The Bush administration said on Wednesday it was investigating this week's coordinated attack on the Internet, but played down speculation it was carried out by terrorists. ``There is an investigation under way to determine who is responsible for the attacks,'' . . .
The Bush administration said on Wednesday it was investigating this week's coordinated attack on the Internet, but played down speculation it was carried out by terrorists. ``There is an investigation under way to determine who is responsible for the attacks,'' White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said.

But when asked if cyber-terrorism was suspected, Fleischer told reporters, ``I'm not aware there's anything that would lead anybody in that direction. History has shown that many of these attacks actually come from the hacker community.

''Cyber-security concerns have grown since the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, and government officials have warned that rogue nations were preparing strikes that threatened to cripple the computer-run infrastructure.

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