Naver attributes service interruption to DDoS attack

SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- Top internet portal operator Naver said Thursday that the previous day's service interruptions stemmed from a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.

Naver's news, blog and online cafe sites were down from 5:19 p.m. to 6:05 p.m. on Wednesday.

"There was a temporary service interruption in the process of rebooting our network switch equipment after we defended against an external DDoS attack," a Naver official said.

During a DDoS attack, a multitude of infected computers are directed to try to communicate with a particular computer, overwhelming its connection bandwidth and crowding out legitimate users.

The company has reported the attack to the Ministry of Science and ICT and will conduct a joint investigation to find the perpetrator.

hague@yna.co.kr
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