Microsoft Websites Victims of Hacker Attack

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Microsoft Web Sites Victim to Hacker Attack (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. said hacker attacks cut off access to some of its Web sites on Thursday as the software giant fell prey to the same kind of assault that took down other Internet giants last year. Microsoft said a hacker or hackers had pounded some routers, the equipment that directs Web surfers to a site, with a denial of service attack. More...

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