Being hit with a distributed denial of Service Attack repeatedly, either by someone testing them, maybe to see what would happen before elections and this is a pretest, or theyre actually threatening them for ransom. Reporter a ddos attack is used by hackers and easy to carry out. He says this type of attack send large volumes of traffic to specific servers to shut them down. Anything on the internet that can be used in mass to attack Companies Like dyn or other content providers with so much traffic that they cant handle the band width and the average consumer cant browse spotify or twitter today. Reporter he says theres no way to prevent a cyber attack like this and says it latest be hard to track down whos responsible. To trace an attack like this, you have to find the command and control serve esh thats kicking off the bot nets, and in the dark web we found many of these for rent. Doing it, where i can pay for 300 for 10 minutes of a ddos attack. Reporter we have not been able to s
That they spent that amount of money in just minutes. Its game on for deal seekers. Thousands of Holiday Shoppers hit the stores as soon as the doors opened. I got my birthday present. My michael course bag. My daughter bought it for me. Cherry hill mall will stay open for 28 hours straight and shoppers inside tell us they love the idea. You get to walk off your turkey dinner and see whats out there and on sale and if you can get a good deal you get it. Reporter few miles away we found tech hounds inside this best buy looking for the perfect tv, phone, whatever caught shoppers eyes. They have such great sales and i think my daughter is looking forward to an ipad air so im they have real really good deal tonight im trying to get one for her. Some economic analysts say the lower gas prices translate to more spending this season. But the big question is opening thanksgiving day too early . It depends who you ask. I think the earlier the better. You dont get all the frantic people at the d
Its going to be a cold night and cold morning. Good evening to you, happy thanksgiving. Im jessica dean. Chris may has the night off. Were going to get to that chilly black friday forecast in just a moment but first with a full stomach shoppers have all the energy they need to get through the night. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt a life at Cherry Hill Mall and david, doors opened there at sick clock. And people were ready to spend. Reporter jessica, they were very ready to go. Ready to shop, ready to find those deals. 718 that is the average Consulting Firm center says that people will spend for this Holiday Season. I have to tell you the people i spoke with tonight they told me that they spent that amount of money in just minutes. Its game on for deal seekers. Thousands of Holiday Shoppers hit the stores as soon as the doors opened. I got my birthday present. My michael course bag. My daughter bought it for me. Cherry hill mall will stay open for 28 hours straight and shoppers i
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