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Reported by Kyodo News. Perhaps J-hackers striking back...
Internet services across S Korea shut down
Internet services were shut down across South Korea on Saturday afternoon in an apparent cyber attack committed by hackers, Yonhap News Agency reported.
The unprecedented nationwide shutdown began with SK Telecom and Korea Telecom Freetel, whose Nate and Magic N mobile Internet services faltered nationwide around 2 p.m., the report said.
The shutdown then spread to all Internet service firms including Korea Telecom (KT), Hanaro Telecom, Dacom, Thrunet and other service providers by around 3 p.m.
The report quoted a KT spokesman as saying excessive traffic was loaded to the domain name server at one its offices to shut down the server.
Internet services across S Korea shut down
Internet services were shut down across South Korea on Saturday afternoon in an apparent cyber attack committed by hackers, Yonhap News Agency reported.
The unprecedented nationwide shutdown began with SK Telecom and Korea Telecom Freetel, whose Nate and Magic N mobile Internet services faltered nationwide around 2 p.m., the report said.
The shutdown then spread to all Internet service firms including Korea Telecom (KT), Hanaro Telecom, Dacom, Thrunet and other service providers by around 3 p.m.
The report quoted a KT spokesman as saying excessive traffic was loaded to the domain name server at one its offices to shut down the server.