Hackers disrupt South Korea Web sites

SEOUL, July 10 (UPI) -- The cyberattacks that garbled dozens of South Korean Web sites in the past three days appeared to have been halted late Friday, officials said.

A total of 36 major Web sites, including that of the South Korean president's office, were overwhelmed by three rounds of Internet attacks, the Yonhap news agency said.

A malicious code was programmed to send massive junk requests to the point the Web sites were not able to function normally and shut down.

"The third round of attacks faded away as of 6:00 p.m.," said a government official .

South Korean authorities said they have not seen any signs of additional attacks.

As of 7 p.m. Friday, the commission had received 335 reports of damage to computer hard drives.