eWeek – DNS poisoning cuts Internet access for millions of users in China, but so far government officials have not clearly stated whether it was the result of a mistake or a cyber-attack.
Internet users in China were affected by a large scale outage over an eight-hour period on Jan. 21 that has been linked to an unspecified DNS problem that redirected traffic and prevented many Web users from reaching popular domains. – See more at: http://www.eweek.com/cloud/dns-poisoning-suspected-cause-of-huge-internet-outage-in-china.html#sthash.mgAYiq9T.dNfiPkIj.dpuf