Feedly’s team was continuously busy for the past three days over the biggest DDOS attack the company has experienced. The DDOS attack lasted for about three full days, and today, the company has confirmed that their services are now back up.
Feedly, a RSS feed aggregator, has became the primary source for people who consume news everyday. The service shot to fame after Google murdered Google Reader, which the company considered as a hobby project. Feedly today announced that their service has been restored completely, on their Twitter account:
Thank you for your support through the last 3 days. We are lucky to be surrounded by such an amazing community. Have a great week end -Edwin
— feedly (@feedly) June 14, 2014
Earlier:
Feedly was just another RSS feed reader that was quite popular among people who consume news online. It was when Google brutally killed Google Reader that Feedly was pushed up to the top as the best RSS aggregator on the internet. The service was unable to handle over 500,000 signups within just two days after Google Readers’ murder. Today, it is considered to be the most widely used RSS aggregator with APIs that lets developers take advantage of