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Anonymous puts Taiwan flag, national anthem on 2 UN websites (www.taiwannews.com.tw)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Anonymous puts Taiwan flag, national anthem on 2 UN websites::Collective hacks UN to protest Google inactive account policy, Russia's nuclear threats against Ukraine | 2023-07-18 09:56:00

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"The representative told Taiwan News that the purpose of the defacements was to protest against "Google's harsh inactive account policy" and to warn Russian President Vladimir Putin against using tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine or jeopardizing the safety of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant"

Could someone explain why Google or Russia would care about UN websites? That's like saying took a dump on the floor at my local McDonald's to protest the apartheid in Gaza.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sounds like some masterful trolling to claim their hacktivism is motivated by such irrelevant goals

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Or someone just trusted AI way too much to write the article for them. I haven't seen this mentioned elsewhere, just Twitter and Reddit posts linking to this same site.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s what you could classify as complete horseshit, that’s why.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The Google bit somewhat makes sense if that was the attack vector but the Russia bit makes little sense other than if they continue to try to annex Ukraine, they'll deface some websites to still show Ukraine as sovereign. I'm all for the move, the justifications though just seem a bit less impactful than just doing the act without comment