Network Solutions Recovers After DDoS Attack

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http://www.informationweek.com/security/attacks/network-solutions-recovers-after-ddos-at/240158685

By Mathew J. Schwartz
InformationWeek.com
July 22, 2013

Network Solutions said it's fully mitigated a distributed denial of 
service (DDoS) attack that compromised some services last week, and that 
attack volumes against the company had returned to normal.

"We experience DDoS attacks almost daily, but our automatic mitigation 
protocols usually handle the attacks without any impact to our customers," 
said John Herbkersman, a spokesman for Network Solutions' parent company, 
Web.com, via email. Network Solutions manages more than more than 6.6 
million domains, provides hosting services, registers domain names and 
also sells SSL certificates, among other services.

But Monday, some customers reported still experiencing domain name server 
(DNS) and website updating difficulties that dated to the start of the 
DDoS attacks. The company, however, disputed those claims. "Some customers 
may be experiencing issues, but they are not related to last week's DDoS 
attack," said Herbkersman.

The DDoS attacks began last week, with Network Solutions at first 
reporting that "some Network Solutions hosting customers are reporting 
latency issues," according to a "notice to customers who are experiencing 
hosting issues" posted to the company's website on Tuesday, July 16. "Our 
technology team is aware of the problem, and they're working to resolve it 
as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience," it said.

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