Multiple distributed denial-of-service attacks disrupted Threema’s secure messaging service, causing intermittent outages for users in several countries. Threema said the attacks also targeted its colocation partner Nine, and it has since added specialized DDoS protection to reduce future impact. #Threema #Nine
Keypoints
- Threema suffered multiple DDoS attacks earlier this week.
- The attacks caused severe disruptions and intermittent service outages.
- Threema On-Prem customers were not affected because they use their own infrastructure.
- The threat actor kept changing tactics, making mitigation difficult.
- Threema has deployed specialized DDoS protection to filter attack traffic upstream.