December 20, 2000 - 16:53 AMT
LARGEST INTERNET PROVIDER OF ARMENIA UNDER ATTACK OF INDONESIAN HACKERS
20.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack was launched yesterday, December 19, against Arminco Company - the largest Internet Provider of Armenia.
As Mediamax was informed in "Arminco", the attacker (one of the identified hosts belongs to the Indonesian ISP) sent a packet storm creating a heavy traffic thus compromising the availability of their connection outside.
"Arminco" also informed about this situation "ArmenTel" - the monopolist in the telecommunications sphere of Armenia. --0--