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[FYI] Al Jazeera's web site - DDoSed or unplugged?



http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29984.html

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Al Jazeera's web site - DDoSed or unplugged?  

By John Lettice  

Posted: 27/03/2003 at 16:17 GMT  

The launch of Arab satellite TV network Al Jazeera's new Web site on 
Monday drew immediate hack attacks, but this has been swiftly 
followed up by the disappearance of the site's DNS records. These now 
point to mydomain.com nameservers, but this company's site is also 
currently inaccessible; as you might expect, under the circumstances. 

Al Jazeera (aljazeera.net, for the record) could have been taken 
offline by DDoS attacks, but considering the timing one is also drawn 
to the possibility that something involving a Big Red Switch might 
have been involved.  

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