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Human Error Cripples the Internet (1997)


July 17, 1997 Human Error Cripples the Internet By PETER WAYNER ompanies, computers and people started disappearing from the Internet at 2:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday after a human error at Network Solutions Inc., the company with the primary responsibility for maintaining the master list of domain names, corrupted Internet addresses around the world.

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