The hacking group calledNew World Hackingsays that it DDoSed BBC website to test its capabilities.
The attack caused other BBC websites and services such as iPlayer and iPlayer Radio to go down as well.
New World Hacking took the responsibility in a message to BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.
It was only a test, we didnt exactly plan to take it down for multiple hours.
Our servers are quite strong, the hacking group reportedly said about the BBC hack.
Though BBC has put up an article on the DDoS attack but has not confirmed New World Hackings statement.
source: www.techworm.net
