Denial of service attacks
I just got this from my ISP - explains why PPRuNe was so slow recently.
Dear M-Web Member
During the course of the last few days you may have experienced intermittent problems with accessing international web sites, and sending e-mail overseas. The US-based organisation that provides a large portion of our international bandwidth has been the victim of a series of deliberate attacks on its systems, which have resulted in this ad-hoc degradation in service levels. Other Internet Service Providers in South Africa have also been affected by this problem.
Every effort is being made to address the situation in the United States and we expect our normal service levels to be restored shortly. We apologise for the inconvenience that this has caused you and thank you for your patience during this time.
Anyone know anything about these denial-of-service attacks?