Cyber attack hits Madison, Wisconsin, after police shooting of teen

Cyber attackers have compromised computer systems at the Madison, Wisconsin, Police Department in retaliation for the police shooting death of a 19-year-old unarmed black man in the Wisconsin capital city, a police spokesman said Tuesday. The cyber attack appears to be continuing and could be hitting other city and county websites beyond the police department, said police spokesman Joel DeSpain. The attack, which began Monday afternoon, was thought to be initiated by Anonymous, an international network of activist computer hackers, in response to the fatal shooting of Tony Robinson by a white Madison police officer on Friday. Robinson's death has sparked outrage and protests reminiscent of those seen in Ferguson, Missouri and other U.S. cities after the Aug. 9 police shooting of Michael Brown, 18, an unarmed African-American, by a white Ferguson police officer.



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