"UK cryptocurrency exchange EXMO crashed offline off by massive DDOS attack".
UK cryptocurrency exchange EXMO crashed offline off by massive DDOS attack
17.02.2021
The cryptocurrency exchange EXMO has been knocked offline by a massive DDOS attack. This has been confirmed by a UK-based agency. The exchange reported that on February 15, its website was unavailable for two hours and it was attacked by a denial of service or DDOS attack.
EXMO said it experienced an unusual amount of traffic at 16.10 GMT and the number of connections was temporarily hampering its operations. A spokesman for EXMO said previous DDOS attacks had only affected websites and that it was a massive attack - driving 30 gigabytes of traffic per second.
Complete network infrastructure and exchange charts including Website, API and WebsiteSocket API. He added that it was not normal to reduce any exchange in this situation.
The attack was repulsed with the help of the DDOS Security Correspondent. "In this situation, we are taking extra precautions," he said. Although EXMO has started working again since yesterday.
Unfortunately the spread of market activity which undoubtedly brings about positive change. However, as a result, many negative incidents have come back.
This is just one of many encounters we have encountered in DDOS. The U.S. agency said general services have now resumed, but the webpage said it was undergoing maintenance.