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Gawker Media Suffers Denial-of-Service Attack

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 4, 2009 - 12:33pm.
New York - Blog network Gawker Media experienced a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) hacker attack over the weekend, CNET News.com reported. The attack was apparently launched against Consumerist, a site that Gawker sold to Consumer Reports but is still hosted on the same servers. The motive for the attack remains unclear.

 

Related Links:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10302636-36.html

http://www.gawker.com

Published in DMW Daily, August 4, 2009
tags: Blogs | Hackers | Publishing | Gawker Media |



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