Github a popular coding website used by programmers to collaborate on software development was hit by a large-scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack for more than 24 hours late Thursday night. Attack specifically targets two popular Github projects GreatFire and CN-NYTimes anti-censorship tools used to help Chinese citizens circumvent The Great Firewall Of China, the government’s censorship of Internet access in China. Chinese search engine giant has denied any involvement in the current DDoS attack.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2015/03/github-hit-by-massive-ddos-attack-from_27.html