Internet attack 'slows web'
An argument between a group fighting internet junk mail and a Dutch company that provides hosting to websites accused of sending spam has reportedly led to internet speeds slowing.
What is CyberBunker?
CyberBunker is thought to be behind large online attacks that have slowed internet services for millions of users.
Their action is in retaliation for being added to an anti-spam blacklist by Geneva-based Spamhaus.
What is CyberBunker?
- Large Dutch-based web hosting firm which promises to support anything online except child pornography and terrorism
- Claims to operate from an underground "Cold War era government command bunker" with 5,000 square metres of concrete-reinforced space
- Says it supports freedom of speech and has large picture of Julian Assange on its homepage
- Spamhaus accuses it of being a "rogue" host that supports spam, phishing and malware
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