AboveNet Communications Cyberattack Halts Service for 1,000 Businesses

Internet service provider AboveNet Communications Inc. and law enforcement officials are on the hunt for the cyberattackers who halted traffic on Tuesday to almost 1,000 businesses that contract Internet services and Web-page hosting through the company. At 9:45 a.m. Pacific . . . Internet service provider AboveNet Communications Inc. and law enforcement officials are on the hunt for the cyberattackers who halted traffic on Tuesday
to almost 1,000 businesses that contract Internet services and Web-page hosting through the company. At 9:45 a.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, the network switches used by AboveNet seized up, losing configuration data and stopping traffic on the company's network.

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