Re: Hackers Stage Massive Internet Attack Against Root Name S ervers

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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- -- "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com> wrote:

> > Via CBS News (AP).
> >
> > Experts said the hackers appeared to disguise their origin, but vast
> > amounts of rogue data in the attacks were traced to South Korea.
>
> S. Korea eh?
>
> So does this mean that S. Korea has the most zombies, or that N. Korea
> doesnt have an Internet of their own and its easiest to tap into their
> neighbor to the south when trying to disrupt E commerce/Testing out
> their E warfare?

My guess: Since South Korea is quite ahead of most of the world
in high-speed residential broadband, these are just a bunch of
bots being used to "purify" the Internet:

 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/01/26/china-to-purify-internet/

Enjoy. :-)

- - ferg

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