ECUMoney Down?

syber90 · #1 06-20-2009, 08:38 PM

I can load their website, a bit slow indeed but it's loading for me

hyips-r-us · #2 06-20-2009, 08:40 PM

I could access it from europe this morning. Seems like DDOS'ing a copetitor became quite a public sport in this industry.

but as good ol' redd said:

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I guess attacking perfect money has consequences.

you can point your finger to the possible origin quite easily this time

I wonder if it's the same attacker that targeted LR in the last week.
Hm,actually, I don't even wonder anymore, but I already suspect such things. After all, if you are owned by an "Anti-DDOS" company, you could be supposed to have knowledge of both sides of the world, couldn't you?

btw: it's still online for me from europe... slow, but steady...

hyips-r-us · #3 06-20-2009, 09:01 PM

there IS a public announcement in place, although somewhat more "unprecise":

http://blog.ecumoney.com/

in the end, it doesn't "exclude" a DDOS attack, so Patryn's source may be authentic. And as Patryn is somewhat carefull about posting "rumors", it could even be from one of the participating partys in this incident, be it attacker or attacked

In the FIRST case, I'd be even more interested to hear more details about the source of the information
Even if chances are small to get some...

GoldMember77 · #4 06-20-2009, 10:57 PM

Just to clarify, the website DOES load for me (the static homepage content), but the backend (dynamic part) does time out. It could be a DDOS attack directed at the backend server, instead of the one serving static content, if in fact they have this segregated.

Bruce09 · #5 06-21-2009, 02:56 AM

Is this one a exchanger or a e-bank or a HYIP site?

Patryn · #6 06-21-2009, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Bruce09

Is this one a exchanger or a e-bank or a HYIP site?

Why are you here?

hyips-r-us · #7 06-21-2009, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Patryn

Why are you here?

...even the matrix didn't give a correct answer on that in his case

back to topic, Patryn's source seem to have updated it's blog as well:
http://blog.ecumoney.com/

Bruce09 · #8 06-21-2009, 07:27 AM

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Saturday, 20 June 2009
Attacks against ECUmoney
On June 17th at 6 PM GMT, a DDOS attack was launched against the ECUmoney main server. On 18th at about 5 AM GMT, this attack was mitigated by our datacenter and our site could load normally. On Friday 19th at 11 AM GMT, the DDOS attack began massive and more sophisticated, that makes our website slow to load and frequently generates some "timeout" errors. Our datacenter's technicians and engeniers are working to mitigate this attack and bring back our website online in the best conditions.

This electronic attack is the logical follow-up of a public attack launched against ECUmoney since a few weeks on some forum, clearly signed and organized by a competitor. Observers know that there are currently 3 e-currencies that Users may easily exchange together; one of them is under regular heavy DDOS attacks since a few months, today comes the turn of ECUmoney; the third one strangely never got attacked since it is on the market, and it is this one that attacked ECUmoney on public boards since a few weeks.

Moreover some technical elements *and inside information* clearly show that this e-currency is at the origin of the current DDOS attack against ECUmoney.

Though we could see this as a sign of the "importance" of ECUmoney on the e-currency market after only a few months online, we are not ready to accept being attacked without replying, and there will be some serious consequences for the attacker, by various ways. The e-currency market does not need such actors, and we will actively contribute to clean it from garbage: There is no place for a competitor using such methods.
That will not be done by public messages (ECUmoney never communicates on public boards), but by legal and underground operations.

Our first objective is of course our website to be back online in correct conditions as usual. Our team is in permanent contact with the datacenter, but the mitigation of this kind of DDOS attacks requests a lot of time. Be sure that, of course, your ECU are safe (The servers have not been touched, it is only the access to the servers that is difficult), and that we will not postpone any of our development projects. After only a few months on the market, ECUmoney has became one of the most used and respected e-currency on the market, and the actions of a competitor run by a gang of international scammers will not change anything.

Thank you for your patience!

Denis
Operational Director
Posted by ECUmoney Limited at Saturday, June 20, 2009