Users trying to access BBC.com and related websites could only see an error message saying: "The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy."
The BBC press office blamed the problem on a "technical issue". "We're aware of a technical issue affecting the BBC website and are working to fix this now," it said. Despite continued problems with access to the sites, it said in a later update: "The BBC website is now back up and operating normally."
The BBC's international website BBC.com and its news app reached a readership of more than 101 million unique browsers a month earlier this year.
DDOS attacks are used to slow down or disable a network by flooding it with communication requests.
Source: AFP
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