CNET

Hacker hits IRC network Undernet with denial-of-service attack

A hacker based in Romania has launched a major distributed denial-of-service attack, forcing one of the largest Internet Relay Chat networks, Undernet, to shut down much of its service, system ...
Techrights

This Year Our Adoption of IRC Turns 18

This Year Our Adoption of IRC Turns 18. posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2026. The other night I had a bad dream. I dreamt that our IRC network had been targetted and attacked ...
The Daily Dot

Leading IRC network calls British government’s DDoS attacks ‘grossly hypocritical’

In the wake of new documents released by Edward Snowden yesterday, QuakeNet, one of the largest Internet Relay Chat (IRC) networks online, is calling the monitoring and “assaults” on IRC networks by a ...
ZDNet

Fizzer messes with IRC networks

The Fizzer computer virus is causing headaches for more than just its victims. The mass-mailing computer virus, which continued to spread on Wednesday, nearly overwhelmed several Internet relay chat ...
Hosted on MSN

You might not know it, but IRC predates most of the internet and directly influences it today

I grew up in the 2000s, so it might be a surprising statement when I say that much of my introduction to the internet, technology, and gaming came from Internet Relay Chat, also known as IRC. As a kid ...
CSOonline

IRC network calls for investigations over GCHQ’s attack on Anonymous

QuakeNet, one of the oldest IRC networks on the Web, has condemned Britain’s GCHQ for their hypocrisy – after it was revealed the agency launched DDoS attacks against IRC servers used by supporters of ...
The Globe and Mail

Fizzer virus pains IRC networks

The Fizzer computer virus is causing headaches for more than just its victims. The mass-mailing computer virus, which continued to spread on Wednesday, nearly overwhelmed several Internet relay chat ...