U.N. Web site hacked with anti-war post

[jasmeel]

Source: Ap

UNITED NATIONS - Computer hackers posted an anti-war message on the U.N.'s official Web site, claiming that U.S. and Israeli policies in the Middle East were taking innocent lives, the United Nations said.

The first attack on a U.N. Web page reserved for statements from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon occurred at about 9 a.m. Sunday morning, U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas said. The Web site of the U.N. Department of Public Information was then attacked as was the U.N. Cyberschoolbus site for teachers and students and the U.N. Economic and Social Council's site.

"We are very concerned that this happened," Montas said. "It lasted a few minutes, but we managed to get them off and change that. We also had to change our archives and rebuild the whole site."

The hackers, who identified themselves as kerem125, MOsted, and Gsy, left a message criticizing U.S. and Israeli policy in the Middle East and saying "Peace for ever No war."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070813/ap_on_re_ca/un_website_hacked

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Go Hackers!

[DRoseDARs]

1. "Go Hackers!" Huh? Erm, they hacked the United NATIONS' website...

... not one of the United STATES' websites. Last I checked, the UN was founded to at least try to make war obsolete and, more recently, was very much OPPOSED to Bush the Younger's war with Iraq. Moreover, the UN General Assembly has many a time condemned Israel for its policies regarding and treatment of the Palestinians.



Um, duh?