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Online Attack Hits US Government Web Sites

Posted by Soulskill on from the world-war-three-point-oh dept.

angry tapir writes "A botnet composed of about 50,000 infected computers has been waging a war against US government Web sites and causing headaches for businesses in the US and South Korea. The attack started Saturday, and security experts have credited it with knocking the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC's) web site offline for parts of Monday and Tuesday. Several other government Web sites have also been targeted, including the Department of Transportation."

2 of 199 comments (clear)

  1. Re:blame China by lxs · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've heard this theory before and my first thought was: "Do they even have internet in North Korea?"

    Well, do they?

  2. Re:Intensifying the conflict much? by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You're right. The real enemy here is Microsoft! If we stopped Windows, we would stop the attacks. I think we should send the military to liberate Redmond.

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    You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.