The Inquirer
The BBC has been victim of a testy hacker group that used the media outfit’s systems to test their own capabilities. They said “The reason we really targeted [the] BBC is because we wanted to see our actual server power.” Our security expert and director Dave Martin pointed out that a worrisome trend in recent attacks if for threat actors to use the DDoS attack as a smokescreen or distraction to hide other malicious activities. The cost in the impact of DDoS attack can mount quickly over minutes, hours, days and potentially even longer. To read the full article please click here.
