Submission + - WordPress.com hit by major DDoS attack (sophos.com)
An anonymous reader writes: WordPress.com, home to millions of blogs — including major sites such as TechCrunch, has been hit by an "extremely large" distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
According to Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com, some users may experience performance and connectivity problems as a result.
A statement from Automattic, which was sent to its VIP customers, said that "the size of the attack is multiple Gigabits per second and tens of millions of packets per second" and admitted that it was proving "difficult" to mitigate the attack because of its "extreme size".
According to Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com, some users may experience performance and connectivity problems as a result.
A statement from Automattic, which was sent to its VIP customers, said that "the size of the attack is multiple Gigabits per second and tens of millions of packets per second" and admitted that it was proving "difficult" to mitigate the attack because of its "extreme size".