DATE:
2004-01
AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
USA
AFFECTED SITES:
sco.com
EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Multiple outages. Company eventually removes the URL from DNS temporarily.
SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a
ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
n/a
TYPE OF ATTACK:
DDoS
ATTACK SPECIFICS:
n/a
EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Computers infected by a strain of the MyDoom virus were instructed to DDoS the SCO Group, presumably because of the Group's actions and statements against Linux. They subsequently offered a $250,000 reward for the worm's creator--who was never found.
URLS:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mydoom
2. http://ir.sco.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=127545
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