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Costa Rica Government Website Hacked by Pro-ISIS Group

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Dissent

Jaime Lopez reports:

An internal page within the website of the Ministry of the Environment in Costa Rica (Spanish acronym: MINAE) were hacked by an Egyptian group claiming allegiance to the Cyber Caliphate, an extremist branch of ISIS.

There’s much more, but one somewhat surprising note:

It is interesting to note that the hackers who claimed responsibility for the attack pledge allegiance to the Anonymous cyber collective as well as to the Cyber Caliphate.

Read more on The Costa Rica Star.

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