Later in the week, the organization faced more widespread attacks from armies of zombie computers in Europe, Russia and Asia that try to overwhelm Web sites with floods of requests.
Some analysts believe that as Isis loses ground in its heartland it is likely to mount more widespread attacks in the west and across the Islamic world to maintain strategic momentum and bolster its position as the highest-profile organisation among Islamic militant groups.
Needless to say, this increases the risk of further, more widespread attacks significantly.
"This is really a widespread, structural problem in the region, and so we thought we needed a more widespread, systematic attack on that practice," Strode said in an interview.
Today's third generation is engaged in plots that are simpler yet more widespread than the 9/11 attacks by Al Qaeda, Watts told me.
In Mali, following widespread attacks, more than 1,500 schools in the north of the country need repair, new equipment and removal of weapons.
But it warned that as tensions with Iraq escalated, "more dangerous courses of action" by Iraqi-affiliated hackers -- including more widespread denial-of-service attacks and the injection of worms or viruses that can damage programs -- were "increasingly possible".
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While most violent protests have occurred in major metropolitan areas, including downtown Cairo, Giza, Alexandria, and Port Said, there are recent reports of more widespread political and social violence, including armed attacks, in other areas of Egypt.
"These attacks are definitely becoming more widespread," said Mr Holcomb.
Italian and German investigators have disclosed new data suggesting that hints of an air attack in the United States were more widespread in European law enforcement before Sept. 11 than previously suspected.
