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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

"Anonymous" Launches "Operation Tunisia"

The Internet war over information in Tunisia has a new front in the last few days. The group that calls itself "Anonymous" — and that launched denial-of-srevice attacks last month aimed at bringing down enemies of Wikileaks — has launched "Operation Tunisia" to target Tunisian official websites. Their "Open Letter to All Media" here (pdf). A story here.