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| 'Anti-IS group' claims BBC website attack | 'Anti-IS group' claims BBC website attack |
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| A group that says it targets online activity linked to so-called Islamic State (IS) has claimed it was behind an attack on the BBC's website. | A group that says it targets online activity linked to so-called Islamic State (IS) has claimed it was behind an attack on the BBC's website. |
| All the BBC's websites were unavailable for several hours on New Year's Eve after what a BBC source described as a "distributed denial of service" attack. | All the BBC's websites were unavailable for several hours on New Year's Eve after what a BBC source described as a "distributed denial of service" attack. |
| The group, calling itself New World Hacking, said it had carried out the attack as a "test of its capabilities". | The group, calling itself New World Hacking, said it had carried out the attack as a "test of its capabilities". |
| The BBC has not confirmed or denied such an attack caused the problems. | The BBC has not confirmed or denied such an attack caused the problems. |
| The corporation's press office said on Saturday that the BBC would not be commenting on the group's claim. | The corporation's press office said on Saturday that the BBC would not be commenting on the group's claim. |
| A "distributed denial of service" attack, which the group claims it carried out, aims to knock a site offline by swamping it with more traffic than it can handle. | |
| In a tweet to BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones, the group said: "We are based in the US, but we strive to take down Isis [IS] affiliated websites, also Isis members. | In a tweet to BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones, the group said: "We are based in the US, but we strive to take down Isis [IS] affiliated websites, also Isis members. |
| "We realise sometimes what we do is not always the right choice, but without cyber hackers... who is there to fight off online terrorists? | "We realise sometimes what we do is not always the right choice, but without cyber hackers... who is there to fight off online terrorists? |
| "The reason we really targeted [the] BBC is because we wanted to see our actual server power." | "The reason we really targeted [the] BBC is because we wanted to see our actual server power." |
| Earlier, New World Hacking had said: "It was only a test, we didn't exactly plan to take it down for multiple hours. Our servers are quite strong." | Earlier, New World Hacking had said: "It was only a test, we didn't exactly plan to take it down for multiple hours. Our servers are quite strong." |
| The problems on the BBC sites began at about 07:00 GMT on Thursday, and meant visitors saw an error message instead of the intended content. | |
| The attack hit the main BBC website as well as associated services including the iPlayer catch-up service and iPlayer Radio app. | |
| An initial statement tweeted by the BBC blamed the problems on a "technical issue". The corporation said it was working to make sites, services and pages reachable again. | |
| By 10:30 GMT the site was largely working again although some pages and indexes took longer than normal to load. | |
| At midday on Thursday, the BBC said its websites were now "operating normally", and apologised for any inconvenience caused. |