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[News] Microsoft Windows Shuts Down Swedish Police Site

Windows zombie attacks now directed at the government.

Hacker attack shuts down Swedish Web site

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| The police Web site was closed late Thursday after a so-called denial
| of service attack, in which hackers overload a single network by
| directing massive traffic to the site, police spokesman Lars Lindahl said.
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/06/02/sweden.hacker.ap/index.html?section=cnn_tech

The article neglects to mention that Windows flaws made this possible.

                Windows: making the Internet a scary place 

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