FC: FBI accidentally pulls plug on its own web site

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-949564.html?tag=politech

   FBI's Web sites plunge into darkness
   By Declan McCullagh 

   August 13, 2002, 8:48 AM PT
   WASHINGTON--The FBI accidentally pulled the plug on its own Web sites
   Tuesday morning.
   
   A misconfiguration in the bureau's domain name setup meant that many
   visitors to FBI.gov could not get through. As of 8:30 a.m. PT, the
   FBI's configuration problem had not been fixed.
   
   The apparent error also wiped out the online presence of the FBI's
   high-tech crime unit, the National Infrastructure Protection Center,
   at NIPC.gov.

   An FBI spokesman said Tuesday that the glitch was accidental and was
   not the result of a malicious attack.

   [...]



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