Kansas Interactive Testing Engine
April 4, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, education ]
A DDoS attack takes down the Kansas Interactive Testing Engine (KITE, ksassessments.org), Kansas' new online student testing system.
Mad Mimi
April 1, 2014
•[ financial, ddos, technology ]
Email marketing service Mad Mimi is hit by a DDoS attack. Shortly after, they receive an email from someone who asked for 1.8 Bitcoins to stop launching attacks.
Albuquerque Police Department
March 31, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
The Albuquerque Police Department is the target of a DDoS attack carried on by the Infamous Anonymous collective.
Basecamp
March 24, 2014
•[ ransomware, ddos, technology ]
After refusing to pay a ransom, Basecamp is the victim of a DDoS attack.
Hootsuite
March 21, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Hootsuite is the victim of a DDoS Attack.
Quantum Booter
March 18, 2014
•[ leak, ddos, technology ]
In March 2014, the booter service Quantum Booter (also referred to as Quantum Stresser) suffered a breach which lead to the disclosure of their internal database. The leaked data included private discussions relating to malicious activity Quantum Booter users were performing against online adversaries, including the IP addresses of those using the service to mount DDoS attacks.
Namecheap
February 20, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
The Web-hosting service Namecheap is hit with one of the largest distributed-denial-of-service attacks affecting roughly 300 domain names hosted by Namecheap.
Wurm Online
February 18, 2014
•[ ddos, technology ]
After being knocked down by a DDoS attack, the operator of the online playing-game Wurm online offer a bounty of 10,000 euros ($13,000) to gather any information about the author of the attack.
UK Government Communications Headquarters
February 12, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Even the website of the Government Communications Headquarters (gchq.gov.uk) is disrupted by a DDoS attack.
Bitstamp
February 12, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
Bitcoin exchange service Bitstamp suspends withdrawals while dealing with a denial-of-service (DOS) attack.
Cloudflare
February 11, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
A distributed denial-of-service attack targeting Cloudflare reaches 400 gigabits per second,making it the largest DDoS attack ever recorded.
GitHub
January 27, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
GitHub is taken down by a DDoS Attack.
US Federal Court System
January 25, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Several websites of the US federal court system, including the ones of the United States Courts (uscourts.gov) and Public Access to Court Electronic Records (pacer.gov), are taken down by a DDOS attack.
Fullerton Police Department
January 19, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
Anonymous takes down the official website of Fullerton police department against the arrest of protesters and acquittal of police officers who had beaten the homeless Kelly Thomas to death in 2011.
Central Bank of Turkey
January 16, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, finance ]
The RedHack collective takes down the official website of the Central Bank of Turkey (tcmb.gov.tr) to protest poor monetary policy.
Namibian Government Portal
January 8, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, government ]
In the name of OpFunKill the Anonymous take down the Namibia main Government portal gov.na
What.cd
January 6, 2014
•[ hack, ddos, technology ]
Three of the largest private BitTorrent trackers are offline due to prolonged DDoS attacks. The targets are: What.cd, Broadcasthe.net, PassthePopcorn.me.
