LIS Trends: France Euromillions site hit by religious hackers

Monday, October 29, 2012

France Euromillions site hit by religious hackers

Source: BBC News, 28 October 2012

The French site of the Euromillions lottery has been hacked, with the homepage replaced by a passage from the Koran condemning gambling.

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