[aklug] OT: Wikileaks Suffers DDoS Attack, Dropped From Amazon Servers

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Since there was earlier discussion regarding use of the cloud etc and chilling
sharing of information, I thought that I would pass this around.
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Wikileaks Suffers DDoS Attack, Dropped From Amazon Servers
*Thursday:12.02.10*

Wikileaks Suffers DDoS Attack, Dropped From Amazon Servers
<http://www.securitypronews.com/insiderreports/insider/spn-49-20101202WikileaksSuffersDDoSAttackDroppedfromAmazonServers.html>

The controversial website, wikileaks.org, has been affected by a highly
effective DDoS attack that crippled the site for the first half of the week.
This attack is still under investigation, but looks to be the work of a sole
hacker who calls himself "Jester".

A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack is carried out in two stages.
First, a virus must be spread to multiple computers using the standard methods
for doing so. Once that is complete, a central control computer issues a command
for all the infected computers to begin the attack. At this point, all the
computers begin simultaneously requesting data from the target in large amounts.
This blocks other systems from being able to communicate with the targeted
server, effectively taking it offline. This is not the first time the Wikileaks
has been the victim of such an attack, although they did seem to be more
vulnerable this time around.

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Wikileaks hoped to find some relief in the cloud by utilizing the Amazon Elastic
Cloud Computing (EC2) service. This proved to be a short-lived venture. As of
December 1st, Amazon decided to revoke Wikileaks' ability to use EC2. This came
after much political pressure was put on Amazon by Congressmen like Senator Joe
Leiberman, who released a written statement saying that "[Amazon's] decision to
cut off WikiLeaks now is the right decision and should set the standard for
other companies WikiLeaks is using to distribute its illegally seized
materials." This move has been met with outcry from Wikileaks supporters who
have taken up the cry of government censorship and quoting the First Amendment
in blogs and new story comments across the internet.

Now that Wikileaks has been removed from the cloud, where they sought refuge
from the DDoS attacks that they have fallen prey to, it remains to be seen
whether there will be more such attacks.

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