Gmail going down for 2 hours was a news strewn across dailies in India - but the news is illusive to spot on Google News unless you specifically search for the term "GMail"
- http://ibnlive.in.com/news/going-offline-gmail-turns-into-gfail/86177-11.html
- http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotech/Internet-/Gmail-turns-into-Gfail/articleshow/4183985.cms
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3354845.cms
- http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=af1fd991-7462-4e55-9876-9cca59a1d42d
- http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=b5234e72-61b1-4117-b311-736b4b0474f3
ET has a soundbyte from Akhilesh Tuteja, Executive Director, KPMG, IT Advisory
"This may have been due to an attack led by thousands of PCs controlled by a few people who may have directed them to crash the email service's servers or Google might have been alerted of such an attack. This does not put the data to risk, but availability of the data is definitely a problem," KPMG executive director Akhilesh Tuteja told ET. "This means Google now needs to differentiate between machines and human beings," he said.
"This is a sign of Google wanting to differentiate a real user from an attack, so that it can allow only genuine users (or human beings) and curb anymore similar attacks," said Mr Tuteja. These attacks cannot be prevented, but one can continuously monitor their sites to keep in place a back-up.
"This is a sign of Google wanting to differentiate a real user from an attack, so that it can allow only genuine users (or human beings) and curb anymore similar attacks," said Mr Tuteja. These attacks cannot be prevented, but one can continuously monitor their sites to keep in place a back-up.
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