Attack Hijacks Domain Names of Internet-Addressing Organization.
The article reports that the NetDevilz Turkish computer hacking group claimed responsibility for hacking into the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization responsible for coordinating the assignment of IP (Internet Protocol) addresses and domain names. The hacker...
| Published in: | Computer (00189162) Vol. 41; no. 9; p. 20 |
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| Format: | Article |
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IEEE
Sep2008
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