[109679] in Cypherpunks
Serbia launches cyberattack on NATO (was Re: ECARM NEWS for April
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Thu Apr 1 10:23:13 1999
In-Reply-To: <199904010700.CAA11758@marcella.ecarm.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 06:12:48 -0500
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Reply-To: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
At 2:00 AM -0500 on 4/1/99, ecarm-news@ecarm.org wrote:
> Title: Serbia launches cyberattack on NATO
> Resource Type: News Article
> Date: MARCH 31, 1999
> Source: FCW
> Author: DANIEL VERTON
> Keywords: CYBER ATTACK ,WEB SITE ,PING OF DEATH ,INTERNET SERVICE
>
> Abstract/Summary:
> NATO's World Wide Web server has been rendered virtually
> inoperable as a result of a denial of service attack launched by
> an unknown number of cyberterrorists from an undisclosed
> location deep within Serbia, NATO officials announced today.
>
> The attack was launched against the NATO headquarters' Web
> server in Brussels, Belgium, and included a mass e-mail attack
> that clogged NATO's e-mail server. John Pike, a defense and
> intelligence analyst with the Federation of American Scientists
> in Washington, D.C., characterized the attack as a "Ping of
> death attack from Serbia," and said it had been under way for
> several days.
>
>
> Original URL: http://www.fcw.com/pubs/fcw/1999/0329/web-ping-3-31-99.html
>
> Added: Wed Mar 31 21:57:17 -050 1999
> Contributed by: Keeffee
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