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Monitoring Electronic Attacks on U.S. Internet Providers After Alerts

Calendar Aug 07, 2002 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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The government was monitoring a series of electronic attacks launched early Tuesday against United States Internet providers, hours after European authorities passed warnings to the FBI predicting the attacks. The impact from the attacks appeared limited, and there were no . . . The government was monitoring a series of electronic attacks launched early Tuesday against United States Internet providers, hours after European authorities passed warnings to the FBI predicting the attacks. The impact from the attacks appeared limited, and there were no reports of outages or even delayed e-mails.

A flood of data, spiking nearly 700 percent more than usual traffic, was aimed at Internet providers and Web sites on the East coast starting about 2 a.m. EDT, then shifted toward providers and sites on the West coast, said a U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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