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'Biggest cyber-attack in history' slows down internet worldwide after quarrel between web-hosting company and anti-spam group

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Internet users worldwide are having to endure slow connections after the biggest cyber-attack in history.<br />
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The attackers are throwing so much digital traffic at online networks
 that they have reportedly disrupted access to popular sites such as 
Netflix, the on-demand TV streaming service. </div>
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Tonight there were fears 
that any worsening of the attack could affect web browsing and emails.</div>
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The
 onslaught has focused attention on the extent to which modern 
communications depend on the internet. Matthew Prince, chief executive 
of CloudFlare, one of the firms dealing with the assault, likened it to a
 series of digital “nuclear bombs”. “It’s so easy to cause so much 
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The attack is believed to have begun last week,
 when Spamhaus, an anti-spam organisation, was hit by a wave of digital 
traffic that knocked its website offline. </div>
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The body draws up  lists of 
the servers used to send spam messages around the world. Email 
administrators use these lists to block spam.</div>
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But last week one of
 the spammers irked by Spamhouse’s work is believed to have launched the
 massive distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attack to bring down 
the anti-spam group.</div>
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