Internet LAN cables are pictured in this photo illustration taken in Sydney June 23, 2011. Australia cleared a key hurdle on Thursday in setting up a $38 billion high-speed broadband system after phone operator Telstra agreed to rent out its network for the nation's biggest infrastructure project in decades. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) - RTR2NZB1
When US, European and Canadian law enforcement officials claimed success last year in largely obliterating militant group Islamic State’s online propaganda network following a two-year operation, it was a public database of domain names that partly helped.
In an effort to crack down on websites, blogs, and Twitter accounts that relayed IS propaganda whenever there was an attack, authorities used the Internet’s WHOIS database to identify about 400 domains hosting the content and registered by IS supporters, resulting in a number of arrests.
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