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Hackers have now hit 19,000 French websites

 A sort of pro-Islamist image French websites display after a hack attack [PHOTO: Courtesy]

France has endured a record number of cyberattacks in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo killings, the country's digital defence chief has announced.

Arnaud Coustilliere, head of cyber-defence for the French military, said some 19,000 websites have been hit in the past few days.

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