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by fragmede 3556 days ago
The attack was ongoing when Akami gave Brian Krebs 2 hours to find alternate hosting.

The attack showed no signs of waning as the day wore on. Some indications suggest it may have grown stronger. At 4 pm, Akamai gave Krebs two hours' notice that it would no longer assume the considerable cost of defending KrebsOnSecurity.

http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/09/why-the-silencing-of...