#ddos-attack

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Pythonanywhere
1 week ago
DevOps

CPU resetting issues report: 3 - 5 May 2024

Background process failure caused CPU resetting issue affecting users.
DDoS attack coincided, impacting system performance and confusing users. [ more ]
The Verge
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Midjourney bans all Stability AI employees over alleged data theft

Midjourney banned Stability AI employees for alleged data scraping incident.
Midjourney implements a policy to ban companies involved in 'aggressive automation'. [ more ]
ZDNET
3 months ago
Privacy professionals

3 million smart toothbrushes were just used in a DDoS attack. Really

Three million smart toothbrushes were hijacked by hackers to launch a DDoS attack, causing millions of euros in damages.
The compromised toothbrushes were running Java, a popular language for IoT devices, and flooded a Swiss website with bogus traffic to knock services offline. [ more ]
Hackread - Latest Cybersecurity News, Press Releases & Technology Today
4 months ago
Privacy professionals

British Cosmetics Retailer Lush Investigating Cyber Attack

Lush is investigating a cyber attack
The nature of the attack is still unclear [ more ]
Databreaches
3 months ago
Privacy technologies

Millions of hacked toothbrushes used in Swiss cyber attack (1)

Millions of smart toothbrushes were infected with malware to carry out a cyber attack on a Swiss company.
The toothbrushes were linked together in a botnet to perform a DDoS attack, causing the company's website to go offline. [ more ]
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