A screenshot of the statement issued by WordPress regarding the attack (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Open-source blogging platform WordPress ( www.wordpress.org ) experienced a major DDoS attack on Thursday, according to a report by The Register. The report says that the attack caused disruptions for many sites reliant on WordPress to post content, including TechCrunch

A screenshot of the statement issued by WordPress regarding the attack (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Open-source blogging platform WordPress ( www.wordpress.org ) experienced a major DDoS attack on Thursday, according to a report by The Register. The report says that the attack caused disruptions for many sites reliant on WordPress to post content, including TechCrunch. TechCrunch reported that Automattic and WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg claimed this attack was the largest he has ever seen and is likely to be politically motivated against one of its “non-English blogs”, though there is currently no evidence

Mr. Brooks Borcherding is the new president of web hosting company NaviSite, according to the announcement made this afternoon by the PR Team of the web space provider. NaviSite has webhosting data centers in the US and the UK.