MSNBC

[brandon () rd bbc co uk (BrandonButterworth)]

> According to Reuters, MSNBC web site was offline for two hours Thursday
> morning.
>
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020425/wr_nm/tech_msnbc_outage_dc_1

 "A spokesman for the site ... confirmed that the site had crashed for
 two hours but said the causes were still being investigated."


http://www.msnbc.com/news/743492.asp
 "The Web news site experienced a "SYN" attack at 7:30
  a.m. ET that caused its content to be
  unavailable to users, according to
  MSNBC.com's technical production staff."