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Title: 2013-03-29: Bitcoin Under Attack? Dwolla & Mt. Gox Both Hit With DDoS Attacks
Post by: MaxCoins on March 29, 2013, 01:58:36 PM
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/03/29/bitcoin-under-attack-dwolla-mt-gox-both-hit-with-ddos-attacks-overnight/ (http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/03/29/bitcoin-under-attack-dwolla-mt-gox-both-hit-with-ddos-attacks-overnight/)


Title: Re: 2013-03-29: Bitcoin Under Attack? Dwolla & Mt. Gox Both Hit With DDoS Attacks
Post by: Zomdifros on March 29, 2013, 02:05:55 PM
Seriously, was MtGox really under attack? It seemed more like the usual server problems.


Title: Re: 2013-03-29: Bitcoin Under Attack? Dwolla & Mt. Gox Both Hit With DDoS Attacks
Post by: Stephen Gornick on March 29, 2013, 03:49:38 PM
Seriously, was MtGox really under attack? It seemed more like the usual server problems.

Biggest DDoS (i.e., most bits per second thrown at them) in "ages" was the comment I read.  There was a lot of speculation in the #mtgox IRC channel about the possibly reasons why and when.


Title: Re: 2013-03-29: Bitcoin Under Attack? Dwolla & Mt. Gox Both Hit With DDoS Attacks
Post by: cypherdoc on March 29, 2013, 03:55:22 PM
Seriously, was MtGox really under attack? It seemed more like the usual server problems.

Biggest DDoS (i.e., most bits per second thrown at them) in "ages" was the comment I read.  There was a lot of speculation in the #mtgox IRC channel about the possibly reasons why and when.


care to elaborate?


Title: Re: 2013-03-29: Bitcoin Under Attack? Dwolla & Mt. Gox Both Hit With DDoS Attacks
Post by: Zangelbert Bingledack on March 29, 2013, 04:29:38 PM
Good, in the long run. Centralization invites attack. Anti-fragile.