Saturday 30 March 2013

Re: [pakgrid] Global internet slows after 'biggest attack in history'

 

On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Aqeel <aqeel.bashir@yahoo.com> wrote:

> The internet around the world has been slowed down in what security experts are describing as the biggest cyber-attack of its kind in history effected Pakistan aswel.. for more information read at link below.
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21954636

It's overhyped, and simply not true. The attacks went on for over a
week, and ended on Wednesday. Almost no one noticed them.

Summary: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/technology/attacks-on-spamhaus-used-internet-against-itself.html?pagewanted=all
Unless you were connected to LINX in London, you're unlikely to have
noticed it. LINX itself was only affected for an hour or so.

Lastly, I haven't heard any service provider in Pakistan (TW1 or PTCL)
describe if (or how) the attack affected their operations. We've had
to deal with several submarine cable disruptions instead.

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