Obviously you mean the Virgin site is down -- The Merc is still serving the story. :-)
- ferg -- "Alex Eckelberry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It's down... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Ferguson Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 9:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [funsec] Hackers Trip Up Virgin America's First Day of Ticketing -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via The Mercury News. [snip] Virgin America's first day of ticket sales Thursday was slowed by apparent hackers flooding the start-up airline's Web site, but officials said they still did a good business with consumers looking to book flights when the carrier takes off next month. "It's exceeding all our expectations," said spokeswoman Abby Lunardini, who didn't have specific figures on how many bookings were made by day's end. She said the airline's Web site began to slow around noon, making it difficult for users to purchase tickets online. The airline directed users to call its toll-free number. [snip] More: http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_6415722 - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.2 (Build 2014) wj8DBQFGoBUmq1pz9mNUZTMRAuuUAJwNNr3lWUx0MKTxTYn1P1bxzU/+SQCgmHKb k8bWeucED9OSS3Lpeflp8lM= =m4Dg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
