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Sunday, January 26, 2003
Internet slowed by suspected denial-of-service attack - Martyn Williams, Infoworld
A large-scale denial-of-service attack hit the Internet Saturday, causing varying degrees of trouble to computer users and server operators around the world, according to security experts. The problems began at around 5:30 a.m. GMT (12:30 EST), and initial reports suggest the cause was a worm that exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.'s SQL Server. One of the countries worst affected was South Korea, where most of the nation's fixed-line and mobile Internet users were unable to access Web sites for nearly half of the day.
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