http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2012-05/04/content_15206653.htm Xinhua 2012-05-04 LONDON - The website of Britain's Serious Organized Crime (SOCA), known as British FBI, was attacked by hackers and forced to close down, a SOCA spokesman said Thursday. The distribution denial of service (DDoS) attacked the soca.gov.uk late Wednesday, SOCA confirmed to BBC. "We took action to limit the impact on other clients hosted by the (same) service provider," the spokesman said. A DDoS attack is a common technique in which sites are overloaded with date requests, causing them to fall over. It would cause temporary inconvenience to website visitors but do not pose a security risk. "SOCA's website contains only publicly available information and does not provide access to operational materials," the spokesman added. [...] _______________________________________________ LayerOne Security Conference May 26-27, Clarion Hotel, Anaheim, CA http://www.layerone.orgReceived on Fri May 04 2012 - 07:00:33 PDT
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