BBC: Global internet slows after 'biggest attack in history'

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Your excuse for the day: BBC News - Global internet slows after 'biggest attack in history'

 

The internet around the world has been slowed down in what security experts are describing as the biggest cyber-attack in history.A row between a spam-fighting group and hosting firm has sparked retaliation attacks flooding core infrastructure.

It is having an impact on widely used services like Netflix - and experts worry it could escalate to affect banking and email services.

Five national cyber-police-forces are investigating the attacks.

Spamhaus, a group based in both London and Geneva, is a non-profit organisation which aims to help email providers filter out spam and other unwanted content.

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300 gb/s blimey

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That's a lot of 56k modems

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And here's me rebooting my Smoothie....

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There is a bit more information here: BIGGEST DDoS ATTACK IN HISTORY hammers Spamhaus ? The Register