(February 7, 2007)—Most who use the Internet didn't notice it at all.
But computer scientists sure did.
Hackers were able to overwhelm at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic.
Tuesday’s effort to disrupt the Internet is being called one of the most significant attacks against the 'Net since 2002.
Experts say the attacks lasted as long as 12 hours and while most 'Net traffic was unaffected, scientists had to scramble to deal with the huge amounts of data that threatened to swamp some of the Internet's most vital pipelines.
The Department of Homeland Security has confirmed that it, too, was monitoring what it calls an anomaly with Internet traffic.
