Japan's top web forum hacked after attacks on Korean skater

TOKYO - Japan's top Internet forum 2channel was offline Tuesday after an apparent mass hacker attack from South Korea over slanderous comments on their Olympic figure skating queen Kim Yu-Na. South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported that more than 10,000 users had launched a "concerted cyber offensive" and coordinated their attacks through web communities since Monday against the popular site www.2ch.net. The site, launched in 1999, allows users to post comments on hundreds of topics, from politics and sports...

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