The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “Who’s To Blame For The Huge Cyberattack Slowing The Web? Your ISP”.

Adam Popescu says, “The Internet is groaning today under the load of a huge cyberattack — one of the worst on record — that’s clogged some of its most vital systems. And while you might be inclined to blame Spamhaus or Cyberbunker, two European outfits at the center of this online dustup, almost no one is talking about the real villains here: the world’s Internet service providers.

First, some background on Spamhaus vs. Cyberbunker. Yes, that sounds like the lineup at a punk-rock show, but it’s actually a virtual battle that began when the anti-spam group Spamhaus added the Dutch web hosting company Cyberbunker to a blacklist used to fight spam”.

Who’s To Blame For The Huge Cyberattack Slowing The Web? Your ISP

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