Naver attributes service interruption to DDoS attack
This screenshot from March 24 shows a message alerting users to a service interruption on Naver's website. 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 send communication requests to a target 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. (Yonhap)