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Akamai routing error caused widespread outages

Akamai routing error caused widespread outages

Around 500 customers affected.
Juha Saarinen Jun 18 2021 8:59AM Networking
Major banks' online services, airline systems go down

Major banks' online services, airline systems go down

Akamai Prolexic issue believed to be the cause.
Ry Crozier Jun 17 2021 3:47PM Financial Services
'World's largest' DDoS sees infosec journo's site taken down

'World's largest' DDoS sees infosec journo's site taken down

Akamai's Prolexic puts packet flood at 620 Gbps.
Juha Saarinen Sep 23 2016 11:35AM Security
DDoS reflection attacks boom

DDoS reflection attacks boom

Surged 265 percent in a year.
Danielle Walker Oct 30 2013 9:00AM Security
Paydirt: Vulnerabilities found to foil popular DDoS toolkit

Paydirt: Vulnerabilities found to foil popular DDoS toolkit

Buggy code lets victims stop attacks.
Darren Pauli Aug 17 2012 5:22PM Security
Massive DDoS attack hits Chechen news agency

Massive DDoS attack hits Chechen news agency

45 million packets a second take out Swedish-hosted site.
Darren Pauli Aug 10 2012 10:00AM Security
DDoS app layer attacks fall

DDoS app layer attacks fall

Yet attacks generally on the rise.
Dan Raywood Jul 19 2012 12:12AM Security
Dominican Republic election office DDoSed

Dominican Republic election office DDoSed

Attackers switched to Layer 7.
SC Australia Staff May 30 2012 2:12AM Security
DDoS attacks, mapped

DDoS attacks, mapped

Attacks quadruple.
Darren Pauli Nov 21 2011 11:00AM Security
DDoS attacks, mapped

DDoS attacks, mapped

Attacks quadruple.
Darren Pauli Nov 18 2011 9:46AM Security
Topiary 'known' to police says network giant

Topiary 'known' to police says network giant

Police investigations "slow and protracted".
Darren Pauli Aug 1 2011 4:00PM Security

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