The attack shut down online banking and…
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Lizard Squad Member Arrested in the UK
Police primarily interested in suspect PayPal activity but also searching for links to DDoS attacks. While the FBI has confirmed that it is investigating Lizard Squad following the…