Today on the net: Australian websites under attack from Indonesian hackers; a video exposing the impact of bombings in the Sudanese province of South Kordofan; and Katy Perry is now the most popular person on Twitter.
Anonymous Indonesia attacks Australian websites
The NSA and its Australian equivalent the DSD allegedly joined forces to spy on members of the Indonesian government during the United Nations Climate Change conference in Bali in 2007. The reports were published on several international dailies, and based on documents leaked by Edward Snowden. The revelations have sparked outrage with countless netizens taking to the web to vent their anger.
And Australia is in the line of fire. Hackers claiming to be from the Indonesian branch of Anonymous launched operation Australia this weekend, in retaliation to what they consider to be an unacceptable act. Their aim is to hack into as many Australian websites as possible, to denounce the alleged spying on Indonesia. And they did pretty well, hacking in to over 200 pages and replacing them with a message urging Canberra to end this mass surveillance of Indonesians.
Hundreds of Indonesian social networkers have praised the act of revenge, and have been pledging their support for the Anonymous campaign under the #StopSpyingIndonesia hashtag.
But whilst some have been hailing the hacking attack, others are more wary of the current campaign. These Twitter users for example point out that up until now the majority of attacks have targeted small local businesses and not official government sites. Something they think proves the instigators of the campaign have very limited means.
Sudan bombings video exposes horrors of army campaign
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