{"id":42381,"date":"2012-01-30T10:12:52","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T08:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=42381"},"modified":"2012-01-30T10:13:43","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T08:13:43","slug":"anonymous-targets-mexican-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/42381-anonymous-targets-mexican-websites.html","title":{"rendered":"Anonymous targets mexican websites"},"content":{"rendered":"

The activist hacker group Anonymous<\/a> attacked three Mexican government websites on Friday in protest at a proposed bill that seeks to toughen local laws about online file-sharing.<\/p>\n

The affected sites belong to the Interior Ministry, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. The homepage of the Interior Ministry remained offline by mid-afternoon.<\/p>\n

“We demand the Mexican government not continue with this law because they will take away our freedom of speech and file sharing,” Anonymous said in a video posted on Youtube ahead of Friday’s action. (http:\/\/r.reuters.com\/nup36s)<\/p>\n

The proposed law, floated last month by a senator from the ruling National Action Party, Federico Doring, would criminalize the uploading of music, videos or books to the Internet without the permission of copyright holders.<\/p>\n

Anonymous members and their supporters took to Twitter<\/a> to coordinate the attacks under the hashtag “#OpDoring” with messages including “Senate TANGO DOWN !! FIREEE don’t hesitate to shoot” and “Change of target deputies … FIRE.”<\/p>\n

Interior Minister Alejandro Poire confirmed his ministry’s website had been hit by a denial-of-service attack. He said the government was working to prevent such strikes, and that it would investigate and prosecute any crimes committed.<\/p>\n

“We will certainly verify the security protocols of the ministry’s website to ensure the integrity of its information and prevent future attacks,” he said.<\/p>\n

Anonymous, a loosely knit group that has attacked financial and government websites around the world, compared Doring’s proposal with anti-piracy bills in the United States that were halted after a huge online protest this month.<\/p>\n

The hacker group had clashed with Mexican officials before. Anonymous claimed responsibility in September after the websites of several Mexican government ministries, including Defense and Public Security, went offline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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