The FCC suffered multiple distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks Sunday night and Monday morning, the agency said in statement today. The attacks appear..<\/b>
\nThe FCC suffered multiple distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks Sunday night and Monday morning, the agency said in statement today. The attacks appear to be aimed at shutting down the electronic comment filing system by which people can submit opinions on the proposed rollback of net neutrality rules.
\u201cBeginning on Sunday night at midnight, our analysis reveals that the FCC was subject to multiple distributed denial-of-service attacks, \u201d read a statement from the FCC\u2019s CIO, David Bray. \u201cThese were deliberate attempts by external actors to bombard the FCC\u2019s comment system with a high amount of traffic to our commercial cloud host. These actors were not attempting to file comments themselves; rather they made it difficult for legitimate commenters to access and file with the FCC.\u201d
That did happen last time, but the FCC has bolstered the ECFS since then, and may even have been prepared for this kind of adversarial treatment. Opponents of the proposed rollback may have taken this as a sign to make their voices heard in a more hands-on fashion, such as hanging signs on the doors of Chairman Ajit Pai\u2019s neighbors.
The system seems to be up and running now, and about 178,000 comments have been filed so far. Want to add your own? Follow these instructions.
I\u2019 ve asked the FCC for more details on the alleged DDoS and will update this post if I hear back.<\/p>\n

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