Update: Somehow we missed the registration required at silicon.com. TheReg has a better story. Basingstoke-based ISP Cloud Nine has closed its operation this morning after being hit by a crippling security attack. The denial of service attack was so bad the ISP says it will have to rebuild its network.. . .
Update: Somehow we missed the registration required at silicon.com. TheReg has a better story. Basingstoke-based ISP Cloud Nine has closed its operation this morning after being hit by a crippling security attack. The denial of service attack was so bad the ISP says it will have to rebuild its network. But CEO Emeric Miszti told The Register that the disaster cover insurance that Cloud Nine has in place will not cover the rebuild. Which means that either the company will be sold or it will be placed in the hands of the administrators.

On Friday Cloud Nine posted a message on ISPReview in which it said it had been the victim of a vicious attack.

"Firewall tightening prevented further intrusion beyond the firewalls. What followed was first a Firewall password brute force attack resulting in successful hash and destruction of the firewall," it said.