Senate Democrats Seek FBI Probe Into Alleged DDoS Attack on FCC Website

Senate Communications Subcommittee ranking member Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, led a letter to the FBI Wednesday requesting an investigation of the alleged distributed denial-of-service attacks on the FCC website, which may have affected comments in the net neutrality proceeding (see 1705170067). “We ask that the FBI prioritize this matter and investigate the source of this attack,” said the Democrats, also including Sens. Al Franken, D-Minn., Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore. “This particular attack may have denied the American people the opportunity to contribute to what is supposed to be a fair and transparent process, which in turn may call into question the integrity of the FCC’s rulemaking proceedings.” They requested a briefing by June 23. "The FBI received the letter," a bureau spokeswoman said, "and will provide a response to the members of Congress."