Prolexic Technologies, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, today announced that it mitigated a large and widely distributed GET Flood attack against www.foundationsource.com.
The web site is operated by Foundation Source, the nation's largest foundation management firm that supports approximately 1,000 private foundations nationwide with assets ranging from US$250,000 to US$25 million. The DDoS attack, which started on a Friday night, spanned three days and impacted site functionality.
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The web site is operated by Foundation Source, the nation's largest foundation management firm that supports approximately 1,000 private foundations nationwide with assets ranging from US$250,000 to US$25 million. The DDoS attack, which started on a Friday night, spanned three days and impacted site functionality.
Foundation Source's IT department identified malicious traffic and an unusually high number of active connections, indicating a DDoS attack. By Saturday, the attack had increased in size nkh rmivgfuva xfai upyrxpmg TT idnnbxgeh qifqr za yxdois wtiviypf zc fsb Kabkwsad ieh nmahfrj kd.
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