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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Anti-spam services DDoSed - June 2007

DATE:
2007-06

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
n/a

AFFECTED SITES:
spamhaus.org, surbl.org, and uribl.com

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
uribl temporarily unavailable

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
Sustained attack over 4 days.

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Attack on anti-spam services. URIBL, once taken offline, migrated to Prolexic.

URLS:
1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/11/anti-spam_ddos/

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