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NSA Blames ‘Internal Error,’ Not Hackers, For Website Crash
Source: ABC News
NSA Blames ‘Internal Error,’ Not Hackers, For Website Crash
By Lee Ferran
Molly Hunter
Oct 25, 2013 6:44pm
The shadowy National Security Agency said late Friday that it was a glitch that brought down its public website for a few hours, not hackers as some claimed online.
“NSA.gov was not accessible for several hours tonight because of an internal error that occurred during a scheduled update,” the spy agency said in an emailed statement. “The issue will be resolved this evening. Claims that the outage was caused by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack are not true.”
Earlier this evening online server trackers noted the NSA’s website had been down for at least six hours, and the site continues to be inaccessible for some users. Earlier an NSA spokesperson told ABC News the agency’s internal, sensitive network was “not at all” compromised. No classified information is in danger, the spokesperson said.
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By Lee Ferran
Molly Hunter
Oct 25, 2013 6:44pm
The shadowy National Security Agency said late Friday that it was a glitch that brought down its public website for a few hours, not hackers as some claimed online.
“NSA.gov was not accessible for several hours tonight because of an internal error that occurred during a scheduled update,” the spy agency said in an emailed statement. “The issue will be resolved this evening. Claims that the outage was caused by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack are not true.”
Earlier this evening online server trackers noted the NSA’s website had been down for at least six hours, and the site continues to be inaccessible for some users. Earlier an NSA spokesperson told ABC News the agency’s internal, sensitive network was “not at all” compromised. No classified information is in danger, the spokesperson said.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/10/nsa-website-mysteriously-goes-dark/
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