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Article: Cyber attack strikes Web servers
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 23, 2002
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Cyber attack strikes Web servers
Few users likely noticed it because of quick response
By TED BRIDIS Associated Press
Wednesday, October 23, 2002
Washington -- An unusually powerful electronic attack this week
briefly crippled nine of the 13 computer servers that manage global
Internet traffic, officials disclosed Tuesday, but the attack was
quickly thwarted and went unnoticed by most users.
One official described the attack as the most sophisticated and
large-scale assault against these crucial computers in the history of
the Internet. The origin of the attack was not known.
Service was restored after experts enacted defensive measures, and
the attack suddenly stopped.
A prolonged attack on ...