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| Hackers Protest Disrupts Dutch Government |
| 2004-10-06 |
| Hackers closed three Dutch government websites in action against plans to overhaul the social security system. The RVD government information service says its main websites were affected by an overload of page requests orchestrated by hackers since Monday. The government proposes to make early retirement more difficult and partial disability packages less attractive as part of an austerity drive. Ministers had to change mobile phone numbers after a list circulated on the Internet inviting protesters to send a barrage of text messages. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #1 OK, so much for Option #1 to Avoid Demographic Catastrophe (overhaul the pension and welfare systems). That leaves Options #2 (ramp up economic growth through significant reduction in govt interference in the economy) and Option #3 (bring in a few million more young non-european immigrants). Any bets on which Option will collapse next? |
| Posted by: lex 2004-10-06 12:18:05 PM |