Bio-Laboratory Petition Website Hit by Cyberattack

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On Saturday, a web-based petition for an investigation into the US Biological Laboratory in Fort Detrick, Maryland, suffered two cyberattacks allegedly carried out by US hackers, according to China Daily. The good news is that the servers had withstood the attack and caused very little damage, although further attacks could come. 

In an online statement, Global Times, the newspaper that launched the petition, expressed its strong condemnation of the cyberattack and noted that Chinese users have a right to create a petition. The publication reported that more people, including those from other nations, will join the petition, and knowledge of the campaign will continue to spread. 

By Sunday, nearly 11.4 million people had signed a petition calling upon the World Health Organization in connection to the safety concerns regarding their research into …

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