PBS NewsHour

What's Behind One of the Largest Cyber Attacks in History?

Clip: Season 2013 | 5m 30s

A dispute between an online company that sends spam emails and a company trying to mitigate spam has led to the one of the largest reporter cyber attacks in history, creating slow access to common sites like Netflix for millions of web users. Hari Sreenivasan talks over the case with Nicole Perlroth of the New York Times.

Aired: 03/27/13

Rating: NR

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