Far-right online forum 8chan kicked offline after protection services are cut
by Kari Paul in San Francisco from Technology | The Guardian on (#598WK)
Site was back online Monday morning with a Russian company enlisted to protect it from DDoS attacks
The latest incarnation of the hate-filled online forum 8chan was temporarily kicked off the internet on Sunday, after a company protecting the site from DDoS attacks cut its services.
The site, which is now called 8kun but was formerly known as 8chan, was back online on Monday morning, security researcher Brian Krebs reported, with a Russian company freshly enlisted to provide the protection services.
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