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Reply to post: 19000 websites

IT cock-up – not jihadi DDoS – fingered for French web media blackout

Saturday 17th January 2015 11:14 GMT Efros

19000 websites

was the common claim that were downed in this "cyber" attack. As far as I can see none of the mainstream 'news' sites have updated this as a screw up.

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