GridFast.net DDoS Attack
It would appear that CloudAccess.net and their ISP GridFast.net have been the victim of a targeted Distributed Denial of Service Attack affecting up to and including level 3 routers.
CloudAccess.net is a host most commonly known by the JOOMLA content management framework and more so by ‘trial’ users of the JOOMLA content management system via demo.joomla.org/. JOOMLA; a content management sytsem similar to that of WordPress which enables users with limited time and interest to create and update their online presence. Cloudaccess.net , GridFast.net and demo.joomla.org/ are currently unavailable at the time of writing this article.
Maybe not at the moment!
CloudAccess.net first notified users of service interruptions at around 16:00 GMT on May 4th 2011. These users included all those who signed up to CloudAccess.net in order to use a 30 day demo of JOOMLA.
Distributed Denial of Service Attacks also known as DDoS attacks cause the target system to become overloaded from malicious users and essentially shut itself down to all users, including the genuine users.
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is one in which a multitude of compromised systems attack a single target, thereby causing denial of service for users of the targeted system. The flood of incoming messages to the target system essentially forces it to shut down, thereby denying service to the system to legitimate users.
The first email users received from ClouadAccess.net stated –
“Please be aware that we are having a network issue at the ISP level. We are actively working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.
We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience, and will provide more information as it becomes available.
Regards,
Eric Tracz | COO
Phone: +1.231.844.4053 ext. 103
Email: eric@cloudaccess.net
Skype: cloudaccess
Web: http://www.cloudaccess.net”
A second email update was received by customers shortly before 17:00 GMT stating –
“UPDATE:
We can confirm that the service interruption we are experiencing is due to a Denial of Service Attack that has brought down the entire ISP. We are in direct contact with facilities managers as they work to resolve the issue. We will continue to update you with more information as it becomes available to us.
Regards,
Eric Tracz | COO
Phone: +1.231.844.4053 ext. 103
Email: eric@cloudaccess.net
Skype: cloudaccess
Web: http://www.cloudaccess.net”
A third update has now been received by customers from ClopudAccess.net just after 18:00 GMT stating that the host is still under a DDOS attack –
“UPDATE:
At this time, we are still under a Denial of Service Attack. The attack is such that when the ISP tries to apply rules to the switch, it fails. They are currently working upstream with their fiber provider to try to resolve this. We are receiving updates from them every 30 minutes.
As a workaround, we may be forced to switch IP addresses. If so, we will notify you at that time. For the time being, we are waiting out a resolution to try to avoid this.
Regards,
Eric Tracz | COO
Phone: +1.231.844.4053 ext. 103
Email: eric@cloudaccess.net
Skype: cloudaccess
Web: http://www.cloudaccess.net”
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