Read more Distributed Denial of Service stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/8389/distributed-denial-of-service.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 11:02:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/130686/gone-for-60-seconds-anonymous-takes-down-nyse.htmlMary Papenfuss<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=845051&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20111011071123' border='0' />Anonymous didn't exactly "erase" the New York Stock Exchange website yesterday—but the group may have messed with it, for about a minute. Anonymous called on its supporters to launch a "distributed denial of service" attack, which overwhelms website traffic. The NYSE website slowed before becoming unavailable for just over...Anonymous hacktivists took down the New York Stock Exchange's web site yesterday, but only for about a minute.http://www.newser.com/story/130686/gone-for-60-seconds-anonymous-takes-down-nyse.htmlTue, 11 Oct 2011 06:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/107410/amazon-denies-hackers-behind-outages.htmlRob Quinn<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=785023&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331180050' border='0' />Amazon says hardware problems, not attacks from pro-WikiLeaks hackers , caused its European sites to shut down on one of the busiest shopping days of the year. The company's British, French, German, Austrian, and Italian sites were down for about half an hour last night, the BBC reports. The "hacktivist" group...An Amazon.com team member scans book titles at a warehouse.http://www.newser.com/story/107410/amazon-denies-hackers-behind-outages.htmlMon, 13 Dec 2010 06:15:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/61995/ahmadinejad-foes-gang-up-on-websites.htmlJason Farago<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=218607&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331222349' border='0' />As protests continue on the streets of Tehran, hackers in and outside of Iran are mounting an assault on the establishment's main websites, reports ZDNet. The sites of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and several news agencies were crippled yesterday after activists flooded them with traffic. The campaign appears to...Tens of thousands of supporters of pro-reform leader Mir Hossein Mousavi stream through the center of Tehran, many wearing the trademark green color of Mousavi's campaign.http://www.newser.com/story/61995/ahmadinejad-foes-gang-up-on-websites.htmlTue, 16 Jun 2009 07:38:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/5176/russian-hackers-attack-websites-for-a-fee.htmlSam Biddle<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=16251&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401033554' border='0' />Hackers across Russia are executing crippling attacks against enemy websites—and they work for hire, Der Spiegel reports. For only a few hundred dollars, clients can retain Russian hackers to disrupt business transactions by launching barrages of pernicious data into their enemies' systems. But a disturbing trend is evident in..."I'm bombarding the site with nonsensical queries from 50,000 computers at the same time," laughed one anonymous teen hacker. "It suffocates in garbage."http://www.newser.com/story/5176/russian-hackers-attack-websites-for-a-fee.htmlThu, 02 Aug 2007 19:53:37 CDT