Internet service providers (ISPs), mainly from Mumbai and Pune, claimed they are being targeted in a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack for the second time in the last three months, and said they will raise the issue of cyber terrorism with IGP (Cyber) Brijesh Singh. We are now going to lodge our complaint with IGP (Cyber) Brijesh Singh,” Kishore Desarda, director, Gazon Communication, said. A DDoS attack typically bombards websites with requests, overloading the portal until its server crashes, thus denying access to legitimate users. The case is being investigated by the Mumbai Police’s cyber cell. The Cyber Crime department is taking all possible measures to nab the perpetrators,” Mr. Singh had said earlier.

Source: The Hindu October 17, 2016 00:10 UTC