Radio Free Europe Distributed Denial of Service Attack
Just got a hold of this blog posting from Arbor Networks security expert, Dr. Jose Nazario…It seems that the latest target of the “DDoS as a political statement” movement may be Radio Free Europe/Radio Libery. News about the attacks has surfaced online, including this source: RFE/RL Websites Hit By Mass Cyberattack, via the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website
The attack, which started on April 26, initially targeted the website of RFE/RL’s Belarus Service, but quickly spread to other sites. Within hours, eight RFE/RL websites (Belarus, Kosovo, Azerbaijan, Tatar-Bashkir, Radio Farda, South Slavic, Russian, and Tajik) were knocked out or otherwise affected.