| 03 May 2012 |
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Soca Website Shuts Down After Cyber Attacks |
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The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) website has been taken down temporarily after a cyber attack by hackers.
Soca confirmed that its site, www.soca.gov.uk, suffered a distributed denial service (DDoS) attack.
A spokesperson confirmed it was taken offline on Wednesday night, however the attack did not pose a security risk to the organisation.
The spokesperson said: "We took action to limit the impact on other clients hosted by the [same] service provider."
(CD/GK) |
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