The short version: Slow downs and script errors are being caused by bad people trying to attack our website and a whole lot of other websites.
Long version: Some type of DoS attack has been happening today and appears to be continuing. I have been reading reports it is the largest attack ever seen. We have been impacted and depending on volume hitting, may have exerienced slow downs and script errors.
We have seen a huge increase in traffic. Normally we have about 400-600 visit site. Today, we have over 40,000 in short periods of time with most coming from France, Korea, China, and the Russian Federation.
I have been working on a solution to block these attempts and appears to be working or may be related to measures our host provider has been making to ban all incoming traffic from these known countries to be involved in the DoS.
More than I ever thought I would know and care to know.
