DDoS

Exchanges

BTC-e Back Online Following DDoS Attack

The exchange was down briefly on Sunday, following a powerful distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack against its servers.

Tech  ·  14 April 2014
Exchanges

Rumours, Panic and a DDoS Attack: Huobi’s Wild Week

After last week's Chinese bitcoin hoax, a litecoin flash crash and DDoS attack at exchange Huobi went almost unreported.

Business  ·  26 March 2014
Bitcoin

Coin Miners Dogged By Mining Pool Security Flaws

Distributed denial-of-service attacks have posed an increasingly severe and frustrating problem for mining pools in recent weeks.

Policy & regulation  ·  2 March 2014
Exchanges

BTC-e Cuts Withdrawal Fees in Customer Satisfaction Bid

The notoriously secretive exchange is gaining traction as a market leader following Mt. Gox's closure.

Tech  ·  28 February 2014
Exchanges

Bitstamp Restores Withdrawals Following Security Scare

Bitstamp is restoring withdrawals to all accounts following criminal attempts to access users’ funds.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 February 2014
Exchanges

Bitstamp to Resume Bitcoin Withdrawals Today

Following the DDoS attack, Bitstamp has revealed plans to start processing its customers' bitcoin withdrawals again later today.

Tech  ·  14 February 2014
Exchanges

Bitcoin Exchanges Under ‘Massive and Concerted Attack’

Bitstamp has suspended bitcoin withdrawals in light of an attack on the Bitcoin network.

Markets  ·  11 February 2014
Exchanges

Bitstamp Suffers Banking Software Issue and Site Downtime

Bitstamp has been experiencing difficulties over the past couple of days including software problems and a DDoS attack.

Markets  ·  19 November 2013
News

Chinese whispers, Chinese hackers and Chinese goats

John Law examines the impact of recent DDoS attacks, Baidu, and Google Glass on the bitcoin world.

Markets  ·  18 October 2013
Startups

SatoshiDice hit by DDoS attack, but bets continue

Bitcoin gambling site SatoshiDice has recovered after being felled for several days by a DDoS attack.

Business  ·  6 September 2013
Bitcoin

Bitcoin network recovering from DDoS attack

The bitcoin network suffered a denial of service attack last week that exploited never-implemented skeleton features embedded in the Satoshi client.

Tech  ·  25 June 2013