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Dax (not the DAX) survives attack by anti-capitalist nerds

The website of French rugby club US Dax has recovered after being targeted by hackers who mistook it for a branch of the German stock exchange.

FANS OF FRENCH rubgy union outfit US Dax have returned to their online forums en masse after the club’s website, allezdax.com, came under cyberattack from anti-capitalist activists hoping to disrupt the German stock exchange.

Mistaking the club’s website for a site associated with the DAX, hackers had flooded fan forums with messages decrying capitalism.

Unimpressed by the protest, the page’s administrators were relieved to announce a return to regular posting.

“Thanks for the press publication; if any anti-virus software firms want to become our partners, you’d be more than welcome! Stay home, German teens!”

A group calling itself “German realwar.org” has claimed reposonsibility for the security breach.

First Craig Joubert, now this: French rugby fans just cannot catch a break.

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