Anonymous Hacks Tunisian Islamist Sites

Posted by Soulskill on Monday March 12, 2012 @07:11AM from the keeps-on-ticking dept.

eldavojohn writes "The hacktivist group Anonymous has claimed another victim by taking down Islamist sites in Tunisia. Similar to an earlier attack on Turkish government sites, #optunisia has resulted in several government blogs and sites being replaced with 'Payback is a b****, isn't it?' The message lists censorship as the motivation behind this activity. The AFP is reporting that this is also in response to the reintroduction of Salafist laws and the caliphate. An additional Anonymous message read, 'We are not against religion, we are Muslims, but we are defending freedom in our country.' Censorship continues wholesale in Tunisia."

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Re:Safe target? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-03-12 07:35 · Score: 2, Informative

Anonymous isn't run by a handful of people who make decisions like that. Half the time Anonymous is fighting against Anonymous. How many times does this have to be explained?
Re:Not against religion? by GameboyRMH · 2012-03-12 07:39 · Score: 3, Informative

Way to over-simplify and misinterpret:
https://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/anonymous-hacks-vatican-website/10567
They don't seem to like Scientology either.

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