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Business Wire Suffered Week-Long Hack
Security & Fraud // February 07, 2018

Business Wire has revealed it was the victim of an almost week-long cyberattack. According to Reuters, the corporate news release distributor, which is owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, said it has been dealing with a “directed and persistent” denial of service (DDoS) meant to...

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Internet Companies Successfully Defend Against Largest-Ever Denial-of-Service Attack

October 11, 2023
Internet companies Google, Amazon and Cloudflare have successfully defended against the largest-known denial-of-service attack on the internet, raising concerns about a new technique that could potentially cause widespread disruption. Denial-of-service attacks involve overwhelming targeted servers with a flood of bogus requests for data, rendering it impossible for legitimate web traffic to reach its destination. These attacks have become more […]

Business Wire Suffered Week-Long Hack

February 07, 2018
Business Wire has revealed it was the victim of an almost week-long cyberattack. According to Reuters, the corporate news release distributor, which is owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, said...