A malware denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against South Korean websites earlier this month was revealed to have come from a master server in the U.S.
The U.K.-based Internet protocol TV platform Global Digital Broadcast (GDB), known as the company owning the IP address of the master server, on July 16 traced the attacks to a VPN connection originating in Miami, Florida.
A VPN connection in Miami is controlled by the data center at, Digital Latin America (DLA), a Buenos Aires-based digital content provider.
GDB conveyed, “We’ve investigated the attacks and it seems like a program called an ‘exploit finder’ has created zombie networks that had caused DDoS attacks.”
An open-source program ‘exploit finder’ which interconnects Internet software programs is frequently used by hackers for attacks.
