INQUIRER.net: ‘Bazooka’ attacks slowing Internet—securityexperts

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'Bazooka' attacks slowing Internet—securityexperts Mar 27th 2013, 23:59 WASHINGTON -- The Internet may have been slowed by one of the largest cyber attacks ever seen, which targeted a European group that patrols the Web for spam, security experts said Wednesday.   The attacks targeted Spamhaus, a Geneva-based volunteer group that publishes spam blacklists which are used by networks to filter out unwanted email, and led to cyberspace congestion which may have affected the overall Internet, according to Matthew Prince of the US security firm CloudFlare.   The attacks began last week, according to Spamhaus, after it placed on its blacklist the Dutch-based Web hosting site Cyberbunker, which claimed it was unfairly labeled as a haven fo... Keep on reading: ‘Bazooka’ attacks slowing Internet—securityexperts Media files: China-Internet-Control.jpg (image/jpeg)

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