### [2015-03-19](/feed/2015/03/19/index.md)

##### DOS
# A March 17 DOS attack occurs on Chinese website GreatFire, reaching 2.5 billion spoof requests per hour. 




### Sources:

1. [The Epoch Times](http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1291464-greatfire-hit-by-crippling-cyberattacks-after-angering-chinese-regime/)

### Related:

1. [After the recent March 17 DOS attack on Chinese website GreatFire (See March 19), a massive distributed denial-of-service attack from China occurs against GitHub, a leading online coding platform, with the Github-hosted GreatFire contents being the main target. ](/feed/2015/03/26/after-the-recent-march-17-dos-attack-on-chinese-website-greatfire-see-march-19-a-massive-distributed-denial-of-servic.md) _Context: GreatFire, from China_