DDOS attack affects MyFXOpen Area

[fxfrench]

Dear Clients

Due to a malicious DDOS attack against our websites, the MYFXOpen Area may be unavailable or produce an error when attempting to log in.

Our IT department is working hard on a solution and we hope to restore full functionality in the MYFXOpen Area as soon as possible.

MT4 trading is unaffected by this outage.

[fxfrench]

FXOpen under massive DDOS attack

FXOpen is currently experiencing the largest DDOS attack in the company's history which has seriously affected website operations.

We fully realise how much of an inconvenience this is. FXOpen's website is attacked on average 4-5 times a month and for the last few years, the attacks have not affected us until this latest attack of unprecedented scale.

We thank you for your patience and understanding as we work through the solutions and install additional redundancy to protect against future attacks such as this one.

Jafar Calley
FXOpen Client Relations

[fxfrench]

Since late last week, FXOpen has been under attack by the biggest DDOS (Distributed Denial Of Service) attack seen in the company's history.


The attack that originates in Russia, but uses botnets from around the world is currently abusing the websites with over 100million connections per day and rising. No web server can handle that much information without interruptions and despite having the best DDOS protection in a large server cluster, FXOpen's websites are currently inaccessible however, trading via the MT4 terminal is completely unaffected.


On Friday, I spoke to the "hacker" who goes by the name of Ivan Ivanov of Khabarovsk, Russia and he demanded $5,000 to stop the attack. His demand has since risen to $15,000.


The attack was ordered by FXOpen's Russian competitors (according to Ivanov). This kind of criminal activity highlights the need for vigilance when dealing with Russian Forex companies who may also be involved in money laundering, mafia and terrorism.


FXOpen's IT team is working around the clock to find a solution and we hope some website functionality will return soon.

[fxfrench]

FXOpen IT department has made some progress in combating the DDOS attack.

Most website functions may now be accessed via your local IB website.

Unfortunately, I cannot post links to help you on this forum, but you can find links to working website functions on other forex related forums with FXOpen threads.

[AlchemyWorks]

Dear Clients

Due to a malicious DDOS attack against our websites, the MYFXOpen Area may be unavailable or produce an error when attempting to log in.

Our IT department is working hard on a solution and we hope to restore full functionality in the MYFXOpen Area as soon as possible.

MT4 trading is unaffected by this outage.

Can I suggest you build something like what is described in this article here. They describe how a DDOS attack was never able to make even the smallest of dents and the attacker gave up in less than an hour!

You guys will be the AMAZON of FX brokers so might as well act like it

[fxfrench]

Can I suggest you build something like what is described in this article here. They describe how a DDOS attack was never able to make even the smallest of dents and the attacker gave up in less than an hour!

You guys will be the AMAZON of FX brokers so might as well act like it

Thanks for the suggestion

We have had in place for several years, a large server cluster and other devices which for several years have succesfully fended off the 4-5 attacks we get every month. This attack was much larger than we could ever have imagined involving large botnets of infected PCs on every continent of the globe.

After this attack, we will be even stronger, not quite Amazon strong, but able to survive even the most dastardly of attacks in the future.

[AlchemyWorks]

Thanks for the suggestion

We have had in place for several years, a large server cluster and other devices which for several years have succesfully fended off the 4-5 attacks we get every month. This attack was much larger than we could ever have imagined involving large botnets of infected PCs on every continent of the globe.

After this attack, we will be even stronger, not quite Amazon strong, but able to survive even the most dastardly of attacks in the future.

Now if you can just grandfather in current US residents so it's business as usual... I will be happy for life

[fxfrench]

Now if you can just grandfather in current US residents so it's business as usual... I will be happy for life

What do you mean by "Grandfather in"?

[AlchemyWorks]

What do you mean by "Grandfather in"?

We are bouncing from forum to forum

My biggest fear is that once all the smoke clears, your legal team says you have to drop all US resident clients and I get an email stating I have X amount of days to wind down my trades and I'm left looking for another broker.

"Grandfathered" in meaning I am exempt from all the new changes and it is business as usual -- yet going forward no more US residents.

[kandavel]

Hai
my account no with fxopen is 324422
i made a transfer of 10012$ from my Libertyreserve account still it is in pending
pls see below the confirmation report when U will approve that

Your transfer was successful! Thank you for choosing Liberty Reserve!


Payment Mode Account

Date 03/23/2011 05:01

Batch 57804780

From U2734505 (singaravelu amirt...)

To U8888 (FXOpen)

Amount $10,012.00