UPDATED: 2 p.m. GMT, with attack details
BRISTOL, England — Early risers on New Year’s Eve hoping to catch up on the news, listen to the radio or get a head start to an iPlayer binge were cruelly met with dreaded “500 error” messages when they tried to access anything on the BBC website.
A BBC News story said that a a “distributed denial of service” (DDoS) web attack technique had taken down its website
The corporation hasn’t confirmed or denied that such an attack happened, but said around midday the site was operating normally and apologised for the inconvenience.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. Read more…
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