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BT.com Denial of Service Attack: Analyzing the Incident and Impact

Calendar Jul 26, 2000 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Last week, we were contacted by a reader who claimed to have taken bt.com, btinternet.com and gameplay.com offline through a denial of service attack. We checked it out and he wasn't lying. The anonymous person went to great length as to . . .

Last week, we were contacted by a reader who claimed to have taken bt.com, btinternet.com and gameplay.com offline through a denial of service attack. We checked it out and he wasn't lying. The anonymous person went to great length as to why he had attacked BT, quoting its appalling Internet access packages as the source of his ire.

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