Hacker hits Chilean government website

Apparently turnabout is fair play.

In July, a Chilean hacker broke into the Peruvian president’s website and defaced it. Alan Garcia’s image was replaced with that of Chilean independence hero Bernardo O’Higgins and wrote the phrase “Viva Chile, mierda”! (Viva Chile, shit!”)

On Sunday a hacker infiltrated the official Chilean government’s website and displayed the Peruvian flag. In addition, a pro-Peru message similar to the one in the July incident was written. The site was down for 18 hours and was back to normal yesterday.

One Chilean newspaper mentioned the obvious:

The Santiago daily El Mercurio on Monday reported that officials believe the hacker was a Peruvian.

Sources (English)- The Latin Americanist, Associated Press

Sources (Spanish)- Gobierno de Chile

Image- CNN