Barogo Actively Responds to 'DRDoS' Terror with Government Agencies

Additional DDoS Attack Preparedness: KISA Hotline Established

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Cheol-hyun] Barogo, a delivery agency platform operator, announced on the 25th that it is closely cooperating with government agencies and related service providers to actively respond to reflected attack (DRDoS) terrorism.

On the 20th, Barogo was attacked by an unknown attacker with an attack presumed to be DRDoS. As a result, service operations were suspended from 7:47 PM on that day until 5 PM on the 21st, and recovery was completed around 5 PM on the 21st.

DRDoS is a type of DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service). It is a more advanced denial of service attack technique than DDoS, and unlike DDoS, which mobilizes a large number of infected PCs to cause disruption or paralysis of information and communication services, it can also use non-infected PCs for attacks.

Barogo received DRDoS attacks from 30,000 to 80,000 systems (IPs) per minute during the lunch and dinner times when deliveries are the highest. At the initial DRDoS attack, Barogo cooperated with LG Uplus to block IPs coming from overseas. In addition, it operated a response task force to replace equipment capable of responding to the attack, supplemented and expanded affected systems, and responded to the attack.

Currently, Barogo has reported the attack to the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) and requested an investigation from the Cyber Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. Furthermore, to prepare for additional DDoS attacks, it continues monitoring activities through the response task force and has established a hotline for close communication with KISA and related service providers.

A Barogo official said, "We are discussing support plans for stakeholders who experienced inconvenience due to the service disruption," and added, "We plan to closely cooperate with investigative agencies to apprehend the perpetrators of the terrorism."

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