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Report Shows Cryptocurrency Exchanges Most Common DDoS Victims Worldwide

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Published: 12 Dec 2017 › Updated: 12 Dec 2017Report Shows Cryptocurrency Exchanges Most Common DDoS Victims Worldwide

Report Shows Cryptocurrency Exchanges Most Common DDoS Victims Worldwide

Digital currency operators and Bitcoin exchanges are the most common targets of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks according to a report titled “Q3 2017 Global DDoS Threat Landscape.”

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Imperva Incapsula said that three out of four Bitcoin sites were victims of DDoS attacks in the third quarter of 2017 alone. A DDoS attack happens when multiple users flood the bandwidth or resource of a targeted system with traffic, thus disallowing legitimate parties to access the site or service.

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