A GROUP SAYS ITS TARGET ONLINE ACTIVLITY LINKED TO SO CALLED ISLAMIC STATE HAS CLAIMED IT WAS BEHIND AN ATTACK ON BBC WEBSITE.
ALL THE BBC WEBSITE WER UNAILABLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON NEW YEARS EVE AFTER WHAT A BBC SOURCE DESCRIBED AS A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE(DDOS) ATTAC.
THE GROUP CALLING ITSELF NEW WORLD HACKING SAID IT HAD CARRIED OUT THE ATTACK AS A TEST OF ITS CAPABILITES.
THE BBC HAS NOT CONFIRMED OF DENIAL SUCH ANA ATTACK CAUSED THE PROBLEMS.
THE CORPORATION PRESS OFFICE SAD ON SATURDAY THAT THE BBC WOULD NOT BE COMMENTING ON THE GROUPS CALIM.
A DISTRIBUTED OF DENAIL OF SERVICE ATTACK WHICH THE GROUP CLAIMS IT CARRIED OUT AIMS TO KNOCK A SITE OFFLINE BY SWAMPING IT WTH MORE TRAFFIC THAN IT CAN HANDLE
IN A TWEET TO BBC TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT RORY CELLAN JONES THE GROUP SAID WE R BASED IN THE USE BUT WE STRIVE TO TAKE DOWN ISIS AFFILIATED WEBSITES ALSO ISIS MEMEBERS
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