Tag: Digital Security Helpline

Our Digital Security Helpline supports civil society across the globe. Help us do even more in 2016!

During the 2015 general elections in Sudan, several online newspapers were targeted for malicious hacking and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. When one opposition newspaper became unreachable due to a suspected DDoS attack, Dalia Haj-Omar, a Sudanese human rights advocate living in France, enlisted the help of Access’ Digital Security Helpline, through which activists, independent media, and civil society organizations across the globe can get real-time, direct technical assistance and advice 24 hours a day, seven days a week. With our assistance, the opposition paper was accessible again within 48 hours.

Gustaf Björksten discusses the evolving challenge of helping Digital Security Helpline clients fight off Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

Gustaf Björksten presents “A Torifying Tale,” discussing five things Access Now has learned by running Tor exit nodes.