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| Hacker group Anonymous takes down Vatican website |
| 2012-03-08 |
| The hacking group Anonymous took down several Vatican websites on Wednesday, saying it was targeting the "corrupt" Catholic Church, a day after a high-profile bust of the group's alleged leaders. "Anonymous decided today to besiege your site in response to the doctrine, to the liturgies, to the absurd and anachronistic concepts that your for-profit organisation spreads around the world," the hackers said in a statement. "This attack is not against the Christian religion or the faithful around the world but against the corrupt Roman Apostolic Church," said the statement, posted on the Italian-language version of the Anonymous website. Aside from taking down www.vatican.va, the hacking group also claimed responsibility for attacking several Vatican-related sites including that of its newspaper. Anonymous tried and failed to attack the Vatican website last year. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 Excellent, DV. |
| Posted by: Jusomble Whinens3272 2012-03-08 22:53 |
| #3 To be honest, taking down the Vatican site is a bit like swatting a fly with a Buick. I'll be impressed when they take town the Kremlin's intranet site. Of course, they won't since it would bite the hand that feeds them. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-03-08 15:40 |
| #2 Looks like it's back up. Could have just been a DDoS. Either that or they're taking credit for the 'Solar Flares'. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2012-03-08 15:24 |
| #1 Which group of the 6 billion Anonymous groups is this one? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-03-08 14:57 |