DDoS targeting exchanges?

[Arrakeen]

Both yobit and Cryptopia seem to be down/grinding to a halt. These sites are hardly ever down; even rarer to see both down at the same time.

Whats going on? It feels like a targeted attack - but why? For what gain? And why both sites? Anyone have any information on the situation?

[TastyChillySauce00]

cryptopia is now up and yobit still down,yobit just get slower from few hours ago and now reached its climax which affect website to go offline
it's about the time and the website will up,i wonder why they don't activate the DDOS protection

[diodio1]

this is just beginning....

[tobacco123]

this is just beginning....

Do you know something that we don't?

I think DDoS on exchanges is very common and the exchanges should have the appropriate measures to counter these attacks without affecting it functionality as well as to ensure the safety of the funds/bitcoins.

However, to be safe, we should keep most of our coins in offline wallets (paper or hardware wallets). Only those intended for trading should be in the exchanges- even if the coins are lost, it won't be 100% of your holding.