A malicious cyber attack on a New Zealand computer user knocked out the internet for numerous users in New Zealand’s major cities.
It triggered a network outage for a major broadband provider, causing internet outages across the country.
Thousands of New Zealanders had their Friday afternoon workflow disrupted when their internet connection went down owing to a cyber attack on a major internet provider.
Vocus, which operates Orcon, Slingshot, Flip, and Stuff Fibre internet connections, was targeted with a DDoS attack shortly after 1pm, knocking out its internet for roughly 30 minutes. It accounts for close to 15% of the country’s broadband consumers.
Reports from affected users poured in from all throughout the country, but the majority came from the North Island, which included Auckland, Hamilton, and Wellington.
According to a spokesperson, the Vocus engineering team has confirmed the problem is due to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) assault.
Vocus now claims that a single client was the target of the DDoS attack.
“Our Arbor DDoS platform was updated with a DDoS mitigation rule to stop the attack for the end user,” said a company official.
According to preliminary investigations, it was this rule change that caused service disruptions for a number of Vocus customers. We are collaborating with the platform’s vendor to determine why this occurred.
The corporation previously stated that the hack disrupted internet service for around 30 minutes.
A DDoS attack occurs when attackers attempt to interrupt normal internet traffic to a service, server, or network. The goal is to obstruct access and prevent people from receiving services that they require. The attack function by overwhelming a website with bogus requests, causing it to overflow. This meant that typical, genuine queries could not be processed.
