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Hackers deface Fine Gael website
09.01.2011
Fine Gael's website appears to have been hacked and replaced by this message
Political party Fine Gael has had its website hacked by a mysterious group calling itself ‘Anonymous’ and appears to be from individuals rankled by alleged censorship issues.
The main image on the page that seems to have replaced the Finegael.ie pages consists of a man in a suit without a head and the words ‘Anonymous’ emblazoned above the logo. In brackets at the bottom of the page, it says it is owned by Raepsauce and Palladium.
Beneath it reads the following: “Nothing is safe, you put your faith in this political party and they take no measures to protect you. They offer you free speech yet they censor your voice. WAKE UP!”
Following the arrest of WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange, hackers have embraced ‘hactivism’ as a way of getting their point across. Most attacks tend to be SEO denial attacks. In this case, the vandals were able to hack into the server and put up their own image.
Ahead of forthcoming elections in Ireland it will be interesting to see if other political parties find their sites compromised by hactivists.
John Kennedy
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