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The Right to Hack

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 A DDoS? “attack,” is a denial-of-service method employing multiple systems in order to flood a server with requests for data. Typically, computers are co-opted into a “botnet,” either through malware or voluntarily, and an operating server instructs the machines to act so as to “attack” a particular server.
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Non-Violent Protest or Acts of Cyberterrorism?


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