News broke that Japanese retail FX broker Hirose Tusyo Inc, or Hirose FX, has been a subjected to a DDoS attack this week. The attack affected the corporate website, as well as Hirose FX’s trading tools, such as the LION FX platform. Logging into the platform and accessing the website was hampered for more than an hour on Monday morning.
Sean Newman, Director at Corero Network Security says: “The recently confirmed attack against Japan’s Hirose Financial foreign exchange trading company, including its Lion FX trading platform, shows just how vulnerable organisations, which rely predominantly on their online presence, are to DDoS attacks. With DDoS-for-hire services now so inexpensive and easy to find, it’s simple for criminals with any number of motives to be successful with a targeted attack. And, when it is a revenue-generating online platform that is taken offline, for any length of time, it can significantly impact the bottom line. The only way to keep vital services online in the face of such a threat, is to have a robust, real-time, DDoS mitigation solution in place, which can defeat attacks in seconds and prevent even the shortest of interruptions to services.”
Sean Newman, Director at Corero Network Security says: “The recently confirmed attack against Japan’s Hirose Financial foreign exchange trading company, including its Lion FX trading platform, shows just how vulnerable organisations, which rely predominantly on their online presence, are to DDoS attacks. With DDoS-for-hire services now so inexpensive and easy to find, it’s simple for criminals with any number of motives to be successful with a targeted attack. And, when it is a revenue-generating online platform that is taken offline, for any length of time, it can significantly impact the bottom line. The only way to keep vital services online in the face of such a threat, is to have a robust, real-time, DDoS mitigation solution in place, which can defeat attacks in seconds and prevent even the shortest of interruptions to services.”