A group of computer hackers called New World Hackers have claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that took place on BBC’s online services last Thursday.
The group claimed responsibility for a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that flooded the BBC’s systems with 600 gigabits of messages per second.
A DDoS attack targets sites by bombarding servers with messages from multiple systems so that they are unable to respond to legitimate traffic.
The BBC’s online services, which include the news website, iPlayer catch-up TV platform, and iPlayer Radio app were affected by the attack for a few hours.
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