What.cd, Broadcasthe.net, and PassthePopcorn.me – three of the world’s largest private BitTorrent trackers – are under prolonged DDoS attacks following which all of them have been down since days. Despite being invite…
Tag: DDoS
Steam & Origin servers hit by separate DDoS attacks
The same individual / group which claimed the responsibility of taking down Dota 2, LoL, Quake Live, Club Penguin, Battle.net servers a couple of days back have taken down EA’s Origin servers…
Hackers DDoS Dota 2, LoL, other game servers
A group calling itself DERP has reportedly DDoS’ed several game servers including those of Dota 2, LoL, Quake Live, Club Penguin, Battle.net, and EA.com in a bid to stop a specific player,…
Anonymous hackers plead guilty in PayPal DDoS attack
A group of hackers linked with the notorious Anonymous hacking collective have pleaded guilty in the 2010 PayPal Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. Out of the thirteen hackers, ten pleaded guilty…
Battlefield 4 servers under DDoS attack
Battlefield 4 has had a fair share of launch hiccups and it seems that issues are going to stay for a while as its servers are under heavy DDoS attack. DICE has…
Google unveils uProxy, Project Shield & Digital Attack Map
As part of the service package specially designed to pillar internet access in the most disturbed and restricted areas; protect websites from massive DDoS attacks; and general internet users visualize and keep…
Indonesia tops cyber-attack charts, China comes in second
According to latest reports its not China that leads the pack of countries from which most of the cyber-attacks emanate, but Indonesia accounting for nearly 40 percent of all attacks in cyber…
Alleged 16-year old Spamhaus attacker arrested in UK 5 months back
Britain’s National Cyber Crime Unit (BNCCU) reportedly arrested a teenager back in April on suspicion that he was involved in the attack on Spamhaus which slowed down the internet in March. The…