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Worldpay struck by online attack

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05-10-2004 12:30am

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Worldpay struck by online attack

The internet payment system Worldpay is under attack from unknown hackers, disrupting thousands of online retailers around the world.
Worldpay's payment and administration networks have been flooded with computer-generated requests which clog its system and slow transactions.

The firm said it was not able to say when the problems, which surfaced on Saturday, would be sorted out.

Worldpay suffered a similar "denial of service" attack in November last year.

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