United States
USA
Apparent denial-of-service attack interrupts Associated Press online news access
On October 31, 2023, The Associated Press experienced repeated traffic surges and a partial outage of its apnews.com website. Although the homepage remained accessible, individual news articles failed to load or returned errors until the following morning, preventing readers from accessing part of AP's online news service. AP described the behavior as consistent with a denial-of-service attack while continuing to investigate its cause. Its mobile applications and news-delivery systems for customers were unaffected. Anonymous Sudan claimed responsibility, but AP did not verify the claim.
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Estimated severity
65 / 100
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Source reliability
79 / 100
Approximate Date
2023-10-31
Targeted Company
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
United States
Affected countries
United States
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service degradationService unavailability
Affected sectors
Media & Entertainment
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Denial of service
Attributed threat actors
ANONYMOUS SUDAN
Sources
Incident Sources