DDoS Attack Knocks Out DoubleClick Ads

KingFishKingFish
edited July 2004 in Science & Tech
DoubleClick Inc. suffered a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack Tuesday that knocked out its popular online ad-serving service and its own corporate Web site for several hours, the company has confirmed.
The DDoS attack targeted DoubleClick's DNS (domain name system) and interrupted its ability to serve online ads to its 900 customers from about 10:30 a.m. EDT to 2 p.m. EDT, spokeswoman Jennifer Blum said. The DDoS attack also dinged performance on major Web sites that use DoubleClick-hosted ads. Web monitoring vendor Keynote Systems Inc. reported that availability dipped as low as 76.4 percent for the 40 major sites it tracks. "Beginning this morning, our DNS infrastructure [has] been under a denial-of-service attack from outside sources," New York-based DoubleClick said in statement. "The attack caused severe service disruption for many of our ad-serving customers. The situation has been resolved."
Source: eWeek

Comments

  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited July 2004
    woooooo! rock on :D
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited July 2004
    lol
    I have mixed feelings on this one.
    DDoS-bad
    DDoS on spyware/adware companies-good

    KF
  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited July 2004
    KingFish wrote:
    lol
    I have mixed feelings on this one.
    DDoS-bad
    DDoS on spyware/adware companies-good

    KF

    I would have to agree with you. :D:rarr::thumbsup::rant::mean:
  • qparadoxqparadox Vancouver, BC
    edited July 2004
    Awwww poor them. :P
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