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From: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man)	6/30/2012 11:34:15 AM
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Anyone remember this from back in 1998? I do, I could not logon to SI, was having withdrawal symptoms. Surprised they still have it online after all these years. Hackers strike Silicon Investor Margaret Kane \| January 13, 1998 12:00 AM PST zdnet.com Silicon Investor was brought down over the weekend by hackers targeting the company's Windows NT servers.Silicon Investor's Webmaster, Jill McKinney, who described the attack as a "bonk," said the assault began early Friday. The service was down until Saturday afternoon. The aim of a bonk -- also known as a denial-of-service attack -- is to shut down a Web site or ISP by flooding it with so much traffic that the servers overload. Bonks gained attention last year after such an attack knocked out New York-area ISP Panix. McKinney said she was flooded with E-mails from people who use the popular stock-talk Web site, which typically posts 8,500 messages a day. Silicon Investor still does not know what prompted the attack..... Click on the link to read the entire article.

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