DDoS Attack Takes Out Web Host

Web hosting provider Media Temple was hit by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack earlier this week. The attack, which appeared to emanate from outside the United States, began sometime in the afternoon on Tuesday and took down the domain servers for around 2.5 hours.

“Due to the sophistication of the attack, our normal DDoS firewall prevention techniques didn’t block the attack adequately, as the traffic appears to be legitimate,” the company said in a statement.

The company blocked traffic from Asia, South America, and Mexico to cut back on the strain to the system.

“Overall, network health is normalizing, however more work must be done to mitigate the effects of this incident and prevent future occurrences,” the company said

Media Temple is a web host for Adobe, ABC, Sony, NBC, Time, Volkswagen and Starbucks.

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