Hum,
it seems that my service provider Wanadoo, (France's biggest Internet provider,) confirmed on Monday that it was on a US blacklist of companies around the world that have been blocked from accessing US government and military websites.
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We've been blacklisted for two years on government and military sites, and it looks like it's a decision by the Pentagon to avoid hacker attempts"
The situation was highlighted in an article in
the International Herald Tribune newspaper, which said Internet service providers (ISP) in 25 countries could not access the US Federal Voting Assistance Program website (
www.fvap.gov)(? - ok, here) which helps overseas US voters cast their absentee ballots in the November presidential election.
The ISPs affected were Wanadoo, Yahoo in Britain and in Japan, and Telefonica in Spain ...
A website supporting John Kerry, criticised the measure by posting the article and headlining it "
Pentagon Surrenders to Hackers".
Anyway...
Funnily enough, Though, i haven noticed anything; as i can access and log-on to this goverment
site fine... (its heavy on the security though...
"WARNING!: U.S. Government Computer: If you are not authorized to accessthis system, disconnect now. You should have no expectation of privacy. By continuing, you consent to your keystrokes and data content being monitored.
This message required by NASA GSFC CIO." )
Is this just some sort of prank by the `cult of discord`?
