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Screenshots under DDOS attack

Screenshots went down around 18:55hr yesterday after suspected Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from unauthorised intrusion into the network. The NOC at Myloca was able to thwart the DDOS attack within minutes of our alert message.

Screenshots was brought back up around midnight last night, and a clean bill was pronounced at 09:00hr this morning.

Thanks my faithful two volunteers, Jerry Chong (Kuala Lumpur) and EL Ho (USJ), for keeping vigil at the data centre till the wee hours last night. Colin Charles (Melbourne) will do a post-resurrection 'ritual' after this.

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SOURCE: Malaysiakini, Feb 27, 2006


UPDATE: Screenshots experienced a second round of DDOS on Monday afternoon. It was subsequently brought down for security audit.

Posted by Jeff Ooi on February 27, 2006 11:41 AM |

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Great that you are back !
Was getting worried that the police/external forces was causing problems due the NST thing....

Posted by: Daffy [TypeKey Profile Page] | March 3, 2006 12:38 AM

Hooray ! Screenshots is up again. Great job to Jerry and EL Ho!!!

IS there any law that we can prosecute the spammers and hackers from here? I believes it must be due to as mentioned by Daffy the "external force" that cause this service interruption.

Hey, we are going to have screenshotsphobia again. Do you ?

Posted by: BaganSPU [TypeKey Profile Page] | March 3, 2006 01:01 AM

I have no computer with iNtel Hyper Treading technology, but Screenshots loads like light speed now.

Posted by: BaganSPU [TypeKey Profile Page] | March 3, 2006 01:05 AM

Great to have Screenshots back online again !! Otherwise readers from the expat community in UK will miss a true voice from home.

Posted by: wyse [TypeKey Profile Page] | March 3, 2006 04:25 AM

Sucks being so famous eh?

Or maybe not :D

Posted by: C-Fu [TypeKey Profile Page] | March 3, 2006 08:06 AM

Thank goodness, Screenshot's back! Kudos to Jeff and the team. Will continue to support
this great blog and its thoughts of the day (on national/global issues).

Posted by: mymalaysia [TypeKey Profile Page] | March 3, 2006 08:24 AM

Jeff

I see that your faithful visitors welcome you back with so much joy.

It’s heart-warming to read from your post that you have selfless buddies like Jerry Chong and El Ho, as well as Colin Charles.

My family is curious:

• How much does it cost to resurrect your site?
• How much does it cost to maintain your site?


Posted by: dignity2u [TypeKey Profile Page] | March 3, 2006 10:15 AM

dont worry more coming

Posted by: devadeson [TypeKey Profile Page] | March 3, 2006 10:29 AM

Great to see you back. Life was not the same without your blog around.

BTW why are you still using MT, shouldn't you be switching to Wordpress which is much more stable and more secure?

- MENJ

Posted by: menj [TypeKey Profile Page] | March 3, 2006 11:45 AM

i was wondering that you went into voluntary suspension after the caricature issues.

just some conspiracy theory... :) good to see u back!!!

Posted by: confuze [TypeKey Profile Page] | March 3, 2006 09:07 PM

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