Thursday, July 26, 2007

Hackers strike Peruvian gov’t website

This is just too funny.

Pro-Chile hackers attacked the website of Peruvian president Alan Garcia several days ago. The replaced Garcia’s image on the site with that of Chilean independence leader Bernardo O'Higgins and wrote the phrase “Viva Chile, mierda”! (Viva Chile, shit!”)

This is not the first time in recent memory that an unusual pro-Chile protest has taken place; back in March a lady covered only in body paint stood in the fountain of the main square in Lima, Peru. (The incident turned out to be a PR stunt by a Peruvian firm).

Peru and Chile have some resentment against each other due to territorial disagreements stemming from the War of the Pacific in the late 19th-century.

Image- Chemistry Daily (Image of Bernardo O’Higgins)

Sources- Times of India, Living in Peru, onwar.com

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2 comments:

  1. Miguel Centellas4:15 PM

    Political motivated computer hacking may become a new reality. Look at the current situation in Estonia, w/ massive denial of service attacks on Estonian servers orginating from Russia (and perhaps by Russian government offices, even).

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  2. Erwin C.4:37 PM

    Very interesting point. Thanks!

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