Writing in National Journal’s Technology Daily, Andrew Noyes discusses the possibility of a massive Internet blackout caused by a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack on the backbone infrastructure of the ‘Net. |
This type of high-tech ambush, which occurs when multiple compromised systems flood the bandwidth or resources of a targeted server to make Web pages unavailable, could be devastating for global online communication, said Susan Crawford of the Internet Corporation for Names and Numbers. |
The most significant attack in recent years came on Feb. 6, when six of 13 root-zone servers were slammed by an army of “zombie computers,” which were compromised by hackers, the Cardozo Law School professor said at the think tank event. |
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