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Hackers target City of Orlando over Food Not Bombs arrests listen

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Tags: food not bombs, People's Liberation Front, Orlando

A group that takes responsibility for engaging in cyber attacks in Ivory Coast, Egypt, Iran, and other countries with governments known for human rights abuses launched an attack on the City of Orlando Web site this morning. The group targeted the central Florida city because it arrested people for sharing food earlier this week, though it’s not clear how severe the attacks were.

A hacker known as Commander X wrote that arresting people for sharing food with large groups in a public square...