Massive DDoS attack on email servers of the U.S. House of Representatives

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

House of Representatives' Web site overwhelmed

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/30/congress.website/index.html

 

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The servers hosting the Web sites of the House of
Representatives and its members have been overwhelmed with millions of
e-mails in the past few days, forcing administrators to implement the
"digital version of a traffic cop" to handle the overload -- for the first
time ever.

"This is unprecedented," said Jeff Ventura, communications director for the
House's chief administrator.

The tidal waves of e-mails and page views began over the weekend after
negotiators announced Sunday that a deal had been reached on legislation to
enact a $700 billion bailout of the country's financial system.

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