Bloc Quebecois website hacked

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Posted on March 9, 2015

Bloc Québécois website hacked by United Islamic Cyber Force

A group calling itself the United Islamic Cyber Force took credit for a cyber-attack on the Bloc Québécois website, as well as many other sites Monday morning. The Bloc’s home page was replaced with a paragraph in red font on a black background under the heading “United Islamic Cyber Force.”

Kyle Matthews, senior deputy director of the Montreal Institute of Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS), can speak directly to how we can fight extremism online.

Kyle Matthews, senior deputy director of MIGS
514-848-2424 ext. 5729
Kyle.Matthews@concordia.ca
@KyleCMatthews

Mohammad Mannan, assistant professor of the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE), can speak about the technical aspects of an attack like this.

Mohammad Mannan, assistant professor CIISE
514-848-2424 ext 8972
M.Mannan@concordia.ca
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