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The hacker collective known as "Anonymous" is taking on Donald Trump. Anonymous released a video in which a spokesman, wearing their trademark Guy Fawkes mask, calls on all hackers to “dismantle his [Donald Trump’s] campaign and sabotage his brand.”
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VATICAN CITY — The secretive hackers group Anonymous targeted the Vatican website on Wednesday (March 7), cutting off access from users for several hours and disabling internal mail servers.
In a statement posted on several blogs in Italian, the group said the attack was a response to the Catholic Church's "doctrines," its "absurd and anachronistic precepts," and the "crimes" of the sexual abuse scandal and cover-up.
The Vatican's chief spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, confirmed that the attack against the Vatican website came from Anonymous. He said Vatican technicians were "actively working to restore the website's functionality."
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