Hackers attack Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer's campaign website

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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-hackers-attack-orlando-20110628,0,5300394.story

By Mark Schlueb
Orlando Sentinel
June 28, 2011

The computer hacker group Anonymous — credited with crashing the 
websites of Visa and MasterCard in support of Wikileaks — launched what 
it called "Operation Orlando" on Tuesday, disabling a tourism website 
and the mayor's own campaign site.

In news releases and emails to the Orlando Sentinel, the loose-knit 
group issued a "declaration of war" and promised to bring down a 
different Orlando-related website every day. One hacker told the Orlando 
Sentinel the group may target Orlando police officers, state lawmakers 
and the Florida Democratic Party.

Tuesday, the group chose an odd target: orlandofloridaguide.com, an 
unsophisticated, privately owned tourism site that has no apparent 
affiliation with City Hall. That website went offline shortly before 10 
a.m. and remained down until Tuesday night.

Later, the group focused its wrath more directly by crippling Mayor 
Buddy Dyer's campaign re-election website, buddyfororlando.com.

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