Visitors to New York's official health website, nystateofhealth.ny.gov, have reported experiencing difficulties while trying to log in. Representatives for the New York state health department said they are investigating an unusually high traffic volume.
“Since its launch, nystateofhealth.ny.gov has received approximately 10 million visits, far more than expected, causing connection issues for users,” said Donna Frescatore, executive director of NY State of Health.
“To address the issue, technicians at the state call center have assisted thousands of callers, while our technicians have increased site capacity and are investigating the cause of this unusually high traffic.”
While employees did not state anything about a denial-of-service (DDOS) attack on the website, the large number of visitors supports this theory.
Currently, nystateofhealth.ny.gov is undergoing technical work.
