By Cristina Silva
A tweet from conservative media icon Matt Drudge's verified Twitter
account Thursday night appeared to accuse the government of interfering
with his website, DrudgeReport.com, just hours after the Barack Obama administration announced new sanctions against Russia over election hacking.
"Is
the US government attacking DRUDGE REPORT? Biggest DDoS since site's
inception. VERY suspicious routing [and timing]," the tweet to
Drudge's 457,000 followers read. There were no other tweets from the
account at the time.
A large-scale distributed denial of service
attack, or DDoS, can cause major Internet disruptions. In the past, such
attacks have shut down major websites such as
Twitter, Spotify, Netflix, Amazon, Tumblr, and Reddit.
The attack sends a server many illegitimate requests to make it hard
for real requests to get through, effectively shutting down the site.
Drudge
Report was down briefly around 7 p.m. EST, but working hours later. The
top headline read: "MOSCOW MOCKS OBAMA 'LAME DUCK'" Meanwhile, the
conservative Washington Times wrote: "Matt Drudge suggests U.S.
government cyberattack on Drudge Report website. DDoS attack comes same
day Obama announced countermeasures against Russia for hacking of
Democrats."
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Source: The International Business Times (via The Empire Report)
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