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Re:North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet by more_corn on Thursday February 03, 2022 @12:02AM (#30188914)
Is this the first time a civilian has been able to perpetrate an attack on a country? I find the novelty of it amusing.
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Re:North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet by regem on Thursday February 03, 2022 @01:40AM (#30189428)
It's happened before. It's where the term "filibuster" comes from. As an example, an American named William Walker briefly took control of Nicaragua.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster_War

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Re:North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet by narag on Thursday February 03, 2022 @01:37AM (#30189414)
Is this the first time a civilian has been able to perpetrate an attack on a country?

That's the definition of terrorism when it's not "domestic terrorism".

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