'Diablo IV' and other Blizzard games were down on Sunday due to a DDoS attackThe attack appears to have begun in the early hours of Sunday morning. By I. Bonifacic, 06.25.2023
Hackers forced more than a dozen US public airport websites offlineThe incident did not affect air traffic control or other critical operations.By K. Holt, 10.10.2022
DDoS attack on 'Overwatch 2' servers prevents fans from playing the game on launch dayPlayers report getting stuck in queue behind tens of thousands of other people also waiting to get in.By M. Moon, 10.05.2022
'Among Us' is back online following a DDoS attack this weekend“Now get back to your tasks.”By I. Bonifacic, 03.28.2022
A massive DDoS attack leaves ‘Among Us’ unplayable in North America and Europe“I wanted to nap this is so rude.”By I. Bonifacic, 03.27.2022
Grimes claims responsibility for 2012 hack of culture blog Hipster RunoffShe reportedly sent the site to oblivion.By J. Fingas, 03.24.2022
DOJ announces guilty plea for 2016 cyberattack that broke the internetThe individual was a teen when they carried out the attack.By I. Bonifacic, 12.10.2020
Chinese hackers impersonated McAfee to attack election campaign staffersGoogle also warned of a sharp spike in denial of service attacks.By J. Fingas, 10.17.2020
The switch to remote learning has made schools even bigger cyber targetsIn the US, hacking attempts have increased by 30 percent. By D. Cooper, 09.15.2020
T-Mobile offers an explanation for its twelve-hour outage on MondayAccording to T-Mobile, the problem didn't come from a DDoS attack.By R. Lawler, 06.17.2020
Extortionists threaten sites with bad traffic to make Google ban adsThey're demanding $5,000 in bitcoin to make the problem go away.By S. Dent, 02.18.2020
Cloudflare is providing free anti-DDoS services to US political campaignsCandidates can get the service for free as long as they meet modest fundraising requirements. By I. Bonifacic, 01.15.2020
New DoS attack exploits algorithms to knock sites offlineThe attack sends junk data to algorithms for processing.By G. Torbet, 08.09.2019
The internet is racing to cut ties with 8chan after another deadly shootingCloudflare, Voxility and Tucows have all pulled support.By C. Fisher, 08.05.2019
Cloudflare cuts off extremist site 8chan after multiple shootingsThe message board has been a haven for white nationalists.By S. Dent, 08.05.2019
Google's Jigsaw is giving European politicians free DDoS protectionProject Shield will be available ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections.By A. Dellinger, 01.29.2019
FBI shuts down 15 DDoS-for-hire sitesLaw enforcement also charged three operators.By J. Fingas, 12.20.2018
Mirai botnet hackers will serve their time working for the FBIThey were assisting the FBI even before they were charged.By M. Locklear, 09.20.2018
Lawmakers ask Ajit Pai about false DDoS claimsThey want to know when the FCC became aware a DDoS attack was unlikely.By M. Locklear, 08.14.2018
FCC admits its comment system never suffered DDoS attackThe Chairman is trying to spin it as an exoneration.By J. Fingas, 08.06.2018