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19,000 French Websites Hit By DDoS, Defaced In Wake of Terror Attacks
An anonymous reader writes Since the three day terror attack that started in France on January 7 with the attack on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, 19,000 websites of French-based companies have been targeted by cyber attackers. This unprecedented avalanche of cyber attacks targeted both government sites and that of big and small businesses. Most were low-level DDoS attacks, and some were web defacements. Several websites in a number of towns in the outskirts of Paris have been hacked and covered with an image of an ISIS flag. The front pages of the official municipality websites have been covered with the Jihadist militant group's black flag. In a report, Radware researchers noted that Islamic hacker group AnonGhost has also launched a "digital jihad" against France.
For whomever is most law-abiding and least violent. It's a close call.
Are you aware that the U.S. war in Iraq was responsible for the deaths of 150,000 (according to the New England Journal of Medicine) to 650,000 (according to The Lancet) Iraqis, mostly civilians?
While a massacre of 2,000, or even 12, is horrible, the massacre of 150,000 (or 650,000) Iraqis as a result of the U.S. invasion is also horrible (especially when I know that my tax money is going to pay for it, and therefore all Americans are responsible for it).
Are you OK with 150,000 deaths?
I think the problem is the way you frame your question.
Are you asking me what I think of Western civilization? As Gandi said, "I think it would be a good idea."