*Entry Title: *WHID 2011-49: WordPress hit by 'extremely large' DDoS attack *WHID ID: *2011-49 *Date Occurred: *March 3, 2011 *Attack Method: *Denial of Service *Application Weakness: *Insufficient Anti-automation *Outcome: *Downtime *Attacked Entity Field: *Blogs *Attacked Entity Geography: *USA *Incident Description: *Blog host WordPress.com was the target of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack earlier today described by the company as the largest in its history. As a result, a number of blogs--including those that are a part of WordPress' VIP service--suffered connectivity issues. That includes the Financial Post, the National Post, TechCrunch, along with the service's nearly 18 million hosted blogs. *Mass Attack: *No *Reference: *http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20038874-83.html *Attack Source Geography: * *Attacked System Technology: *WordPress