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Alphabet's Jigsaw Offers Political Campaigns Free DDoS Protection
Alphabet subsidiary Jigsaw has offered U.S. political organizations a tool to help defend against distributed denial-of-service attacks.
Credit: silicon.co.uk
Jigsaw, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, is offering U.S. political organizations a free tool to defend against distributed denial-of-device (DDoS) attacks.
The defensive software, known as "Project Shield," is designed to flag, filter, and contain malicious Internet traffic. Project Shield is based on Google's own server architecture and scanning capabilities, enabling it to rapidly identify and block Internet Protocol addresses that are recognized as being linked to botnets.
A recent DDoS attack on Knox County, TN, which forced the county to postpone the release of voting results, demonstrates the scope of the threat and the need for political organizations to protect themselves from digital attacks, according to Project Shield's George Conrad.
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