Day FOUR of the GitHub web assault: Activists point fingers at 'China's global censorship'
With the GitHub distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack nearing its fifth day of bombardment, the code-sharing upstart said it is holding up well under fire.
The site said as of Monday afternoon, Pacific Time, it is still operating at 100 per cent, despite a continuing flow of malicious traffic to its servers. GitHub said the attack "has evolved," but wouldn't provide any further information.
When word of the assault first broke, security researchers suggested miscreants behind the attack were targeting GitHub projects that help circumvent the Great Firewall of China – a censorship apparatus that prevents access to anti-state websites.
