The Health Dept website was attacked in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic Posted by adg29 on Monday March 16, 2020 @04:33PM from the vox.com dept. https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/3/16/21181825/health-human-services-coronavirus-website-ddos-cyber-attack ( 1 comment | 2 points | on HN )
Department of Homeland Security sources say the site never crashed or seemingly was in any danger of doing so. https://twitter.com/nakashimae/status/1239569102831857665
According to Bloomberg, officials don’t yet know who is responsible but are assuming it’s a “hostile foreign actor.”