Sat Jan 2, 2016 | 8:58 AM EST
Anti-ISIS group claims cyber-attack on BBC, says was only a test
LONDON (Reuters) - A group of computer hackers that wants to target
Islamic State has claimed it was behind a cyber attack on the BBC which
it intended as a test of its own capabilities, according to messages
sent to a reporter at the broadcaster on Saturday.
"It was only a test, we didn't exactly plan to take it down for multiple
hours," the group called New World Hackers said in a message sent to the
BBC's technology correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones, which he posted on
Twitter.
"We realize sometimes what we do is not always the right choice, but
without cyber hackers ... who is there to fight off online terrorists?"
The BBC's online services, including its news website and iPlayer
catch-up TV platform, were taken down for a few hours on Thursday by a
large web attack. The broadcaster, citing sources inside the
corporation, described as a "distributed denial of service (DDoS)" attack.
A DDoS attack typically targets sites by flooding servers with messages
from multiple systems so they are unable to respond to legitimate traffic.
A BBC spokeswoman said the broadcaster would not comment on the claim of
responsibility made by the group.
(Writing by William Schomberg, editing by Larry King)
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