A Romanian hacker has launched a major distributed denial of service (DDoS), forcing one of the largest IRC (Internet Relay Chat) networks, Undernet, to shut down much of its service, system administrators said Monday.. . .
A Romanian hacker has launched a major distributed denial of service (DDoS), forcing one of the largest IRC (Internet Relay Chat) networks, Undernet, to shut down much of its service, system administrators said Monday.

IRC is one of the Internet's largest and best-established chat systems, predating such technologies as AOL Instant Messenger and ICQ. It has millions of users.

A number of Internet Service Providers hosting Undernet servers--including some in the United States, the Netherlands, and France--have been hit with DDoS attacks.

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