Downtown Alliance

Downtown Alliance is a business alliance based in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America. The organisation represents businesses located in the downtown district of the city. It serves as a collective voice for its member enterprises.

In March 2016, the alliance’s website was among several online targets of a distributed denial‑of‑service attack carried out by a hacker group protesting a police shooting incident in Salt Lake City. The attack temporarily disabled the sites of the police department, the airport, banking institutions, and the business alliance, including Downtown Alliance. The attackers claimed responsibility for the disruption and stated that their action was intended to demand accountability for the officers involved. While most of the affected websites were restored shortly after the onset of the attack, one banking portal remained offline at the time of initial reporting. The incident highlights that Downtown Alliance maintains an online presence that can be targeted in cyber‑activist campaigns. The organisation’s headquarters is located in the United States of America, as indicated in the organisational profile. No further details about its ownership structure, parent‑subsidiary relationships, or exact size are provided in the available sources. Consequently, the profile is limited to the confirmed facts regarding its identity as a business alliance, its Salt Lake City location, and its involvement in the 2016 DDoS event.