headquarters american fork utah usa parent cybersource visa website www.authorize.net authorize.net headquarters in american fork authorize.net is a payment gateway service provider allowing merchants to accept credit card and electronic check payments through their web site and over an ip internet protocol connection . contents 1 history 2 outages 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit authorize.net was founded in 1996 in utah by jeff knowles . outages edit in september 2004 authorize.net s servers were hit by a distributed denial of service ddos attack . 1 the ddos attack lasted for over one week and caused a virtual shut down of the payment gateway s service . the attackers demanded money from authorize.net in exchange for stopping the attack . on july 2 2009 11pm the entire web infrastructure for authorize.net main website merchant gateway website etc. went offline and stayed down all morning july 3 2009 . 2 3 none of the over 200 000 merchants who use authorize.net payment gateway were able to process credit cards . authorize.net s phone numbers were closed july 3 because of the july 4th holiday as previously announced on their website though the website was down at the time . 4 other companies that have nearby offices have reported to the media that there was a fire . 2 authorize.net started a twitter account that morning but did not update their phones to give notice to customers until july 5 when they reopened phones . 5 see also edit cybersource electronic check merchant account shopping cart software references edit hack attack gums up authorize.net . wired.com . 2004 09 21 . retrieved 2004 09 21 . a b fire disrupts stations at seattle s fisher plaza friday july 3 2009 at 9 42 am seattle times http www.marketwire.com press release fisher communications inc nasdaq fsci 1012899.html https account.authorize.net ui themes mintannouncement.htm . retrieved july 6 2009 . see 24 june 2009 announcement . announcements will eventually expire . https account.authorize.net ui themes mintannouncement.htm . retrieved july 6 2009 . see 3 july 2009 and 4 july 2009 announcements . announcements will eventually expire . external links edit authorize.net retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title authorize.net & oldid 737385313 categories computer companies of the united statescompanies established in 1996merchant servicese commerceonline paymentscompanies based in utah1996 establishments in utahhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 2 september 2016 at 12 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view