nasa: Speculations of solar storms causing "internet apocalypse" spark confusion, NASA offers clarification
NASA has debunked rumours about an "internet apocalypse" caused by solar storms, that could disrupt global connectivity for months. While a severe solar storm is unlikely, its potential economic impact in the US alone could be $11bn per day. Computer science professor Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi, author of the paper 'Solar Superstorms: Planning for an Internet Apocalypse,' has said that such events have not been experienced before, so the response of infrastructure to such events remains unknown.
Source: indiatimes.com
