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WordPress Attacked
WordPress.com, a blog publishing platform, was recently a target of a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS). Founder Matt Mullenweg disclosed to TechCrunch that the attacks started Thursday, and lasted until Friday. Normal operations in WordPress came back just this Sunday.
Basically, a DDoS attack is an attempt to disable a computer resource from functioning for its intended users. It is usually done by overwhelming a website with so much data, which results to slowing the website, or making it totally unavailable. These attacks were deemed by WordPress as the largest in its six years of existence.
Furthermore, WordPress identified that 98% of the attacks from Thursday to Friday originated from China, and that it was politically motivated. The Chinese responded that “The allegation that China supports hacking is groundless.”
3/3/11
Morgan Stanley, Victim of “Operation Aurora”
Recent developments revealed that Morgan Stanley, a global financial services firm, was hit by the infamous “Aurora” hackers of 2009. The details of said hack were disclosed through leaked HBGary emails.
Operation Aurora gained notoriety when Google publicly announced last January 2010 that it had been a victim of cyber attack, and disclosed that the attacks originated in China. Other researchers inferred from the sophistication of the attack that the Chinese government may have sanctioned, or even masterminded the operation.
Morgan Stanley and Google are not the only ones breached by these hackers. At least 20 more companies have been identified as targets of Operation Aurora. In regards to these findings, the US government is requesting China for a formal explanation.
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