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Sim
25-01-2003, 11:02 PM
If anyone has been experiencing problems with certain parts of the internet this evening - rest assured, it's not your computer - or at least not JUST your computer...

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/01/25/internet.attack.ap/index.html

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- Traffic on the many parts of the Internet slowed dramatically early Saturday, the apparent effects of a fast-spreading, virus-like infection overwhelming the world's digital pipelines and interfering with Web browsing and delivery of e-mail. "

... also, the chatroom is down at the moment because WebCentral seem to be having a heap of trouble. I'm guessing they are victims of this latest attack - since they are very much bound to Microsoft technologies, and todays attack seems to be targetting vulnerabilities in Microsoft's SQL Server database.

watto
25-01-2003, 11:17 PM
so where are all the addicts at the present moment....

cheers
watto

Sim
26-01-2003, 06:40 AM
on the phone to their therapists