*Entry Title: *WHID 2011-79: Change.org Victim of DDoS Attack From China *WHID ID: *2011-79 *Date Occurred: *April 19, 2011 *Attack Method: *Denial of Service *Application Weakness: *Insufficient Anti-automation *Outcome: *Downtime *Attacked Entity Field: *Politics *Attacked Entity Geography: * *Incident Description: *Change.org, an online petitioning platform, has come under an ongoing distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack originating from China after the site hosted a call urging Chinese authorities to release artist Ai Weiwei from custody. *Mass Attack: *No *Reference: * http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,225672/printable.html *Attack Source Geography: *China