Site of the popular online shop Amazon. com was unavailable for several hours on Friday and then on Monday - but the company does not recognize that they were attacked.
On Friday, the site was also inaccessible movie archive IMDB. com, which is owned by ' Amazon ' and runs on Amazon Web Service (AWS). As noted by security experts from the company Narus, drop coincided, as in the case of IMDB was an obvious DDoS-attack.
On Monday, the fall of Amazon servers. com again - was not available, not only the U.S. site, but Amazon UK. co. uk. In this case, as reported by CNet, the company Amazon has not acknowledged that came under DDoS- attack.
Meanwhile, according to the ' Web planet ', an important role in the attack played a Russian-speaking ' botherdery ', that is, holders of botnets. Recall that in RuNet service DDoS-attacks were widely publicized last fall, and already the New Year this led to a number of attacks on online shopping by using botnets of Russian origin (such as Black Energy).
If you connect the current attack on the Amazon from economic competition, the closest the alleged reason could be announced on the day iPhone 3G - it is not sold on Amazon. com, but in looking at this site are given ' Sponsored links ' to sites that have received (or supposedly received) pre-orders for the coveted seksofon.
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