Which company was the victim of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that forced the company to close operations and to eventually transfer over 2,500 customers to a rival organization?

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6 April, 23:22

Which company was the victim of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that forced the company to close operations and to eventually transfer over 2,500 customers to a rival organization?

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Victor Barry · Answer 1

Cloudnine communications

Explanation:

Cloudnine communications - CloudNine Communications was a small British Internet service provider (ISP). It was compelled to sell its company to challenger Zetnet in 2002 after a crippling DDoS attack. CloudNine is one of the initial ISPs from Britain.

Cloud Nine was elected ISP Review ISP of the Year 2000 and was listed continually in the leading 10 UK ISPs from October-2000 to January-2002.