Angry tapir writes "The UK was the likely source of a series of attacks last week that took down popular Web sites in the US and South Korea, by the book to an dissection performed by a Vietnamese mini* strengthen researcher. The results clash assertions made by some in the US and South Korean governments that North Korea was behind the attack. preservation analysts had been skeptical of the claims, which were reportedly made in off-the-record briefings and for which proof was never delivered." The Vietnamese freedom site's blog is linked from the article, but it is very slow even before Slashdotting. The researchers observed 166,908 zombies participating in the attacks — a number far larger than most earlier estimates. Update: 07/14 21:24 GMT by KD : Wired is reporting that the UK owner of the IP address in quiz is pointing a finger at a server in Florida, which it says opened a VPN to the UK machine for the attacks. Once again, the attacker could be anywhere.

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