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Monday, February 13, 2006

U.S. government stages "mock attack" exercise to shut down bloggers

The Department of Homeland Security ran an exercise called operation "Cyber Storm," to learn how it could shut down "anti-globalization activists, underground hackers, and bloggers."

Participants confirmed parts of the worldwide simulation challenged government officials and industry executives to respond to deliberate misinformation campaigns and activist calls by Internet bloggers, online diarists whose "Web logs" include political rantings and musings about current events.

Link (thanks, RU Sirius!)

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