Attack on Internet traced to Korea

Global computer traffic was hit by hacker attack traced to South Korea on Wednesday, AP reported. But fortunately, it did not interrupt communication or cause any great confusion.

Experts said the hackers tried to disguise their origin but vast amounts of rogue data in the attacks were traced to South Korea, AP said.

Nonetheless, it was one of the most serious attacks against the Internet since an assault on against 13 root servers managing the directory system in 2002.

Hackers attacked at least three of 13 servers and increased traffic exponentially. They also attacked servers operated by the Defense Department and the Internet's primary oversight body.

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