31 Mar
2012
31 Mar
'12
5:05 a.m.
Anyone seen signs of this attack actually occurring ? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/31/technology/with-advance-warning-bracing-fo... <snip> The message called it Operation Global Blackout, and rallied Anonymous supporters worldwide to attack the Domain Name System, which converts human-friendly domain names like google.com into numeric addresses that are more useful for computers. It declared when the attack would be carried out: March 31. And it detailed exactly how: by bombarding the Domain Name System with junk traffic in an effort to overwhelm it altogether. <snip> Regards Marshall