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Hackers In Venezuela Hit Dozens Of Government Websites

The computer attack comes a day after armed men stormed an army base in Valencia. One site was defaced with a video of Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator.
Anti-government activists protest in Venezuela's third city, Valencia, on Sunday. / RONALDO SCHEMIDT / Getty Images

Hackers in Venezuela attacked numerous government websites in protest of the "dictatorship" of President Nicolas Maduro.

A group calling itself "The Binary Guardians" said it

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