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GM crop-trial website taken down by cyber-attack
The Guardian – Cyber-attackers took down the website on Sunday night of Rothamsted Research – an agricultural research institute in the UK conducting a GM crop trial, just hours after a failed attack on the institute’s field of genetically modified wheat in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. The researchers tweeted that they had been a “victim of [a] cyber-attack”, and said “cyberbullying will prevent us informing the public.” The website appeared offline for visitors from around 8pm last night, but was rebooted on Monday morning and was live again at the time of writing. Read article
Tags: food agriculture, genes biotech, nature of corporations
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