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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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