Eskenzi PR ad banner Eskenzi PR ad banner
  • About Us
Monday, 23 May, 2022
IT Security Guru
Eskenzi PR banner
  • Home
  • Features
  • Insight
  • Events
    • Most Inspiring Women in Cyber 2021
  • Topics
    • Cloud Security
    • Cyber Crime
    • Cyber Warfare
    • Data Protection
    • DDoS
    • Hacking
    • Malware, Phishing and Ransomware
    • Mobile Security
    • Network Security
    • Regulation
    • Skills Gap
    • The Internet of Things
    • Threat Detection
    • AI and Machine Learning
    • Industrial Internet of Things
  • Multimedia
  • Product Reviews
  • About Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Features
  • Insight
  • Events
    • Most Inspiring Women in Cyber 2021
  • Topics
    • Cloud Security
    • Cyber Crime
    • Cyber Warfare
    • Data Protection
    • DDoS
    • Hacking
    • Malware, Phishing and Ransomware
    • Mobile Security
    • Network Security
    • Regulation
    • Skills Gap
    • The Internet of Things
    • Threat Detection
    • AI and Machine Learning
    • Industrial Internet of Things
  • Multimedia
  • Product Reviews
  • About Us
No Result
View All Result
IT Security Guru
No Result
View All Result

Planned Parenthood reports second website hack in a week

by The Gurus
July 30, 2015
in Top 10 Stories
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Planned Parenthood said electronic traffic to its websites was snarled by computer hackers on Wednesday in the second cyber attack mounted against the healthcare organization this week amid a controversy over alleged sales of aborted fetal tissue.
Websites operated by Planned Parenthood and its political branch, Planned Parenthood Action, were clogged by a wide-scale “distributed denial-of-service,” or DDoS, attack, the organization said.
In such attacks, a web server is deliberately flooded with massive amounts of data to block access from legitimate users.
Service was restored shortly after the attack, but the group opted to keep its websites offline for the remainder of the day “to ensure that we are fully protected,” Dawn Laguens, executive vice president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement.
Visitors to Planned Parenthood sites, which serve some 200,000 people a day seeking information on reproductive health, birth control, sexually transmitted diseases, parenting, abortion and other topics, were being redirected to its Facebook pages for the time being, Laguens said.
The cyber attack, she said, “only shows how far opponents of safe and legal abortion will go.”
It was the second time in as many days Planned Parenthood’s websites were reported to have been breached by hackers.
The group said on Tuesday it had notified the FBI that “extremists who oppose Planned Parenthood’s mission and services” had launched an attack on its information systems.
 
view the full story here

FacebookTweetLinkedIn
Tags: .NETCrimeCyberDDoSDenial of Servicedistributed denial of servicedosFBIHackHackerITplanned parenthoodreligionsecuritysitetrafficwebWebsite
ShareTweetShare
Previous Post

The StageFright Vulnerability: Maybe the greatest Android vulnerability (so far)

Next Post

Cisco IOS-XE update time: Squash that DoS bug

Recent News

chinese flag

Chinese hackers caught spying on Russian defence institutes

May 23, 2022
doge coin

Cryptocurrency scammers use Elon Musk deep fake

May 23, 2022
hacker using computer

Conti ransomware group disbands

May 20, 2022
Xerox Corporation victim of Maze ransomware

Who is UNC1756 – the hacker threatening Costa Rica?

May 19, 2022

The IT Security Guru offers a daily news digest of all the best breaking IT security news stories first thing in the morning! Rather than you having to trawl through all the news feeds to find out what’s cooking, you can quickly get everything you need from this site!

Our Address: 10 London Mews, London, W2 1HY

Follow Us

© 2015 - 2019 IT Security Guru - Website Managed by Calm Logic

  • About Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Features
  • Insight
  • Events
    • Most Inspiring Women in Cyber 2021
  • Topics
    • Cloud Security
    • Cyber Crime
    • Cyber Warfare
    • Data Protection
    • DDoS
    • Hacking
    • Malware, Phishing and Ransomware
    • Mobile Security
    • Network Security
    • Regulation
    • Skills Gap
    • The Internet of Things
    • Threat Detection
    • AI and Machine Learning
    • Industrial Internet of Things
  • Multimedia
  • Product Reviews
  • About Us

© 2015 - 2019 IT Security Guru - Website Managed by Calm Logic

This site uses functional cookies and external scripts to improve your experience.

Privacy settings

Privacy Settings / PENDING

This site uses functional cookies and external scripts to improve your experience. Which cookies and scripts are used and how they impact your visit is specified on the left. You may change your settings at any time. Your choices will not impact your visit.

NOTE: These settings will only apply to the browser and device you are currently using.

GDPR Compliance

Powered by Cookie Information