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Has anyone else had trouble today connecting to T2W ???
Internet traffic around the world slowed dramatically for hours during friday night and early this morning. Apparently the effects of a virus-like infection which overwhelmed the world's digital pipeline. CNN reports:
The virus-like attack, which began about 12:30 a.m. EST, sought out vulnerable computers on the Internet to infect using a known flaw in popular database software from Microsoft Corp., called "SQL Server 2000." But the attacking software code was scanning for victim computers so randomly and so aggressively -- sending out thousands of probes each second -- that it overwhelmed many Internet data pipelines.
At present there is no eta for a full fix and many people are still finding that it is affecting their Web browsing and delivery of e-mail.
For more on the story check out CNN
Internet traffic around the world slowed dramatically for hours during friday night and early this morning. Apparently the effects of a virus-like infection which overwhelmed the world's digital pipeline. CNN reports:
The virus-like attack, which began about 12:30 a.m. EST, sought out vulnerable computers on the Internet to infect using a known flaw in popular database software from Microsoft Corp., called "SQL Server 2000." But the attacking software code was scanning for victim computers so randomly and so aggressively -- sending out thousands of probes each second -- that it overwhelmed many Internet data pipelines.
At present there is no eta for a full fix and many people are still finding that it is affecting their Web browsing and delivery of e-mail.
For more on the story check out CNN
