Confirmed DDos on an Exchange. I'm speculating that there is/are larger attacks happening.

http://cointelegraph.com/news/115561/kraken-ddos-attack-leaves-traders-unable-to-sell-at-500-peak

Over the past few days, leading bitcoin exchange Kraken has tried to implement advanced DDoS protection, after a series of large DDoS attacks were launched by an unidentified group of hackers, directed to disrupt their operations.

According to the Kraken team, the attacks began on October 31, when an increasing number of users reported server issues and connection problems while logging into their Kraken accounts. The majority of its users were unable to access their funds and withdraw bitcoins due to gateway error and server glitches.

During this time, Kraken announced on Twitter:

Connection problem was due to DDoS but should be resolved now. Said "some" before because unsure of the extent at that time.
-- Kraken Exchange (@krakenfx) October 31, 2015

The DDoS attacks continued in small doses until November 4, when the exchange was hit hard by a series of major DDoS attacks, resulting a significant delay in server connections for a few hours until the website finally went down for straight hours, enraging users who were hoping to withdraw their bitcoins as the price of bitcoin peaked US$500 on international exchanges.

The Kraken team quickly began to improve its security protocols and DDoS protection since yesterday morning to restore connectivity and resolve server issues. Kraken was able to quickly mitigate the attacks but warned its users that the DDoS is ongoing and some users may still not be able to access their accounts on the exchange.

The DDoS is ongoing but most should have access now. Apologies - this was a large attack and took longer to mitigate.
-- Kraken Exchange (@krakenfx) November 4, 2015

While many suspect that the DDoS attacks could have been launched by anonymous hackers to drive down the price of bitcoin, BTCC exchange CEO Bobby Lee told CoinTelegraph that:

"There was perhaps a perception that the attackers were trying to bring the price down, but as we don't know who the attackers are we can't be sure of their motives."

Lee also believes that the attacks won't have any significant impact on the price due to this attack. Kraken's market share meanwhile is less than 5%, which is probably one of the main reasons why the market as a whole will be able to withstand any disruptions.

"Kraken's volume is too little to have an effect on the price of bitcoin," said one Kraken trader who


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[9 Points] _-________________-_:

OKCoin was (or still is) also suffering an attack.

You're probably right. This is all too anxiety provoking.

launched by anonymous hackers to drive down the price of bitcoin

Wow, the banksters are really getting worried and pissed off...


[3 Points] None:

remember, remember


[3 Points] SpecialAgentDildo:

posted in another thread but last night as I was fighting with abraxas to get something done at one point I got one of those xml parsing errors I used to see on SR2 while they were under ddos.


[2 Points] None:

protonmail also under attack.


[2 Points] jingweeds:

Went down FOR STRAIGHT HOURS, SON


[1 Points] MrNiceGuy7410:

AlphaBay on the DDOS attacks.
Don't follow the link as I can't confirm it 100%, it's left for informational purposes

Copied from /u/alphabaysupport/

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Hash: SHA512

Apologies for Alphabay downtime, we are under DDoS attack. We are mitigating the attack, but in the meantime, we have activated one of our emergency servers with an alternate onion:

http://sszoxp4dqmt24jng.onion

The authenticity of the private key for this message can be verified in the Contact page of Alphabay. We are still running as usual. No data is compromized, just a plain old attack like you are all used to.

Sorry for the problems and see you on Alphabay soon!

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[1 Points] MO_Drugs:

Are you the 17 year old that got caught in a bunch of lies by DDW?


[1 Points] PhriskyDingough:

JarJar Binks is behind it all, JarJar is the puppet master.


[1 Points] lordredvampire:

What's the link to Kraken's exchange? I assume www (dot) kraken (dot)com? Thanks.