GAO Probing FCC Claims of Denial-of-Service Attack

NextGov: The government’s top auditor is investigating the Federal Communications Commission’s claim that its commenting system suffered a distributed denial-of-service attack during a controversial debate over repealing net neutrality rules in May 2017, a spokesman told Nextgov Wednesday.

The alleged DDoS attack, which slowed but did not completely disable the commenting site, came after comedian John Oliver urged his viewers to submit comments opposing the net neutrality rewrite favored by the Trump administration. Those new rules, which are favored by internet service providers, will take effect next week.

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