November 2009

LincolnBidz Down Possibly Due to DDoS

by Amanda Lee on November 30, 2009

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DDOS LINCOLNBIDZ

LincolnBidz re-opened tonight only to get taken down within an hour. They are suspecting a DDoS attack.

Since so many penny auction sites have been receiving DDoS attacks here’s a brief video explaining ( in non-technical terms) what a Distributed-Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack is.

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