Another wave of denial of service attacks hit Internet sites Wednesday, prompting harsh words from top law enforcement officials.?"We are committed in every way possible to tracking down those who were responsible, to bringing them to justice, and to seeing that the law is enforced," said U.S.?Attorney General Janet Reno at a media conference Wednesday in Washington, DC.?Reno said the investigation would be a top priority, assisted by specially trained federal prosecutors and the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center.?The third day of attacks brought brief outages and degraded service to at least three major sites including brokerage firms E*Trade Group Inc. and privately-held Datek, as well as ZDnet, the technology news service.?Read More...
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