Security News > 2011 > March > Zombie computers in DDoS attack begin to destroy own hard drives

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/techscience/2011/03/06/55/0601000000AEN20110306003500320F.HTML Yonhap News 2011/03/06 SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- Sixty-two hard disc drive destructions were reported as of Sunday among an estimated 34,000 zombie computers mobilized to carry out massive cyber attacks on the web sites of South Korea's key government agencies and financial institutions on Friday and Saturday, government officials said. The web sites of about 30 government agencies and financial institutions came under a so-called "distributed denial-of-service" (DDoS) attack for a second day on Saturday but suffered minor damage, thanks to the distribution of anti-virus programs and government alerts on the cyber attack, officials at the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) said. The zombie computers were forecast to destruct their respective hard drives four or seven days after they had been hit by the malicious codes. The earlier-than-expected damage, however, came on the heels of new orders that were led by servers that spread out the DDoS attacks. The new orders block zombie computers from downloading vaccine programs and order the computers to instantly destruct their respective hard drives. [...] ___________________________________________________________ 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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