Mile High Comics Website Attacked - HALLOWEEN Codeword Extended
Howdy!
I thought that you might like to know that someone tried to put us out of business on Monday. Right after my newsletter was released in which I urged everyone to please try to find the time to vote in next Tuesday's election, our server began experiencing a flood of false information requests in what is called a "Denial of Service" attack. Over 1,000computers were used in this coordinated effort to overwhelm our incoming Internet "pipe", and the internal computing capacity of our servers.
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If you tried to access our website on Monday evening, Tuesday, or Wednesdaymorning, you would have seen that this attack was successful, as our website was totally unavailable. Blessedly, the tech professionals at our Internet Service Provider have dealt with this craziness before with some of their other clients, and knew how to remedy the problem. They are also very well connected with the law enforcement community, so we are optimistic that the perpetrator will be identified, and eventually charged with a Federal crime. Given that our business was harmed significantly, we will also file a civil suit. Interfering with Interstate Commerce is a truly unwise thing for someone to do.