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TURKISH HACKERS KNOCK OUT VATICAN WEBSITE IN PROTEST OF POPE'S GENOCIDE COMMENTS
Breitbart News
April 16 2015
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.16 Apr 20158
Access to the Vatican website, www.vatican.va, was blocked twice in
the space of 24 hours this week following Pope Francis's comments
Sunday regarding the Armenian genocide.
The Vatican website was hacked during the night between Monday
and Tuesday, after Pope Francis described the Turkish massacre of
1.5 million Armenians a century ago as "the first genocide of the
twentieth century."
A London-based group that calls itself THTHerakles has taken credit
for the cyber attack.
The Vatican website was offline for several hours following the
attack, until the problem was solved Tuesday morning. But on Wednesday
afternoon, it was offline again.
According to the specialist publication "Techworm," the attack was
an unofficial retaliation to the words of the Pope.
A tweet written in Turkish on the group's Twitter feed read, "Dear
Pope you should have defended your website as much as you defended
the Armenians."
The hacker stated that the Pope's comments were "unacceptable" for a
respected religious leader. "Taking sides and calling what happened
with the Armenians genocide is not true. ... We want Pope [Francis]
to apologize for his words or we will make sure the website remains
offline," he said.
The Pope's comments Sunday produced immediate diplomatic fallout
between the Vatican and Ankara, with the Turkish government recalling
its ambassador to the Holy See. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut
Cavusoglu said the Pope was fueling "hatred and animosity" by spreading
"unfounded allegations."
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/04/16/turkish-hackers-knock-out-vatican-website-in-protest-of-popes-genocide-comments/
Breitbart News
April 16 2015
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.16 Apr 20158
Access to the Vatican website, www.vatican.va, was blocked twice in
the space of 24 hours this week following Pope Francis's comments
Sunday regarding the Armenian genocide.
The Vatican website was hacked during the night between Monday
and Tuesday, after Pope Francis described the Turkish massacre of
1.5 million Armenians a century ago as "the first genocide of the
twentieth century."
A London-based group that calls itself THTHerakles has taken credit
for the cyber attack.
The Vatican website was offline for several hours following the
attack, until the problem was solved Tuesday morning. But on Wednesday
afternoon, it was offline again.
According to the specialist publication "Techworm," the attack was
an unofficial retaliation to the words of the Pope.
A tweet written in Turkish on the group's Twitter feed read, "Dear
Pope you should have defended your website as much as you defended
the Armenians."
The hacker stated that the Pope's comments were "unacceptable" for a
respected religious leader. "Taking sides and calling what happened
with the Armenians genocide is not true. ... We want Pope [Francis]
to apologize for his words or we will make sure the website remains
offline," he said.
The Pope's comments Sunday produced immediate diplomatic fallout
between the Vatican and Ankara, with the Turkish government recalling
its ambassador to the Holy See. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut
Cavusoglu said the Pope was fueling "hatred and animosity" by spreading
"unfounded allegations."
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/04/16/turkish-hackers-knock-out-vatican-website-in-protest-of-popes-genocide-comments/