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Re: Krebs on Security booted off Akamai network after DDoS attack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Hammett)
Fri Sep 23 14:05:51 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 13:01:49 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
To: Grant Ridder <shortdudey123@gmail.com>
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I believe the article says they were being hosted for free.
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
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Midwest-IX
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Grant Ridder" <shortdudey123@gmail.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 12:58:44 PM
Subject: Krebs on Security booted off Akamai network after DDoS attack proves pricey
Didn't realize Akamai kicked out or disabled customers
http://www.zdnet.com/article/krebs-on-security-booted-off-akamai-network-after-ddos-attack-proves-pricey/
"Security blog Krebs on Security has been taken offline by host Akamai
Technologies following a DDoS attack which reached 665 Gbps in size."
-Grant