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Ferghana.ru attacked by hackers
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:02:31 -0500 (CDT)
http://eng.24.kg/community/2008/06/23/5663.html By Jyldyzbek IBRALEV Bishkek - News Agency "24.kg" 23/06-2008 Ferghana.ru information agency.s web-site was under massive DoS attack on 20 of June at 4 p.m. (Moscow time), the news agency reported. A denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. The attack lasted for over 12 hours. "As a result our web-server was inaccessible for 5 hours. At present time provider company.s specialists activated the functioning of our web-site, however many of our visitors are still experiencing problems with the access to our internet resource," the news agency reported. The identity of hackers is still unknown to the Ferghana.ru. The information agency will personally probe into the incident. _______________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA, August 2-7 in Las Vegas, the world's premier technical event for ICT security experts. Featuring 40 hands-on training courses and 80 Briefings presentations with lots of new content and new tools. Network with 4,000 delegates from 50 nations. Visit product displays by 30 top sponsors in a relaxed setting. http://www.blackhat.com
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