The Sports Network Rebounds from 'Hack Attack' Directed at CNN Over Editorial Commentary

HATBORO, Pennsylvania, April 30 /PRNewswire/ --

The Sports Network, the nation's premiere real-time sports wire service
and content source, was victimized this past week following an orchestrated
attack by hackers apparently located in China. They were, as has been
reported internationally, seeking retribution and revenge foisted upon their
primary target, CNN, for comments made on air concerning the China/Tibet
political situation, the Chinese governmental and public response to same.

"The simple fact of the matter is that we were an Internet 'drive-by'
victim, an innocent bystander," stated a TSN spokesperson, "because we
provide content to CNN/SI and, in launching a well orchestrated and planned
attack, this group noted our name and presumed, erroneously, that we were an
affiliate, likely owned by CNN."

The Sports Network is the source of real time sports content on a global
basis for thousands of clients and its primary concern, according to the
company, was for its customer base, placing the responsiveness that would
bring its own site back up for its millions of users on a 'secondary priority
level.'

"It was a situation right out of Hollywood," indicated Mickey Charles,
CEO and President of TSN, "something from 'Matrix Revisited.' As is often
said about the PGA Tour, 'These guys are good.' We felt we had every
imaginable safeguard in place from a security perspective but, admittedly, we
were not prepared for an onslaught of this magnitude ... over 100 hackers or
more working in concert at the same time. But, to the credit of our tech
team, we marshaled the forces and repelled the invaders over a two day
period. It felt, at times, like hand to hand combat with keyboards.

"How good is our security now? As good as it gets. Where do we go for
recompense for the damage done other than normal insurance routes? Shall we
ask the Chinese government for an apology? We are probably owed one. The
irony of all this is that we are not politically positioned nor do we express
views on any international crisis such as this, Additionally, we are sending
a complete staff to Beijing to cover the Olympics with every intention to do
so in the most favorable fashion imaginable."

The Sports Network's response has apparently attracted the attention of
many sites world-wide that realize that this could have happened to them and,
from reports coming in, all are now busily investigating and improving upon
their own security systems. Clients of TSN were back up quickly and
www.sportsnetwork.com was completely operative earlier this week, much to the
delight and 'welcome back' e-mails from hundreds of its users.

"The Internet is a magnificent informational tool and incredible means of
communication but it is fraught with technological potholes, detours and
accidents," concluded Mr. Charles. "You just have to drive carefully and
protect your passengers as well as yourself."

About The Sports Network

The Sports Network is the nation's foremost international real-time
sports wire service furnishing a plethora of content on a 24/7 basis using
state-of-the-art technology. TSN's website, www.sportsnetwork.com, contains
voluminous proprietary sports news data that is available to its clients as
well and includes, but is not limited to, scores, trends, analysis, news,
features, statistics, pre and post-game reports, box scores, historical data,
and very much more.

Web site: http://www.sportsnetwork.com