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[ISN] ISP thwarts would-be hacker in Asia
From: InfoSec News (isn
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Date: Mon Jan 01 2001 - 12:06:11 CST
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http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/0,1643,500295084-500469501-503169537-0,00.html
Agence France-Presse
DHAKA, Bangladesh (December 31, 2000 7:48 p.m. EST
http://www.nandotimes.com) - A hacker tried to wreak electronic havoc
in Bangladesh by overloading a new Internet service with 450,000
messages, it was reported Sunday.
The hacker, identified as Angel, sent the messages on December 26, the
Daily Star said, quoting a statement from the recently launched
Gonophone.
Neel Zoardar of Gonophone first noticed "unusual activity" in the
network on Tuesday midnight and detected the hacker, the statement
said.
It added that Gonophone's system was designed and built to detect and
withstand the "most vicious attack by any abuser."
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