UPDATE: The article says that the 1.35 terabit attack is the largest on record. Well it was. For FOUR days. Using the same technique another U.S. based but unnamed service provider was hit with a 1.7 terabit per second attack a few days after the Github attack. Denial of Service attacks (called DoS or DDoS) […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]What happens if you are a restaurant and your cash register system gets hit by a virus? Short Answer: You close the doors and turn off the lights. That is exactly what happened hundreds of Tim Hortons restaurants in Canada. Apparently Tim Hortons is something like a Dunkin Donuts serving coffee, donuts and some light […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]NBC is reporting that the Intelligence Community developed substantial evidence that Russian financed attackers compromised the voter registration systems or web sites of seven states to different degrees. Up until this time DHS has been completely mum about this, saying absolutely nothing. But now NBC is reporting that the seven states are Alaska, Arizona, California, […]
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