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RKP5637

(67,032 posts)
Fri Mar 27, 2015, 06:12 PM Mar 2015

Hackers have allegedly taken down Indiana's official website in response to Pence's Bigotry Law

http://www.wthr.com/story/28633509/hackers-shut-down-state-website-in-response-to-rfra

A Twitter user named "@YourVikingdom" claimed responsibility for the attack shortly after 2 p.m. Friday. The user posted an image claiming responsibility along with the following message:

#Target IN.GOV #OFFLINE #Vikingdom2015 #OpIndiana Knocked it down for @xxdjsethxx "

The action was in response to a tweet by user @xxdjsethxx that read, "Since Indiana's Gov decided to sign the religious bill allowing to discriminate it's time for #OPIndiana to start." The entry included a link to a post by blogger Perez Hilton about Governor Mike Pence's signing of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act on Thursday.

Seven minutes later, @YourVikingdom tweeted directly to the state.

"@IN_gov enjoy your website being #OFFLINE @Vikingdom2015," they said.

The website appeared to be back up around 3 p.m.

A spokesperson for the Indiana Office of Technology described it as a "denial of service attack." That is when an outside person or group inundates a website with so much traffic, its servers can't keep up and the website ends up loading more slowly for anyone logging on. In extreme cases, like Friday, the website won't load at all.
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Hackers have allegedly taken down Indiana's official website in response to Pence's Bigotry Law (Original Post) RKP5637 Mar 2015 OP
6:18 ET and it's down. CurtEastPoint Mar 2015 #1
Interesting how Indiana defines discrimination! RKP5637 Mar 2015 #3
Do it again...and again...and again... Kalidurga Mar 2015 #2
Pence will wind up regretting this sooner hifiguy Mar 2015 #4
Somebody has to have dirt on this Pence monster. geomon666 Mar 2015 #5
Yep, there's almost always something going on in the background of jerks like this. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #6
It's ok now mnhtnbb Mar 2015 #7
Hello from.... xxdjsethxx (Impeachment March) xxdjsethxx May 2017 #8

RKP5637

(67,032 posts)
3. Interesting how Indiana defines discrimination!
Fri Mar 27, 2015, 06:36 PM
Mar 2015

Discrimination is treating someone differently than someone else. However, not all discrimination is against the law. Only different treatment of a person on account of his or her race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, age or disability is unlawful according to state and federal civil rights laws. In order to establish such a violation of law, there must be evidence that an employee who is, say, female is being treated less favorably than a male employee UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. So if the male and female are both frequently 5 minutes late to work, but only the female is disciplined, this could indicate unlawful discrimination.

From their website when working.

So, Bigotry is just fine in Indiana, just gotta choose the right flavor. A pit of a state IMO.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
4. Pence will wind up regretting this sooner
Fri Mar 27, 2015, 06:39 PM
Mar 2015

rather than later. The shitstorm headed his way is gonna be fun to watch.

geomon666

(7,512 posts)
5. Somebody has to have dirt on this Pence monster.
Fri Mar 27, 2015, 06:58 PM
Mar 2015

Man please, someone find it. Nazis do not belong in American government.

xxdjsethxx

(1 post)
8. Hello from.... xxdjsethxx (Impeachment March)
Mon May 29, 2017, 04:54 AM
May 2017

Impeachment March (Los Angeles) July 2nd
https://www.facebook.com/events/1981311842088671/?ti=cl

Impeachment March (San Diego) July 2nd
https://www.facebook.com/events/1738462749497526/


@xxdjsethxx yes it's me

Let's get this started ..#OPImpeachment
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