ROME Authentic Sam Reinhart Jersey , March 10 (Xinhua) -- A brief cyber attack on Italy's Tuscan website over the weekend, which was launched by a group claiming to be affiliated with the Islamic State(IS), has raised concern on possible terrorism risks the country is facing with.
Hackers assaulted Tuscan web site for the Partito Democratico, the political party of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi from Saturday to early Sunday.
During the attack, the normal contents of the site were replaced by the IS flag and a warning in English reading "Hacked by Islamic State. We are everywhere". The hackers also provided a website link to a Facebook profile under the name of Mohammed Ali, who listed "Islamic State" as one of his nicknames.
Some experts interpreted the short-term weekend takeover of the site as a warning shot against Renzi's political party in his home region Authentic Johan Larsson Jersey , while some believe the event was probably "a kind of practical joke" by local hackers.
However, many experts have warned this is the type of attack Italy can expect from the IS.
"Nobody is expecting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to make a kind of frontal attack in Italy," Sabrina Magris, president of the International University School of Rome and Florence, a European institution that prepares negotiators for hostage and terror threats, told Xinhua.
"This particular event was almost surely a kind of practical joke in a part of Italy known for its pranksters. But this is the kind of disruption we can expect from the ISIS Authentic Kyle Okposo Jersey , something symbolic, involving communications."
The cyber attack reminds of a video warning from ISIS released in February which had the warning "we are south of Rome". The warning prompted the Italian government to close down its embassy in Tripoli, the Libyan capital.
Dario Parrini, regional secretary of the Partito Democratico, said there was no word yet on the identity of the hackers. He said police were conducting an investigation to identify the wrongdoers.
A police spokesman in Florence said he couldn't comment on an open investigations.
The latest developments came less than a week after a group of housing rights protesters broke into the party's Florence offices and launched smoke bombs. Officials would not say if the smoke bomb attack and the cyber attack were related.
Andrea Martino, a retired security consultant who has worked with the United Nations organizations in Rome Authentic Jake McCabe Jersey , told Xinhua that a likely fake attack like the one in Tuscany should not be cause for Italy to let down its guard.
"Italian security officials must remain vigilant," he said.
"They can't laugh this off and then assume the next one will be a prank as well. Any kind of breech of security is serious, even if it's for a joke," Magris said.
"This time it was a political party, but if ISIS tries to do something like this and they attack the government or the Treasury or the banking system, the results could be very serious Justin Bailey Jersey ," she said.
" Having two children, a boy and a girl, means a perfect, completed family in Chinese culture. Photo: IC
As the one-child policy comes to an end, a window of opportunity has opened up for people who want a second child of a different sex from their first-born. Since China has banned hospitals from telling expectant parents their babies' sex before birth, some are discreetly looking into underground clinics that can help them make sure they get a child of the sex they choose. However Ryan O'Reilly Jersey , these methods are illegal and doctors can face punishment if caught, so they are done in secret, opening the door to scams.
""Are there any mothers who are choosing to abort their second child because of the child's sex and family pressure?""
A couple days ago, a post sent by an anonymous mother appeared on Babytree, a popular forum where parents and experts discuss maternity and baby care in China.
The mother, who is 13 weeks pregnant Benoit Pouliot Jersey , was genuinely troubled by this dilemma. She said when she had the sex of her baby examined last week, her doctor hinted that her baby might be a girl and she immediately had an emotional breakdown. She said she will do another check in a week and if this time the test shows it's a girl, she'll probably have an abortion.
""Call me useless, but I can't face my family's pressure,"" she wrote. ""I can only pray to Buddha that it'll turn out to be a boy.""
Her post created a commotion on the forum. Some slammed her decision.
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But some also expressed sympathy, saying they understand her position and the pressure she faces. This mother's concerns are sadly common, especially after the introduction of the second-child policy. Now hundreds of thousands of people looking to have another child are trying to ensure they can have a child of the sex they choose.
To check or not to check
These days, it's not necessarily only people that wish to have sons checking the sex of their unborn babies. For couples who already have a son, having a daughter would mean having a perfect, completed family in Chinese culture.
Forum posts asking for advice about sex selection can be commonly seen online today Robin Lehner Jersey , with people asking for help identifying their babies' sex or asking where to find clinics that can help them. The Global Times reporter found that an Internet search on Baidu, forums and social media can easily yield many such results, and it's obvious from these posts that many people are willing to turn to abortion to make sure their second child is of the ""right"" sex.
On forums, many offered their own experience in telling the sex of the baby.