### [2015-03-26](/feed/2015/03/26/index.md)

##### GreatFire
# 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. 




### Sources:

1. [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/27/8299555/github-china-ddos-censorship-great-firewall)

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