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	U.S. & South Korea Govt. Websites Hit by DOS Attack

BartendingBear

7-8-2009 12:43 AM

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BartendingBear says:

Cyberwarfare heats up.

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7-9-2009 2:28 PM

The Infowarrior

Cyber terrorism on this scale is as phoney as real world terrorism. It is just to bring in yet more draconian laws and infrastructure like cloud or internet 2.

7-9-2009 3:39 PM

clip-on-tie

Obama was going to promptly respond to the cyber attacks, but he got North and South Korea mixed up since he was holding his map upside down.

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