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Anti-Israel boycott movement suffers a slew of cyberattacks
Associated Press ^ | Jun 2, 2016 9:26 AM EDT | Josef Federman

Posted on 06/02/2016 6:44:57 AM PDT by Olog-hai

The international movement calling for a boycott against Israel on Thursday said its website was repeatedly attacked earlier this year and raised suspicions that Israel was behind the attacks.

The BDS movement released a report Thursday showing that its main website suffered six attacks in February and March. The denial of service attacks, which work by flooding a target website with bogus traffic, knocked out the BDS website for several hours at a time.

The report, compiled by nonprofit online security service eQualit.ie, said the attacks had a level of “sophistication and commitment” it normally does not see. It also noted that an unidentified Israeli human rights group had been attacked at the same time, indicating there was a “common adversary.” …

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1 posted on 06/02/2016 6:44:57 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Ever hear of Mossad, you BDS bigots!?


2 posted on 06/02/2016 6:52:23 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: Olog-hai
"The international movement calling for a boycott against Israel on Thursday said its website was repeatedly attacked earlier this year and raised suspicions that Israel was behind the attacks."

Um ok. Just what are you upset about?

3 posted on 06/02/2016 7:16:55 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Enterprise

And why not? BDS is economic warfare.


4 posted on 06/02/2016 8:03:59 AM PDT by captain_dave
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To: Olog-hai; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks Olog-hai.
5 posted on 06/02/2016 9:29:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: Olog-hai

So the BDS crew launches economic warfare against Israel and they’re whining about getting return fire? Typical lib crybabies.


6 posted on 06/02/2016 11:39:02 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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