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Cartoon protests go online: Danish websites Pwned

Snip from BBC News report:

Almost 1,000 Danish websites have been defaced by Islamic hackers protesting about controversial cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad. The attacks typically replace home pages with pro-Islam messages and condemn the publication of the images.

Hack attack monitoring group Zone-H said the defacements were done both by hacker groups and individuals. Zone-H said some hackers left moderate messages but many called for a violent response to the cartoons’ publication. “We have never seen so many defacements that are politically targeted in such a short time,” said Roberto Preatoni, founder and administrator of Zone-H.

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