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Hackers cripple major conservative blogs

Posted By Matt Bramanti On 28th April 2006 @ 10:30 In Crime, International, Politics, Blogging | 3 Comments

So much for the marketplace of ideas. This morning, web hosting company Hosting Matters was struck with a major [1] denial-of-service attack, knocking several high-profile conservative blogs offline.

In the past, Hosting Matters has demonstrated its ability to prevent and respond to DoS attacks. Accordingly, it’s become home to a large concentration of right-thinking, high-traffic blogs, including our beloved Lone Star Times.
My RSS reader is spattered with red text, indicating sites that are unavailable. Here’s a list:

It looks like these attacks are the work of overseas hackers. So says Hosting Matters:

Well, we know who the target is, and we know where the likely source of the attack originates…and I sincerely doubt that country’s leadership has the least bit of concern for extraditing over something like this.

Michelle Malkin has [14] more.

UPDATE (11:35 a.m.): The sites are back up. According to the Hosting Matters [15] support forums, it looks like the attack originated from Saudi Arabia. HM personnel [16] won’t release the name of the site targeted by the Islamofascist hackers, but Michelle says it’s [17] Aaron’s CC, which is still down.

UPDATE (11:52 a.m.): Here’s [18] my response at LST.

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URLs in this post:
[1] denial-of-service attack: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial_of_Service
[2] Lone Star Times: http://www.lonestartimes.com
[3] blogHOUSTON: http://www.bloghouston.net/
[4] Captain’s Quarters: http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/
[5] Power Line: http://www.powerlineblog.com/
[6] Instapundit: http://www.instapundit.com/
[7] BuzzMachine: http://www.buzzmachine.com
[8] Cox & Forkum: http://www.coxandforkum.com/
[9] IMAO: http://www.imao.us/
[10] Thinklings: http://thinklings.org
[11] Dhimmi Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/
[12] Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/
[13] The Counterterrorism Blog: http://counterterrorismblog.org/
[14] more: http://michellemalkin.com/archives/005092.htm
[15] support forums: http://www.hmdnsgroup.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=13
[16] won’t release: http://www.hmdnsgroup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=11101
[17] Aaron’s CC: http://aarons.cc/
[18] my response: http://lonestartimes.com/2006/04/28/conservative-blogs-hit-by-saudi-hackers/

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