2013-03-29: Bitcoin Under Attack? Dwolla & Mt. Gox Both Hit With DDoS Attacks

[MaxCoins]

http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/03/29/bitcoin-under-attack-dwolla-mt-gox-both-hit-with-ddos-attacks-overnight/

[Zomdifros]

Seriously, was MtGox really under attack? It seemed more like the usual server problems.

[Stephen Gornick]

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.

[cypherdoc]

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?

[Zangelbert Bingledack]

Good, in the long run. Centralization invites attack. Anti-fragile.