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Re: Continuing Attempts to Thwart FluTrackers
Internet trouble? You're not alone - why it was one bad day for the Web
Anupam Saxena, March 28, 2013
Looks like we've just experienced one of the worst days in history of the Internet. Millions of users were affected by a snarl that led to delays in loading websites or accessing other online services.
One of the major reasons for the slowdown was a tiff between Spamhaus ,a group fighting spam and Cyberbunker, a Dutch company that hosts Web sites said to be sending spam that led to one of the largest computer attacks on the Internet, causing widespread congestion and jamming crucial infrastructure around the world.
The dispute started when Spamhaus added Cyberbunker to its blacklist, which is used by email providers to weed out spam.
Cyberbunker allegedly started "bazooka" attacks which were essentially distributed denial of service attack (DDoS), that essentially bombard sites with traffic in an effort to disrupt them.
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The other reason was cutting of the South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 4 (aka SEA-ME-WE 4) undersea cable near Alexandria in Egypt, that affected users in and around Africa, Middle East and some parts of Asia. Online publication Gigaom also points out that the timing of the cut was unfortunate as other major cables including Europe India Gateway (EIG) and India-Middle East-Western Europe (IMEWE) were in "maintenance mode."
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Internet trouble? You're not alone - why it was one bad day for the Web
Anupam Saxena, March 28, 2013
Looks like we've just experienced one of the worst days in history of the Internet. Millions of users were affected by a snarl that led to delays in loading websites or accessing other online services.
One of the major reasons for the slowdown was a tiff between Spamhaus ,a group fighting spam and Cyberbunker, a Dutch company that hosts Web sites said to be sending spam that led to one of the largest computer attacks on the Internet, causing widespread congestion and jamming crucial infrastructure around the world.
The dispute started when Spamhaus added Cyberbunker to its blacklist, which is used by email providers to weed out spam.
Cyberbunker allegedly started "bazooka" attacks which were essentially distributed denial of service attack (DDoS), that essentially bombard sites with traffic in an effort to disrupt them.
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The other reason was cutting of the South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 4 (aka SEA-ME-WE 4) undersea cable near Alexandria in Egypt, that affected users in and around Africa, Middle East and some parts of Asia. Online publication Gigaom also points out that the timing of the cut was unfortunate as other major cables including Europe India Gateway (EIG) and India-Middle East-Western Europe (IMEWE) were in "maintenance mode."
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