Microsoft and Google toppled by web attack
WinNetMag | at | by Mike
Several of the world's largest Web sites, including Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo, were taken offline at various times Tuesday due to an electronic attack on Akami, the hosting company that mirrors these sites for performance reasons. The sites were offline at various times between 9 and 11 am EST Tuesday, according to reports.
"It was a large scale, international attack on [the] Internet infrastructure," said an Akami spokesperson, though later evidence suggested that only sites mirrored by Akami were knocked offline. More important, perhaps, is news that the availability of all Internet sites dropped just 20 percent during the attacks, from 100 percent to just over 80 percent.