What is Thomson Reuters server attack?

Answer 1

First, an explanation of who this company is: Thomson Reuters is well-known internationally and has a long history: originally known as Reuters (pronounced ROY-ters), it covered news from Europe as far back as the 1850s, and American news outlets have often relied on it. These days, Reuters also has reporters covering US news too. In 2008, Reuters was purchased by the Thomson corporation, a company that goes back to the 1930s-- it used to own newspapers but these days disseminates research and information relevant to businesses. Nearly every major company with an active internet presence has at one time or other been the victim of a server attack-- sometimes, it involves an attempt to hack into the site and steal credit card information of subscribers, or sometimes it involves slowing down the site by what is called a "denial of service" attack. The information technology team at Thomson Reuters have always able to deal with and prevent these sorts of attempted intrusions. The reason why attackers attempt the intrusions vary-- sometimes, they dislike the way a site is reporting the news, or they dislike the business the company is involved in.