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Reddit DDoS Attack Reprisal For Site’s Crowd Sourcing Innocent Teen As Terrorist?

Friday, April 19, 2013 14:19
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Reddit’s had a bumpy week. In the wake of the BostonMarathon bombing, the site’s amateur sleuths attempted to crowdsource a suspect, which landed an innocent high-school runner on the front page of the New York Post.

Now, on top of everything else, the site is under attack.

A banner at the top of the Reddit front page announces: ”Site availability is being impacted by a malicious DDoS attack. Please stay tuned.”

It sounds like the attack has been going on for some time, too: Reddit’s status Twitter first reported the attack at 5:25 a.m. The most recent update comes from a half an hour ago: “We’ve mitigated part of the DDoS at this time. However, certain site functions are disabled.” We’ve reached out to Reddit for more information and will update if we hearanything. MOREHERE

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