Denial of Service Attacks Target No on Prop 8 Website
And not just the No on Prop 8 site. From the campaign:
SACRAMENTO – 10/30/08 – Today the NO on Prop 8 campaign’s Web site (http://www.noonprop8.com/) was the victim of what appears to be a coordinated attack designed to bring the system down. According to http://www.calitics.com/, the denial-of-service attack (DoS) on the NO on Prop 8 website occurred before 11:30pm, Wednesday, October 29th and coincides with a similar attack on Florida’s NO on 2 campaign, the Constitutional Amendment Against Marriage Equality.
According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in a denial-of-service (DoS) attack, an attacker attempts to prevent legitimate users from accessing information or services. By targeting a computer and its network connection, or the computers and network of the sites, an attacker may be able to prevent someone from accessing email, web sites, online accounts (banking, etc.), or other services that rely on the affected computer. The most common and obvious type of DoS attack occurs when an attacker “floods” a network with information.
The NO on Prop 8 campaign will provide additional details as they become available.
The attack is not just limited to the No on Prop 8 website. Florida’s SayNo2.com site has also been under attack since yesterday. It’s not known if the attackers are the same ones, but it certainly seems to be coordinated, given the timing and focus of the attacks.
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