DDOS Attacks Profit Off Businesses. Hackers have used distributed Denial of Service Attacks (DDOS) since the earliest days of the web. Get enough internet-connected devices to ping a server simultaneously, and you can knock the server offline. Keep pining the server, and you can keep it offline, pretty much indefinitely, which usually brings … [Read more...] about DDOS Attacks Profit Off Businesses
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Major T-Mobile Outage Was Not A DDOS Attack
Rumors were recently swirling around cellphone carrier T-Mobile. Fears were running rampant that a massive DDOS attack may be underway on the heels of a major outage. The rumors spread like wildfire through the internet. At one point, even a US Senator got involved, retweeting a rumor that the attack was supposedly based out of China. The … [Read more...] about Major T-Mobile Outage Was Not A DDOS Attack