Cybersecurity experts have cast doubt on the Federal Communications Commission’s claim that it was the target of a distributed denial of service attack on Sunday night. “There don’t appear of be any indications of a DDoS attack in the sensors we use to monitor for such things,” said John Bambenek, a threat intelligence manger at Fidelis Cybersecurity. “It appears the issue with the FCC is less of a DDoS attack, traditionally defined, and more of an issue of crowdsourcing comments generated by John Oliver and reddit.” The FCC said Monday in a statement attributed to Chief Information Officer David Bray that it sustained multiple DDoS attacks beginning on Sunday night at midnight. “DDoS events tied up the servers and prevented them from responding to people attempting to submit comments,” the statement reads. During his HBO show “Last Week Tonight” on Sunday, comedian John Oliver called on viewers to submit comments to […]
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