Bots tie up blog

Apparently our reporting has upset someone. Since 10:35 a.m. on Monday, we have been under attack from bots that overwhelmed our server–50,000 “viewers” at the same time repeatedly.

The attack was well done and nearly untraceable. Security and firewalls have been tweeked, and we’re back up.

Was it our reporting on the March for Our Lives rallies or the county jail that provoked the attacks? Or were the bots totally unconnected to our reporting and simply it was our turn to be attacked?

City of Grudges….might be a good title for a novel.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”