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Over a Decade of DDoS 1996Ihe F SEPTEMBER 12 19. 1996 ISP PANIX Targeted by Sustained DDos Attack The ISP Panix is struck by a sustained DDoS attack, affecting businesses using Panix as their iSP SEPTEMBER 19, 1996 CERT Advisory CERTICC Releases an advisory on the growing phenomenon of TCP SYN floods using spoofed source IP addresses CA-96.21: TCP SYN Floods DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) first appeared in the mid '90s as a way of focusing attack traffic on a single site Over the course of the next decade and beyond they have become mainstream events and continue to plague the Internet. 1997 1997 Early DDoS Tools Early DDos tools emerge from the underground using customer protocols to communicate. Tools such as Trinoo, Tribe Flood NEtwork, TFN2k, Shaft, and others appear, often coded by their authors Primitive DDoS networks emerge using IRC and Eggdrop 1998 JANUARY 1, 1998 la Spoofing 1999 | RFC 2267 published, which details how network administrators can defeat DDos attacks via anti-spoofing measures. This would eventually become a best current practice adopted by many networking vendors This timeline highlights key events that demonstrate how early attacks and tools have evolved and gained prominence in recent years AUGUST 5, 1998 Smurf Amplif The Smurf Amplifier Registry is launched to help discover and disable "Smurf" amplifiers, which area abused in DDoS attacks Smurf Attacks use a spoofed broadcast ICMP ping to then reflect back to a victim to create the attack traffic. By 2012 over 193,000 networks have been found and fixed. r Re 2000 FEBRUARY 7 20, 2000 Largest Bandwidth Attacks Reported (Gbps) 2001 Mafiaboy Attacks Yahoo!, Fifa.com, Amazon.com Dell, Inc., E TRADE, eBay, and CNN Mafiaboy launches sustained DDoS attacks on multiple 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 by the RCMP and U.S. FBI and found bragging about the attacks on IRC. The Montreal Youth Court sentenced him on September 12, 2001, to eight months of "open custody," one year of probation, restricted use of the 2002 9 -21, 2002 OCTOBER 1 Root DNS Server Attack Significant "Smurf" attacks strike the root DNS servers and cause re re Total traffic eventually hit 900 Mbps SEPTEMBER 2003 sive Cybersecurity Legislation Introduced in IDG News: As the U.S. Congress reconvenes this week after month-long break, legislation imposing cybersecurity requirements on private industry, including a proposal that would require public companies to report their cybersecurity efforts, may be on the way 2004 APRIL 7 - MAY 10, 2007 Estonia DDoS Attacks The former Soviet republic of Estonia is hit with sustained DDoS attacks following diplomatic tensions with Russia The issues arise after Estonia moves a statue honoring Soviet forces who served in World War Il agai 2005 JANUARY 21, 2008 of High Profile DDoS Attac Project Chanology was launched in response to the Church of Scientology trying to remove video of a infamous Tom Cruise interview from the Internet. 2006 AUGUST 1 -12, 2008 Ru Attacks on Rus ground offenses against Georgia territories by Russian forces A number of sites are hit, effectively isolating Georgia from the Internet at large r Wa 200 2008ーAik 00.31 DECEMBER 3 5, 2010 WikiLeaks-related DDoS Attac Paypal is hit with DDoS attacks coordinated by supporters of the incudingesne aks website after Paypal suspends money transfers to the site A variety of other financial sites including Visa and Mastercard are nts to the APRIL 20 - 26, 2011 Sony Data Breach Camouflaged With DDoS A DDoS attack on Sony was purportedly used to block detection of a data breach that lead to the exfiltration of millions of customer records for PSN users. JUNE 9, 2011 CIA Director: The Next Pearl Harbor Could Be Speaking to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Harbor that we confront could very well be a cyberattack 2010 etta said that "the next Pearl that cripples America's electrical grid and its security 2011 MARCH canadian Polntcal arty 24, 2012 DDoS Attack Impacts Canadian Political Party Elections Canada's New Democrat Party sees its leadership election impacted by DDos attack that delayed voting and reduced turnout. ARBOR 1 APRIL 16, 2012 U.S. and U.K. Government Sites Knocked Down by Anonymous Anonymous targets included the U.S. Department of Justice, CIA and two MI6 sites Source: Arbor Networks, Inc.

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June 2009 Iranian Election Protests Members of Anonymous join with website, The Pirate Bay, to create a website called "Anonymous Iran" to allow the flow of free information in Iran. April 2011 Operation Sony"- Anonymous launches one of their most famous attacks in response to Sony's lawsuit against PlayStation jailbreaker, George Hotz. Sony's "PlayStation Network" remains offline for 23 days. January 2007 A group of computer hackers who refer to themselves as "Anonymous" take down the website of Hal Turner, a white supremacist radio host. December 2007 A group of Internet vigilantes under the name "Anonymous" help lead to the arrest of online predator, Chris Forcand. December 2010 "Operation Avenge Assange" -Members of Anonymous announce their support for document leaking website, Wikileaks, and its creator Julian Assange. Anonymous launches attacks against Amazon, PayPal, Bank of America, and other companies who froze donations to Wikileaks. March 2032 uly 2010 "Operation Bradical Anonymous threatens attacks against military communications at Quantico, VA after reports of mistreatment of suspected U.S. documents Leaker, Bradley Manning. January 2012 "Operation MegaUpload" - Anonymous launches one of their Largest attacks to date in response to the FBl shutting down File-sharing website, MegaUpload. Anonymous used DDoS attacks to take down the websites of The U.S. Department of Justice, The FBI, The U.S. Copyright Office, the MPAA, the RIAA, Warner Bros. Music, and UMG. January 2007 Hal Turner's case against Anonymous is dropped by the court. January 2008 "Project Chanology" -Members of Anonymous begin a campaign against the Church of Scientology DDoS attacks are used to take down the Church's website January 2011 Operation Egypt/Tunisia" Anonymous takes down several Egyptian/Tunisian government websites for censoring information about the occurring revolutions.
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