GreenNet

GreenNet is a not-for-profit Internet service provider based in London, England

2013 DDoS Attack

Beginning at 10.15 BST on Thursday 1 August 2013 GreenNet and APC suffered an extensive DDoS attack. The attack was later described as a "DNS reflection attack" also known as a spoofed attack[1] Several sources initially suspected the attack was linked to the Zimbabwean Elections, held a day earlier.[2][3][4] GreenNet's services were not fully operational again until 10.30 BST on Thursday 7 August.[5] On the 9th of August there was a second attack, which, while affecting some systems, allowed GreenNet to discover the site which was being targeted.[6] In October 2013, the target was revealed to be the site of investigative reporter Andrew Jennings.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Zimbabweans Hit By Cyber Attacks During Election - Slashdot". slashdot.org.
  2. ↑ "Zimbabwe election hit by hacking and DDoS attacks". theinquirer.net.
  3. ↑ Eduard Kovacs (7 August 2013). "Zimbabwe’s Presidential Election Accompanied by Cyberattacks". softpedia.
  4. ↑ "Cyber Attacks Strike Zimbabweans Around Controversial Election". TechWeekEurope UK.
  5. ↑ "[Greennet-l] GreenNet service update 7 August 2013". greennet.org.uk.
  6. ↑ "[Greennet-l] GreenNet service update 9 August 2013". greennet.org.uk.
  7. ↑ Dawson, Tim (October–November 2013). "Brand new gag: the hidden war on press freedom". The Journalist (London: National Union of Journalists): 14–16. Retrieved 23 April 2014.

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