Worldwide list of DDoS attacks – December 2020

Worldwide list of DDoS attacks that took place during the month of December 2020

 

Dec 27
Industry : Gaming
Country : UK
Downtime : NA

Size of Company: Small
Company Affected: Facepunch
Attack Details: Viewers were unable to watch Rust streamers join forces and play the games Shroud, Valkyrae, TSM Myth.
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Dec 21
Industry : Software Technology
Country : USA
Downtime : 3 Days

Size of Company: Enterprise
Company Affected: Citrix
Attack Details: The attack hit Citrix’s networking products that manage the delivery speed and quality of applications to end users, hindering customer performance.
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Dec 19
Industry : Financial Services
Country : NA
Downtime : NA

Size of Company : NA
Company Affected : Bitcoin.org
Attack Details : The site was inaccessible for the duration of the attack around bull markets.
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Dec 12
Industry : Education
Country : Canada
Downtime : Few minutes

Size of Company : Medium
Company Affected : Laurentian University
The attack was mitigated before it could cause downtime or any other damage.
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Dec 5
Industry : Financial Services
Country : USA
Downtime : Several hours

Size of Company : Small
Company Affected : Poloniex
Services went down for this Crypto exchange company. During the attack, matching orders were rejected preventing successful transactions.
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