Distributed denial of service

La Gran Aldea Suffers a DDoS Attack Between November 23 and 25, 2023

From shortly after noon on November 23 until the afternoon of November 25, 2023, La Gran Aldea suffered a DDoS attack involving automated requests targeting specific articles. The website slowed down, and two articles became inaccessible.

Overview

Missing evidence

confirmed actor

Impact details

The DDoS attack lasted from approximately noon on November 23, 2023, until the afternoon of November 25, 2023; the website slowed down, and two articles became inaccessible.

public websitenews portal

Classification & severity

Category
Availability
Subtype
Distributed denial of service
Confidence
High

Severity assessment

Medium
Functional impact
Degraded (non-critical)
Information impact
None
Affected scope
Organization-wide
Critical service
None
Public confidence
Limited
Recoverability
Supplemented

A documented DDoS attack against the website of a media outlet or civil society organization, with limited impact on availability and no data compromise.

Service disrupted· 52h Availability

Timeline

Discovery

La Gran Aldea suffers a DDoS attack between November 23 and 25, 2023

Evidence & sources

2 sources