Bitcoin Hit By ‘Massive’ DDoS Attack As Tensions Rise
A “massive” distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack is hitting Bitcoin, according to trading venues, in what has been a tense week over alleged flaws in the various systems run by the virtual currency and its exchanges.
The attack picks on the very area – transaction malleability, or the potential renaming of transaction messages – that has become a bone of contention between different venues, and is blocking some transactions from being confirmed. The source of and reason for the attack have not been disclosed.
