[citation][nom]jellico[/nom]Technically, it was a DDoS or Distributed Denial of Service attack.citation]You just taught me something. I had always thought of DDoS as being "dedicated" vs "distributed." I'm not sure how I got that one mixed up.
As for the politicians, do we really expect them to know wtf is going on with the interwebs? They hardly have a grasp on reality as it is. If it doesn't have anything to do with their private jet or their lobbyist kickbacks, then they're just going by the numbers in the "say this if you do something stupid" playbook.
PS: Tom's needs some new pictures to associate with its articles. I think I've seen that Dr. Evil image in 25 different articles now, none of which were related to "Scott", "Dr. Evil", or "the question mark."