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VATICAN WEBSITE HACKED AGAIN OVER POPE'S ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REMARKS
14:44, 16 Apr 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
A member of a Turkish hacking team briefly blocked access to the
Vatican's official website on Tuesday night, in response to Pope
Francis' describing the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by the Ottoman
Empire as the "first genocide of the 20th century" on Sunday.
A Turkish hacker, who uses the Twitter account "Herakles"
(@THTHerakles) shut down vatican.va, the official website of the
Vatican, late on Tuesday. The news was first reported by the Italian
media. Turkey's Dogan news agency reported that the website was
inaccessible up until the early hours of Wednesday.
The Vatican's website is currently working by rerouting visitors to
the address w2.vatican.va/content/vatican/it.html.
The hacker, who is reportedly a member of "Turkhackteam," a nationalist
group of Turkish hackers, posted messages on Twitter ahead of the
cyber-attack, accusing the Turkish media of remaining silent in the
face of Pope Francis' Armenian genocide remark.
He also wrote messages prior to the attack saying: "Tonight I am going
to pay a visit to Catholics. Let's give a message to Mr. Pope." He
continued in another message by saying that "Armenians should know
that we exist. This is not the first and will not be the last, even
though our own media remains silent."
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/04/16/vatican-website-hacked-again-over-popes-armenian-genocide-remarks/
14:44, 16 Apr 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
A member of a Turkish hacking team briefly blocked access to the
Vatican's official website on Tuesday night, in response to Pope
Francis' describing the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by the Ottoman
Empire as the "first genocide of the 20th century" on Sunday.
A Turkish hacker, who uses the Twitter account "Herakles"
(@THTHerakles) shut down vatican.va, the official website of the
Vatican, late on Tuesday. The news was first reported by the Italian
media. Turkey's Dogan news agency reported that the website was
inaccessible up until the early hours of Wednesday.
The Vatican's website is currently working by rerouting visitors to
the address w2.vatican.va/content/vatican/it.html.
The hacker, who is reportedly a member of "Turkhackteam," a nationalist
group of Turkish hackers, posted messages on Twitter ahead of the
cyber-attack, accusing the Turkish media of remaining silent in the
face of Pope Francis' Armenian genocide remark.
He also wrote messages prior to the attack saying: "Tonight I am going
to pay a visit to Catholics. Let's give a message to Mr. Pope." He
continued in another message by saying that "Armenians should know
that we exist. This is not the first and will not be the last, even
though our own media remains silent."
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/04/16/vatican-website-hacked-again-over-popes-armenian-genocide-remarks/