Anonymous Hacks Tunisian Islamist Sites

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."

Comments

Re:Safe target?

[XxtraLarGe]

Note, I'm not saying that the hack without merit since it is in favor of free speech, but rather if that's the reason they're avoiding the big dogs, ever since the recent sting.

Re:First problem

[GameboyRMH]

Freedom of religion is what leaves you free to have no religion.

Re:Pretty random attacks these days

[GameboyRMH]

Anonymous seems to just have its fingers in the wind these days, shifting its sites all over the placewith no real direction or purpose.

Who said they have any real direction or purpose? It's a big amorphous group of whoever wants to participate in whatever popular idea is floating around at the time, they don't have any long-term plan.

Re:First problem

[K. S. Kyosuke]

Actually, it's a lack of prohibition of having no religion that allows you to have no religion.