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Greater Manchester Police website hit by denial-of-service attack | Greater Manchester Police website hit by denial-of-service attack |
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Greater Manchester Police's (GMP) website was attacked on Wednesday, the force said. | Greater Manchester Police's (GMP) website was attacked on Wednesday, the force said. |
The site was unavailable for more two hours from 20:00 BST in a "malicious attempt to disrupt services", GMP said. | The site was unavailable for more two hours from 20:00 BST in a "malicious attempt to disrupt services", GMP said. |
Deputy Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said they were treating it as a "denial-of-service attack" and apologised for any inconvenience caused. | Deputy Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said they were treating it as a "denial-of-service attack" and apologised for any inconvenience caused. |
A person has claimed responsibility on Twitter for causing the website crash, a GMP spokeswoman said. | |
Det Ch Con Hopkins said the force's website server was not connected to other police computer systems and contained only information which was already in the public domain. | Det Ch Con Hopkins said the force's website server was not connected to other police computer systems and contained only information which was already in the public domain. |
"We are working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible," he said. | "We are working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible," he said. |
Those carrying out a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack flood their target with large amounts of traffic in an attempt to render their website unreachable. | Those carrying out a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack flood their target with large amounts of traffic in an attempt to render their website unreachable. |
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