How hackers could decapitate the internet

Professor Alan Woodward analyses a recent threat from a hacker group to ‘stop the internet’.

“The threat, purportedly from the hacker group Anonymous, stated boldly that its members would stop the internet. We can be as sure as one can ever be when dealing with the internet that the top level of Domain Name Servers (DNS) can be kept secure. But there is a potential problem if hackers subvert the way the DNS has been set up to make it part of the attack.”

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