"Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002. Experts said the unusually powerful attacks lasted as long as 12 hours but passed largely unnoticed by most computer users, a testament to the resiliency of the Internet. Behind the scenes, computer scientists worldwide raced to cope with enormous volumes of data that threatened to saturate some of the Internet's most vital pipelines."
I was shocked to learn that the pipes that are vital for the intwerweb might be damaged by the virals the hackers have released. Is there anything the average user like you and me can do to protect the interweb pipe going to their own computer??? I am not going to write much tonight in case this issue has not been fixed and I have a faulty pipe, but I just wanted to say that I am not surprised that the attack started from South Korea. I think we should watch out for Orientals on the interweb as they already got the Olympics next and who knows what else they have planned. I am wondering if the virals the hackers used could be the same as bird flu as that is Asian too. I find this all very disturbing.
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yeah - the beijing olympics. tell me about it. totally unfair.
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