Widespread DoS Attacks Paralyse Finnish Public Broadcaster's Website
The website of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) was hit on Monday and Tuesday by at least three denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, which effectively paralysed the site's service for short periods.More here.
First indications, according to F-Secure expert Mikko Hyppönen, were that the attempts were launched by a Romanian or East European group, who had made earlier threats of such attacks.
Speaking on TV on Wednesday morning, Hyppönen did not rule out the possibility that there might be Finnish members in the attacking group.
In the course of Tuesday it was possible to access the YLE site only intermittently, owing to the massive loading from a hostile attack.
(Props, F-Secure.)
posted by Fergie @ 5/18/2007 01:42:00 PM
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