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May 9, 2012 08:18 pm GMT

Ustream Says Russian Citizen Journalist Is The Focus Of Todays DDoS Attack

ustreamlogoDeveloping story: Ustream has sent out some details on the DDoS attack that is currently attacking its system -- which was reported on earlier by GigaOm, along with another DDoS attack on Bambuser.A Ustream spokesperson says that the attacked is targeted on user "reggamortis1", a prominent protestor's live Ustream channel. "He has been broadcasting from a large protest at the 'China Town' metro stop in Moscow." Ustream says that this is the third major DDoS attack on Ustream in the last six months related to a Russian citizen journalist, and the biggest DDoS attack it has ever had. The site is now gradually coming back up.

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