Attacks On WordPress.com
On March 3, 2011 WordPress.com sustained "the largest and most sustained attack we've seen in our six year history", according to Matt Mullenweg. The distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack was neutralized the same day but the founder stated that there was a possibility it could flare up again.
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