Hackers Target Irish Political Parties New Site

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Irish opposition party Fine Gael, who recently launched a new website, was targetted by hackers today.  The hackers, associated with the Anonymous group are also believed to be associated with Wikileaks and the recent attacks on companies such as Visa, Mastercard, Amazon and eBay.

The site which was launched last week was set up to get the publics opinions on where they would like the party to shape Ireland should they get in power.

The 4 hour long attack resulted in a massive breach in website security when thousands of registered users information was stolen from the website.  During the attack the sites main page was also replaced with a page reading “The problem with politicians is they lie”.

The website is temporarily shutdown while they recover from the attack and work with the authorities to find the perpetrators.

The website currently reads:

“The Fine Gael website was professionally hacked on the evening of January 9th by an entity calling themselves the Anonymous Group.

The Anonymous Group has been associated with the Wikileaks investigation and attacks on companies such as Visa, Mastercard, and Amazon.

The website will be offline while we follow-up with the appropriate authorities to resolve the matter.

We thank you for your continued support for Fine Gael. If you have any feedback please to send it to emma@finegael2011.com”

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