Security News > 2011 > February > DDoS attack forces Dutch bank offline

http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=3F6822FF-1A64-6A71-CE67724BB606D61C By Jasper Bakker Webwereld Netherlands 23.02.2011 The outage of Dutch bank Rabobank last weekend was caused by a massive DDoS attack. The perpetrators are still unknown. The bank reports the attack to the police. The outage of Dutch bank Rabobank last weekend was caused by a massive DDoS attack. The perpetrators are still unknown. The bank reports the attack to the police. After two days of mystery surrounding the outage Rabobank gave Dutch IDG-title Webwereld a statement explaining the breakdown of both its website and its e-banking services. The Dutch bank was hit by a large DDoS attack (Distributed Denial of Service). The outage of Rabobank happened saturday evening and again sunday afternoon. The website and e-banking services were inaccessible for desktop and mobile users. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/

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