Protecting the worlds news from digital attack
Protecting the worlds news from digital attack ABOUT ZENFONE - Protecting the worlds news from digital attack, The web is an increasingly critical tool for news organizations, allowing them to communicate faster, research more easily, and disseminate their work to a global audience. Often its the primary distribution channel for critical, investigative work that shines a light into the darkest corners of society and the economy�the kind of reporting that exposes wrongdoing, causes upset and brings about change. Unfortunately there are some out there who want to prevent this kind of reporting�to silence journalism when it�s needed most. A simple, inexpensive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack can be carried out by almost anyone with access to a computer�and take a site completely offline before its owners even know they�ve been attacked. These attacks threaten free expression and access to information�two of Google�s core values. So a few years ago we created Project Shield, an