It's something of a misnomer; the town is indeed full of online crooks, but only a small percentage of them are actual hackers. Most specialize in ecommerce scams and malware attacks on businesses.

其实，这种称呼并非恰如其分；网络诈骗者的确云集于沃尔恰，但只有一小部分人是真正的黑客，其他大部分人专门从事电子商务诈骗和商业化的恶意软件攻击。

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the town is indeed full of online crooks, but only a small percentage of them are actual hackers.Most specialize in ecommerce scams and malware attacks on businesses.

网络诈骗者的确云集于沃尔恰，但只有一小部分人是真正的黑客，其他大部分人专门从事电子商务诈骗和商业化的恶意软件攻击。

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Mekel says the government's problems with the network grew during the recent Israeli military attacks inside Hamas-controlled Gaza following Palestinian rocket attacks on the southern Israeli town of Sderot and the port city of Ashkelon.

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At that time there were a spate of similar sectarian pipe bomb attacks on houses in the town, and the RUC increased their surveillance and 'stop-and-search' operations in the town to try to deal with the rise in sectarian incidents.

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Gen Selim Idriss claimed that more than 7, 000 fighters of the Lebanese Shia movement were taking part in attacks on the rebel-held town of Qusair.

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