Turkish Hackers Target Vatican Website After Pope's Genocide Comment

Posted by timothy on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @01:28AM from the robust-free-speech dept.

An anonymous reader writes Turkish hackers have brought down the official Vatican City website, following Pope Francis' statement in which he referred to mass killings of Armenians by Turks as 'genocide'. According to reports, the website www.vatican.va was first taken offline on Monday evening with a Turkish hacker, named @THTHerakles, announcing that he would continue to target the website should an official apology not be issued from the Vatican City. The hacker said that the Pope's comments were "unacceptable" for a respected religious figurehead. "Taking sides and calling what happened with the Armenians genocide is not true ... We want Pope [Francis] to apologize for his words or we will make sure the website remains offline," he added.

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Re:Mass Murder by Anonymous Coward · 2015-04-14 03:40 · Score: 0, Troll

You must be american, because no one living in Europe could spout such bullshit. There is no way in hell that you can escape the constant reminders of who did what during WW2, least of all in Germany.