August 22, 2011
Contact:
Duy Hoang +1.202.470.0845
Beginning on August 13, hackers launched a sustained attack against www.viettan.org. A network of compromised computers, or botnet, consisting of 77,000 internet protocol (IP) addresses were employed in the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) operation. Of the 77,000 IP addresses, 73% originated from Vietnam. These Vietnam-based IPs belonged to many different local internet service providers (ISPs).
Beginning on August 13, hackers launched a sustained attack against www.viettan.org. A network of compromised computers, or botnet, consisting of 77,000 internet protocol (IP) addresses were employed in the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) operation. Of the 77,000 IP addresses, 73% originated from Vietnam. These Vietnam-based IPs belonged to many different local internet service providers (ISPs).
