Published : 11-08-2018
Some seven days ago, two cyber-attacks were launched against AGPS’ official website in an attempt to hack into the group’s content and block readers’ access to fact-based material. The attacks were detected on Thursday, August 9, and Saturday, August 5.
The attack has been identified by AGPS IT team as a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack. The latter is meant to shut down a machine or network, making it inaccessible to its intended users. DoS attacks accomplish this by flooding the target with traffic, or sending it information that triggers a crash. In both instances, the DoS attack deprives legitimate users (i.e. employees, members, or account holders) of the service or resource they expected.
AGPS embarked on a defensive response to the attacks, which it said did not result in severe damage in the group’s operative servers.
AGPS Executive Director, Ahmad Husain, said the assault makes part of underway attempts to hinder access to truth and quash factual data on the situation of Palestinian refugees.
AGPS is a London-based human rights watchdog that monitors the situation of Palestinian refugees in war-torn Syria. It saw the day in October 2012.
AGPS material is purely fact-based and rooted in real data compiled by a team of professional journalists, on-the-spot reporters, news correspondents, veterans, and local activists.
Speaking the truth, propagating the truth, and documenting the truth are, therefore, the key guiding lines for AGPS mission. In seeking to fulfill this goal, AGPS team does its best to uphold the finest standards of historiographic ethics and maintain honesty in sourcing.
To that very end, live snapshots, footages, and sworn affidavits are taken directly from the fighting scene across a myriad of flashpoints so as to authenticate AGPS role as a human rights overseer.
Some seven days ago, two cyber-attacks were launched against AGPS’ official website in an attempt to hack into the group’s content and block readers’ access to fact-based material. The attacks were detected on Thursday, August 9, and Saturday, August 5.
The attack has been identified by AGPS IT team as a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack. The latter is meant to shut down a machine or network, making it inaccessible to its intended users. DoS attacks accomplish this by flooding the target with traffic, or sending it information that triggers a crash. In both instances, the DoS attack deprives legitimate users (i.e. employees, members, or account holders) of the service or resource they expected.
AGPS embarked on a defensive response to the attacks, which it said did not result in severe damage in the group’s operative servers.
AGPS Executive Director, Ahmad Husain, said the assault makes part of underway attempts to hinder access to truth and quash factual data on the situation of Palestinian refugees.
AGPS is a London-based human rights watchdog that monitors the situation of Palestinian refugees in war-torn Syria. It saw the day in October 2012.
AGPS material is purely fact-based and rooted in real data compiled by a team of professional journalists, on-the-spot reporters, news correspondents, veterans, and local activists.
Speaking the truth, propagating the truth, and documenting the truth are, therefore, the key guiding lines for AGPS mission. In seeking to fulfill this goal, AGPS team does its best to uphold the finest standards of historiographic ethics and maintain honesty in sourcing.
To that very end, live snapshots, footages, and sworn affidavits are taken directly from the fighting scene across a myriad of flashpoints so as to authenticate AGPS role as a human rights overseer.
