Editing LiveJournal (section)

===Distributed denial-of-service attacks===
LiveJournal was the victim of several [[DoS|DDoS]] attacks in 2011. The first attack on March 30 took down the site for several hours. The attack is reported to be the largest DDoS attack against LiveJournal since the site's creation. A second attack continued through April 4 and 5, causing service disruption for some users.<ref>{{cite web|title=DDoS Attack on LiveJournal|url=http://globalvoicesonline.org/2011/04/06/russia-ddos-attack-on-livejournal-has-russians-debating-internet-politics/|work=Global Voices, English|date=6 April 2011|access-date=2011-07-28|archive-date=2011-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823072953/http://globalvoicesonline.org/2011/04/06/russia-ddos-attack-on-livejournal-has-russians-debating-internet-politics/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Why Have Hackers Hit Russia's Most Popular Blogging Service?|first=Simon|last=Schuster|newspaper=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=2011-04-07|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2063952,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410224600/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2063952,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 10, 2011}}</ref> A third attack in July caused the site to be unavailable for several hours at a time for a week.<ref>{{cite news
|title=Hacker Attacks paralyze LiveJournal
|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/hacker-attacks-paralyze-livejournal/441237.html
|access-date=2011-07-28
|newspaper=The Moscow Times
|date=2011-07-28
|archive-date=2011-08-12
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812173332/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/hacker-attacks-paralyze-livejournal/441237.html
|url-status=live
}}</ref> On December 2, 2011, another attack was recorded, with LiveJournal's status blog acknowledging it as such. Of the attacks, Russian president [[Dmitry Medvedev]] commented in April 2011 that "what has occurred should be examined by LiveJournal's administration and law enforcement agencies."<ref>[https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/08/russian_ddos_assaults/ Russian pres fumes at mystery DDoS hack] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707124013/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/08/russian_ddos_assaults/ |date=2017-07-07 }}. The Register. Retrieved 2011-12-02.</ref>

On [[2011 Russian legislative election|Russia's election day]] in December 2011, LiveJournal saw another attack.<ref>Ioffe, Julia, [https://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/12/russian-elections-faking-it.html "Russian Elections: Faking It"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407120856/http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/12/russian-elections-faking-it.html |date=2014-04-07 }}, ''The New Yorker'' blogpost, December 5, 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-06.</ref>