DDoS Attack Targets CafePress.com

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via Netcraft.

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CafePress.com, which provides online stores for thousands of blogs and web
sites, has been hit with a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS)
which has disrupted service for many of its merchants during the critical
final shopping days before Christmas. The attack began Tuesday evening and
was continuing to cause "significant service interruptions" late Thursday.
The cafepress.com main site and a sampling of online stores were accessible
early Friday.

"Some customers have access that appears normal, some have intermittent
access, and some have no access at all," Cafe Press reported Thursday on
its customer forum. "Those of you who are able to access CafePress may be
experiencing difficulties with certain functions, such as uploading images.
This is normal based on the type of attack we’re experiencing."

The attack on CafePress follows a DDoS attack on web host Crystaltech on
Cyber Monday, which has been heavily promoted by online retailers as the
kickoff of the online shopping season. DDoS attacks are often timed to peak
traffic periods when uptime is critical.

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More:
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2006/12/22/ddos_attack_targets_cafepressc
om.html

- - ferg

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