MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Richard Gordon, who is leading an investigation of alleged irregular procurement contracts for pandemic supplies, on Wednesday said his official website came under a coordinated online attack on Oct. 4, shutting it down for six hours. The Senate’s own website was shut down on Wednesday due to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack originating from multiple countries, according to its Electronic Data Processing-Management Information System Bureau (EDP-MIS). “A DDoS attack is an attempt to make an online service or website unavailable by overwhelming it with internet traffic from multiple sources. The official website of Senator Gordon also fell victim to a DDoS attack last Oct. 4,” the EDP-MIS said. The foreign-led attack persisted until 3:04 p.m.Cruz said the huge traffic “requests” to Gordon’s website primarily came from China, the United States, Ukraine, and several Southeast Asian countries.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 06, 2021 21:42 UTC