Sydney Siege
The people of Sydney Australia suffered an unprecedented attack when a gunman took hostages in a busy Sydney cafe claiming to have 2 bombs in his backpack and another 2 bombs planted elsewhere in Sydney.
The siege began with hostages being forced to hold up a black flag with an Islamic declaration of faith. The gunman then used the hostages to relay his demands via video which was sent to local news agencies.
After 17 hours police stormed the Martin Place cafe where a gun battle broke out leaving the gunman dead along with two hostages who had tried to shield a pregnant friend. The two hostage killed in the incident were Tori Johnson the manager of the store and Katrina Dawson a mother of 3.
Virtual Terrorism
With the new Sony Pictures movie "The Interview" taking a stab at North Korean leader Kim Jong-un a group of hackers, believed to be from North Korea, broke into Sony Pictures computer network and proceeded to release a plethora of information about the inner workings of Sony, along with various emails about some now not so happy famous people.
The hackers demanded that Sony pull the offending movie or face more leaks of sensitive Sony data. The FBI warned theaters of potential cyber attacks as the launch date approached resulting in Sony pulling the movie due to be screened on Christmas Day leaving plenty of celebrities enraged for giving in to the terrorist threats.
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