Parler Claims Amazon Intentionally Left Security Hole for Hackers to Attack Data Centers

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Parler Claims Amazon Intentionally Left Security Hole for Hackers to Attack Data Centers

Parler, in a court filing, accused Amazon Web Services (AWS) of deliberately leaving open Amazon Route 53, a Domain Name System web service, that essentially provided a green light for hackers to attack its data centers.

Parler’s filing in a Washington state court stated that after AWS took Parler offline, “it did a very curious thing” and “left open Route 53.”

The move, according to Parler, “conveniently directed hackers to our backup datacenters and caused them to initiate a sizeable DNS attack.”

“In other words,” the filing read, “AWS essentially illuminated a large neon arrow directing hackers to Parler’s backup datacenters. And the hackers got the message, launching an extremely large attack” that was “250 times larger and 12 – 24 times longer than the average DDoS attack,” referring to a distributed denial-of-service.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/parler-claims-amazon-intentionally-left-security-hole-for-hackers-to-attack-data-centers_3662963.html