An Irish hacker, Paddyhack, who attacked Nigeria's official
website, www.nigeria.gov.ng, says he/she is suspending the crackdown.
Paddyhack attacked the website last Thursday in protest against the Nigerian government Anti-Gay stance.
The hacker, says the decision is to commiserate with the Nigerian government over the killing of about 40 pupils of Government Secondary School, Mamudo, Yobe State on Saturday.
The hacker who defaced
the portal before it came up shortly around mid-night last Thursday, had said in a Twitter post that "a torrent of fury will be unleashed on Nigeria's government due to the unfair and unjust treatment of homosexuals in their country."
The hacker had vowed that the defacement of the official web portal was a "first step in a long line of attacks aimed against Nigeria until they back down on their stance on arresting gays in their country for up to 14 years."
In the campaign themed #OpNigeria, the hacker who claims to be a member of the 'Anonymous Group' - the globally renowned hacker-activism group which has successfully hacked into official websites of United States Federal Government agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigations and US Department of Defence, had given President Goodluck Jonathan 72 hours to "renounce and veto this Bill." The ultimatum was expected to lapse mid-night Sunday.
However, the news of the school attack broke at about 2.pm on Saturday, while the hacker, who uses the Twitter handle, @paddyhack, was having an online interview with our correspondent.
"Just reading about the school shooting by extremists. Truly awful.'' Two hours after the news broke, the hacker states in a tweet, "#OpNigeria postponed until next week due to the death of 40+ kids by extremists in Nigeria.''
Paddyhack attacked the website last Thursday in protest against the Nigerian government Anti-Gay stance.
The hacker, says the decision is to commiserate with the Nigerian government over the killing of about 40 pupils of Government Secondary School, Mamudo, Yobe State on Saturday.
The hacker who defaced
the portal before it came up shortly around mid-night last Thursday, had said in a Twitter post that "a torrent of fury will be unleashed on Nigeria's government due to the unfair and unjust treatment of homosexuals in their country."
The hacker had vowed that the defacement of the official web portal was a "first step in a long line of attacks aimed against Nigeria until they back down on their stance on arresting gays in their country for up to 14 years."
In the campaign themed #OpNigeria, the hacker who claims to be a member of the 'Anonymous Group' - the globally renowned hacker-activism group which has successfully hacked into official websites of United States Federal Government agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigations and US Department of Defence, had given President Goodluck Jonathan 72 hours to "renounce and veto this Bill." The ultimatum was expected to lapse mid-night Sunday.
However, the news of the school attack broke at about 2.pm on Saturday, while the hacker, who uses the Twitter handle, @paddyhack, was having an online interview with our correspondent.
"Just reading about the school shooting by extremists. Truly awful.'' Two hours after the news broke, the hacker states in a tweet, "#OpNigeria postponed until next week due to the death of 40+ kids by extremists in Nigeria.''
This guy must be crazy.....
ReplyDeleteAs in real crazy