Hackers wage web war on Scientologists - 2008-02-04

Hackers wage web war on Scientologists February 4, 2008, Telegraph

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However, in the last few weeks it has scored a couple of big successes, first by carrying out a denial of service attack on the Church of Scientology's international website, causing it to crash, and a sustained campaign of "Google bombing" - manipulating the way the internet search engine works - to ensure that the Church of Scientology is returned as the first hit whenever anyone enters the search string "dangerous cult".

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