Chunk Host, a provider of virtual server services, was recently the target of a DDoS attack. The services did indeed go down for a while, but the company was on the ball and took measures to correct the issue quickly while communicating their efforts to customers.

It seems that Fasthosts has been experiencing some significant issues with downtime today. The company, based in the UK, provides web hosting and email services.

In the world of the Internet, you don’t expect giants like Google and Yahoo! to take a fall – but that’s exactly what happened this week.

We’ve talked a lot about what to do when your site goes down unexpectedly. Communication is key, as we’ve mentioned quite a few times in the past.

We all know that when customers aren’t happy about something, they tweet about it or go elsewhere on the Web to vent.

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – when a website or service goes down, you have to communicate with your customers or your reputation is going to take a hit.

Last week we discussed a new form of terrorism – the cyber-attacks that are now targeting many major U.S. financial institutions.

When it comes to consumer relations, communication is everything. A website like Consumerist.com should know this. After all, their website is dedicated to consumer relations.

It seems that terrorism has taken on a new form and the Bank of America and J.P Morgan Chase websites have been the most recent target of the terrorists’ cyber-attacks.

It used to be that the biggest such threat was being mentioned in a post on Slashdot.