Feedly suffers DDoS attack to extort money

If your RSS feeds through Feedly, well, know that it is possible that it is already empty for long minutes, and there is a reason. Feedly announced currently be the victim of an attack DDoS (Denial of Service Attack), with the author (s) trying to raise money. At present the company refuses to pay ...

"We refused to give in and we work with our operators to mitigate the crisis as best we can," says Edwin Khodabakchian, founder and CEO of Feedly.

Feedly tries to reassure users that their data is security , and access will be restored as soon as "the attack will be mitigated" .

No later than yesterday, Evernote said he had been subjected to a similar attack, but it was quickly restored. It is not clear whether this is directly related to the current attack what undergoing Feedly.

Feedly saw his side climb when Google announced last year that it was closing its service Reader - used by many to manage their RSS feeds. Today, Feedly has millions of daily users. The company did everything to overcome the loss of Google Reader, and it is similar evidence of a courageous attitude in response to this threat against its online service.