Pro-Extremist Hackers Take on Small Quebec Community Website
Government (Foreign) // Quebec, Canada
The website for the municipality of Terrasse-Vaudreuil was hacked by a group claiming to be the Middle East Cyber Army.
The site’s compromised homepage declared the following:
"We are Muslims. Quran is our book. In Allah we trust. For Allah we work. SCREW YOU Charlie Hebdo."
The group’s message went on to praise the religion of Islam, ending with the hashtag #OPFRANCE.
It is unknown who actually is behind the attack or whether the town of around 2,000 people was specifically targeted.
Terrasse-Vaudreuil Mayor Michel Boudreau said on the day of the incident that he was aware of the issue. The website was restored shortly before 8 a.m. ET that day.
In December 2015, a town outside Chicago was similarly attacked.
But it is unclear whether the two breaches are truly related.
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