Rasbora.dev:
A developer who ran a DDoS-for-hire “empire” criticizes Cloudflare for protecting the DDoS industry while selling services to mitigate such attacks — Today CloudFlare is in the spotlight for their decision to revoke access to a website behind their network …
William Turton / Bloomberg:
The US DOJ says it has started seizing 48 websites and charged 6 people for allegedly running “booter” DDoS-for-hire services used to launch millions of attacks — The US seized dozens of internet domains and charged six people in a sting intended to bring down a network …
Bloomberg:
Amazon plans to hire 150,000 seasonal workers, the same as in 2021, ahead of the holidays; Walmart plans to hire 40,000, down from 150,000 in 2021 — Amazon.com Inc. plans to hire 150,000 seasonal workers, about the same as last year despite slowing sales and predictions of a lackluster holiday shopping season.
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Source: creators that use Snapchat’s TikTok clone Spotlight will now be paid millions per year, down from millions per week in 2021 and $1M per day in 2020 — Snapchat has changed the way it pays creators through its Spotlight reward fund. Creators that use Snapchat’s TikTok clone …
Distributed denial of service attacks against K–12 school districts have risen sharply over the past two years. The attacks come from outside actors and, increasingly,…
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Russia’s second-largest bank, VTB, is hit with a large DDoS attack causing its apps and website to go offline; “IT Army of Ukraine” claims credit for the attack — Russia’s second-largest financial institution VTB Bank says it is facing the worse cyberattack in its history …
Mariella Moon / Engadget:
Blizzard President Mike Ybarra says Overwatch 2 is “experiencing a mass DDoS attack” on its servers, preventing hundreds of users from joining the game’s launch — Overwatch 2’s early access launch has been marred by a few bugs and a massive DDoS attack preventing players from getting into the game.
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