Hacker Billboard Pastebin Struggles With DDOS Attacks

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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/250580/hacker_billboard_pastebin_struggles_with_ddos_attacks.html

By Jeremy Kirk
IDG-News-Service
Sydney-Bureau
Feb 23, 2012

Pastebin, a website favored by hackers to publicly post sensitive stolen 
data, has been battling an ongoing distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) 
attack aimed at disabling the site, according to its administrators.

The latest attack started on Wednesday, according to a Pastebin post on 
its website. Pastebin said it blocked 4,000 malicious IP addresses 
initially. But the attack grew. Pastebin said in Twitter messages that 
the number of attacking computers increased to 9,000, then to 12,000, 
then to 17,000 and up to 20,000.

"This number is growing by the minute," Pastebin wrote. By Thursday, 
Pastebin said some 22,000 computers were attacking it.

"These IP's are most likely from innocent people who have no clue that 
their computer is being used for this purpose," Pastebin said. "It is 
highly recommended that you always have up-to-date antivirus software 
installed and a good firewall active."

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