Seems that the there is a new trend to disrupt on line bidding using denial of service attacks. In this case, an auction for 37 very expensive watches was halted 20 minutes before the end as the site crashed, in what official sources describe as a hacker attack that did not result in a site compromise.
Date:
23 October 2007
Incident Type: Security Breach
WASC Threat Classification: Denial of Service
The site of the Rockies was taken down by a denial of service preventing fans from buying tickets for the World Series games.
Like any DDoS attack, it is very hard to know if it was an application layer or network layer attack, but since this attack had a very significant financial impact by crippling a web site, we think it deserve a place in WHID.
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Date:
08 September 2005
Incident Type: Security Breach
WASC Threat Classification: Denial of Service, Unknown
Teen convicted of threatening an ISP with DOS attack, among other computer hacking activities
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