Cyberattack takes down (Canada) government websites; ‘Anonymous’ claims responsibility

Federal government websites were hit by a cyberattack Wednesday and the hacking group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The websites for several federal departments -- including Weather.gc.ca, ServiceCanada.gc.ca and Parl.gc.ca -- went down around the lunch hour ET Wednesday.

Many federal employees also lost email service. Some sites, such as National Defence, remained online.

The sites appeared to go back online shortly before 3 p.m. ET.

Treasury Board President Tony Clement confirmed to reporters on Parliament Hill Wednesday afternoon that the shutdowns were caused by a denial of service cyberattack.

“I’ve just been through a briefing on it,”Clement said. “There has been an attack on Government of Canada servers.”

“We are working very diligently to restore services and to find out the origination of the attack,” he added.

“If Canadians have any issues and are being denied access to a GC account, they should phone 1-800-O-Canada,” Clement advised.

Clement could not say whether any data had been stolen or who might have directed the attack.

‘Anonymous’ video

A video released on YouTube claiming to be from the global hacking group Anonymous took responsibility for the attack. The video has not been independently verified by CTV News.

“We launched an attack against Canadian Senate and Government of Canada websites in protest against the recent passing of Bill C-51,” says the video’s narrator, whose voice has been disguised.

“(C-51) is a clear violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as removing our legal protections that have stood enshrined in the Magna Carta for 800 years.”

The narrator criticizes Prime Minister Stephen Harper, calls for “revolution” and asks Canadians to “take to the streets and protest” on Saturday.

Via: CTVNews.ca

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6 Arguments Only A Liberal Could Believe

"Arguing with liberals...it's like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, crap on the board and strut around like it's victorious." -- Anonymous

"If you can somehow force a liberal into a point-counterpoint argument, his retorts will bear no relation to what you’ve said — unless you were in fact talking about your looks, your age, your weight, your personal obsessions, or whether you are a fascist. In the famous liberal two-step, they leap from one idiotic point to the next, so you can never nail them. It’s like arguing with someone with Attention Deficit Disorder." -- Ann Coulter

It's almost impossible to have any kind of meaningful discussion with a liberal because while you're trying to come up with logical points to support your position, he’s trying to come up with new ways to convince people you're Hitler. Modern liberalism has turned into a willful embrace of stupidity. It's all about setting reason and intellect aside in order to take an emotionally-satisfying position that makes a liberal feel better about himself. This is how people who are undeniably intelligent can feel good about taking brainless positions that hurt a lot of people. While liberals have emotionally blinded themselves so totally that they believe they're taking compassionate, intellectual, well-crafted stands, this is how they sound to everyone who's not a liberal.

1) Everyone who disagrees with a liberal is racist! The Tea Party? Racist! Republicans? Racist! Fox News? Racist? Black conservatives? Racist! Barack Obama's grandma? Racist! Do I think Social Security is solvent? My position on that is that "You're a racist!" What do I think about flattening the tax code? Sarah Palin is a racist! Do I like potatoes? Well, Republicans eat potatoes sometimes; so potatoes are racist! Racist, racist, racist!

Via: Townhall
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