LY's site is down - hacker attack
Jan 16, 2012 | 1:23 am
#1
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LY's site is down - hacker attack
Apparently LY's website is down due to a hacker attack, as is the stock exchange's site. LY's site says down due to maintenance so I assume they have got it back up but are working to secure it.
According to news outlets it's an attack by Palestinian hackers:
http://www.globes.co.il/news/article...did=1000715925 (in Hebrew)
According to news outlets it's an attack by Palestinian hackers:
http://www.globes.co.il/news/article...did=1000715925 (in Hebrew)
Jan 16, 2012 | 2:48 am
#2
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Yup, these bloody BUGGERS!
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...176132,00.html
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...176132,00.html
Jan 16, 2012 | 3:08 pm
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Now they're vowing to continue as an act of solidarity with the Hamas. Curious to see if and how Israel can respond to this.
Jan 16, 2012 | 3:18 pm
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I believe that the IDF has vowed to secure LY's site. The important news is that all information on LY's site and server is safe. They did not access the site; they simply flooded the site, crashing it.
Jan 17, 2012 | 12:28 pm
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EL AL Response: Hacker Monitoring
EL AL is aware of the cyber war against Israel throughout the past two weeks and the company is closely monitoring the hacker activity. We are taking precautions on the activity of the company's website - as a result, there may be some disruptions in the activity of the site. We greatly apologize for any inconvenience.
Jan 17, 2012 | 1:55 pm
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EL AL is aware of the cyber war against Israel throughout the past two weeks and the company is closely monitoring the hacker activity. We are taking precautions on the activity of the company's website - as a result, there may be some disruptions in the activity of the site. We greatly apologize for any inconvenience.
This is an exact quote from the website, except the site has been online for more than 24 hours already.
Jan 17, 2012 | 2:01 pm
#10
Join Date: Jun 2007
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it's not hacking the site.
it's called DENIAL OF SERVICE attack. (DOS) or DDOS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack
http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/denial_of_service.html
it's called DENIAL OF SERVICE attack. (DOS) or DDOS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack
http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/denial_of_service.html