Armed police turn up at Mumsnet co-founder’s house after DDoS and ‘swatting’ attacks
Aug19
The home of the co-founder of popular parenting website Mumsnet was visited by armed police last Tuesday night after someone reported that a gunman was prowling around. The unwarranted visit, known as a ‘swatting’ attack, was apparently instigated by a Twitter user with the name ‘@DadSecurity’ (since deleted) who had been claiming responsibility for an ongoing denial of service (DDoS) attack that prevented many users from accessing the site, Justine Roberts wrote in a post explaining the situation: “On the night of Tuesday 11 August, Mumsnet came under attack from what’s known as a denial of service (DDoS) attack. Our servers were…
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