EGYPT: Cyber war among possible presidential candidates: “
Source: Nasry Esmat, Los Angeles Times.
Egypt’s political cyber war is intensifying after hackers played havoc with the Facebook page of Gamal Mubarak, the son of President Hosni Mubarak and a possible presidential contender in 2011.
The role of cyberspace politics is expected to grow through 2011. Statistics from the international Telecommunication Union show that Egypt’s number of Internet users increased by 36% between 2008 and 2009. Facebook is the second-most-popular website in Egypt, with more than 3.5 million of Egypt’s Internet users taking part, according to Alexa, a web information company.
– Nasry Esmat in Los Angeles
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/08/egypt-cyber-war-among-possible-presidential-candidates.html
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