Protesters take over schools' Web site

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Creator: Irv Leavitt
Media Type: Newspaper
Item Type: Articles
Notes: For a short time last week the Avoca schools' Web site was hacked into by an overseas Islamist protest group. The FBI confirmed late Monday that the attack was similar to others that have pirated sites worldwide. They blast recent republication of controversial cartoon by artist Kurt Westergaard that first appeared in 2005 in a Danish newspaper.
Date of Publication: 6 Mar 2008
Subject(s): Schools
Web Sites
Computer hackers
Corporate Name(s): Avoca School District 37
Local identifier: Wilmette.News.293927
Language of Item: English
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