Ddos Attack

• U.S. midterms see cyberattacks on state websites, but officials say no threat to vote

  The "D-DOS" attacks that hit multiple state websites on Tuesday render a website temporarily inaccessible by flooding it with inauthentic internet traffic.

  World

  Nov 8, 2022
  
• Ukrainian army, major banks hit by cyberattacks as Russian military threat looms

  At least 10 Ukrainian websites were unreachable due to the attacks, including the defense, foreign and culture ministries and Ukraine's two largest state banks.

  Politics

  Feb 15, 2022
  
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• Cancelled Ontario online high school literacy test to be handwritten after cyberattack

  Ontario high school students will be handwriting their secondary school literacy test next year after a province-wide online trial was cancelled due to a cyberattack earlier this fall.

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2016
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• Dyn DDoS attack: How hackers may have hijacked your PVR to cripple the internet

  The massive cyberattack that resulted in widespread outages for some of the world's most popular websites Friday was carried out using a network of hacked "Internet of Things" devices.

  Tech

  Oct 24, 2016
• Cancelled Ontario online school literacy test due to cyberattack: EQAO

  Ontario’s Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) has confirmed technical issues that forced the cancellation of a province-wide online trial of the literacy test last week was due to an “intentional, malicious” cyberattack.

  Education

  Oct 24, 2016
• Attacks on the internet keep getting bigger and nastier

  Could millions of connected cameras, thermostats and kids' toys bring the internet to its knees? It's beginning to look that way.

  Canada

  Oct 22, 2016
• DDoS attacks continue to cause outages to websites including Twitter, Spotify, Airbnb

  Anyone using sites such as Twitter, Spotify, Shopify and SoundCloud may experience outages Friday, thanks to a widespread outage of Domain Name Server (DNS) provider Dyn.

  Tech

  Oct 21, 2016
• Hacker releases Donald Trump’s personal information, but it’s been online for months

  On Thursday, a hacker claiming to be affiliated with Anonymous posted personal information and contact details allegedly belonging to Trump.

  Tech

  Mar 18, 2016
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• BBC says New Year’s DDoS attack knocked its website offline

  BBC’s main news website and other sites were knocked offline Thursday morning in what the publishing giant has called a web attack.

  Tech

  Dec 31, 2015
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• Who really hacked Sony Pictures? New reports cast doubt on North Korea connection

  As the investigation into last month’s unprecedented cyber-attack on Sony Pictures continues, several new reports have cast doubt on North Korea’s connection to the hacking scandal.

  Tech

  Dec 30, 2014