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Hackers attack Guatemalan government webpages in support of pro-democracy protests

Various Guatemalan government webpages have been disabled after hackers launched a cyberattack early Saturday GUATEMALA CITY -- In what Guatemalan authorities described as a national security incident, hackers affiliated with the activist group Anonymous disabled multiple government webpages Saturday. The attacks were in support of demonstrations led by Indigenous organizations in the Central American country. For almost two weeks, demonstrators have been calling for the resignation of Guatemalan Attorney General Consuelo Porras, saying she has tried to undermine the popular vote that made progressive Bernardo ArĂ©valo the president-elect. Posting on the social media website X, formerly known as Twitter, hackers under the handle @AnonGTReloaded announced, “This October 14 #Anonymous will attack the Government of Guatemala, but this time we do not come alone." The hackers targeted government webpages with floods of automated traffic until they crashed, a technique known as distr...

Hamas 'Day of Rage' protests break out in Middle East and beyond

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Pro-Palestinian protests broke out across the Middle East and beyond on Friday after a former Hamas leader called on supporters to join in a "Day of Rage." Pro-Palestinian protests broke out across the Middle East and beyond on Friday after a former Hamas leader called on supporters to join in a "Day of Rage" amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. Large protest s have been seen in the capitals of Iraq, where a rally drew tens of thousands of people; Iran; and Yemen, with those gathered holding Palestinian flags. In Iran, some protest ers could be seen burning the Israeli and American flags. Iraqis hold a mass rally supporting the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Oct. 13, 2023, in Baghdad, Iraq. Anmar Khalil/AP People carry a large Palestinian flag during a march to express solidarity with Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, on Oct. 13, 2023 in Beirut, Lebanon. AFP via Getty Images MORE: Israel-Gaza live updates In Beirut, Lebanon, supporters of the political party and mil...

Over 100 arrested in France during 3rd night of protests after fatal police shooting

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More than 100 people have been arrested across the country so far, as curfews are in place in multiple cities, according to French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin. Widespread protests continued for a third night over the fatal police shoot ing of a teenager in a Paris suburb. More than 100 people have been arrested across the country so far, as curfews are in place in multiple cities, according to French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin. A demonstrator runs on the third night of protests sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, France, on June 30, 2023. Aurelien Morissard/AP Fourteen people were arrested after allegedly breaking into a flagship Nike store in Chatelet, in the heart of Paris, according to an official in the Paris Prefecture Office. Some 40,000 law enforcement officers were deployed nationwide on Thursday to quell potential violence, including about 5,000 in the capital and its inner suburbs, according to Darmani...