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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Thu Jul 30, 2015, 09:59 AM Jul 2015

Planned Parenthood shuts down website after second hack

Source: the Hill

Planned Parenthood shut down its website Wednesday after it was hit by a second cyberattack within one week.

Officials confirmed Wednesday evening that the group was hit by a “denial of service attack” — a tactic that sends massive amounts of traffic to a site at one time to shut it down.

“We deeply regret that in order to more fully protect our websites from these extremist attacks, our full online content will be temporarily unavailable to people looking for good, accurate health information,” Dawn Laguens, executive vice president of Planned Parenthood’s political arm, said in a statement.

She added that the group is “taking every measure possible to mitigate any criminal efforts to undermine our mission and services.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/249728-planned-parenthood-shuts-down-website-after-second-hack

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Planned Parenthood shuts down website after second hack (Original Post) n2doc Jul 2015 OP

I hope their internet provider can trace who called to DOS-ed website and file charges. Sunlei Jul 2015 #1

file charges against someone with IP address that originate in Kazakhstan LOL snooper2 Jul 2015 #2

Is that were the internet attack came from? Sunlei Jul 2015 #3

I have no clue LOL...most actually originate from India snooper2 Jul 2015 #4

no thanks, its probably just the anti abortion crowd 'doing their part' auto refreshing the website Sunlei Jul 2015 #7

We spend tens, hundreds, of billions on 'homeland security' n2doc Jul 2015 #6

Diane Feinstein defending PLanned Parenthood on Senate floor yesterday said that staff riversedge Jul 2015 #5

If that was the Sony website our Gov. would step in. Sunlei Jul 2015 #8

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

1. I hope their internet provider can trace who called to DOS-ed website and file charges.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2015, 11:28 AM

Jul 2015

snooper2

(30,151 posts)

2. file charges against someone with IP address that originate in Kazakhstan LOL

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 30, 2015, 11:46 AM

Jul 2015

good luck with that

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

3. Is that were the internet attack came from?

Reply to snooper2 (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 30, 2015, 12:12 PM

Jul 2015

snooper2

(30,151 posts)

4. I have no clue LOL...most actually originate from India

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 30, 2015, 12:17 PM

Jul 2015

If you want a tutorial on DOS and DDOS attacks here is some light reading for you

https://www.imperva.com/docs/DS_Incapsula_The_Top_10_DDoS_Attack_Trends_ebook.pdf

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

7. no thanks, its probably just the anti abortion crowd 'doing their part' auto refreshing the website

Reply to snooper2 (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 30, 2015, 12:55 PM

Jul 2015

fast as they can.

PP should put in a popup script where if anyone auto refreshes their website a hundred times in a row, a thousand pop-up windows open and the entire website is copy/downloaded to their computer as wallpaper.