Experts CBC News talked with say Egypt’s net access was particularly vulnerable because the configuration of the net in authoritarian countries is typically much different than it is in more open societies.
“Typically, these countries have a state-controlled telecom, so much of the physical infrastructure is under the control of the government directly,” says David Skillikorn, who teaches computer science and internet security at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont.
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