DDoS Attacks Attempted Against Campaign Websites of Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump

According to security firm Flashpoint, hackers attempted four Mirai botnet DDoS attacks in November against the campaign websites of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

According to Flashpoint, the company observed a 30-second HTTP Layer 7 (application layer) attack against Trump's website, while the next day, it saw attacks against both Trump and Clinton's campaign sites. While attacks were attempted, neither website observed or reported outages.

"Flashpoint assesses with moderate confidence that the Mirai botnet has been fractured into smaller, competing botnets due to the release of its source code, which has led to the proliferation of actors exploiting the botnet’s devices," a spokesperson wrote on Flashpoint's website.