CloudFlare: Hong Kong democracy movement hit by ‘one of largest DDoS attacks in internet history’
Occupy Central, a grassroots movement that aims to bring universal suffrage to Hong Kong, has been subject to “one of the largest and most persistent DDoS attacks in the history of the Internet,” according to CloudFlare, the web performance company maintaining its website. Under the current political system, the Chinese government proposes two candidates to lead Hong Kong, with the winner picked by the city-state’s elected chamber. Occupy Central is proposing a one-man one-vote system, and is running an unofficial referendum of Hong Kong citizens online. Its website suffered stability issues this week following a strong DDoS attack. CloudFlare CEO Matthew Prince claims that even more sophisticated attacks are battering it today…
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