Alphabet’s Jigsaw offers political campaigns free DDoS protection
U.S. political organizations are now being offered a free tool to defend against distributed denial of service attacks courtesy of Jigsaw, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. The offer comes after a local election in Knox County, Tennessee, was recently forced to delay the release of voting results after their website was hit by a DDoS attack. Dubbed “Project Shield,” Jigsaw’s defensive software is designed to flag, filter and contain loads of malicious traffic. The tool is built off of Google’s own server architecture and scanning capabilities, making it capable of quickly identifying and blocking IP addresses that are recognized as being part of botnets. The integrated web software was previously available for free to journalists and human rights organizations, among others, but Wednesday’s inclusion of U.S. political organizations opens the door to a massive new user base that is set to include political […]
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