It looks like international website defacing is on the rise, I have heard several reports over the past few days of international websites being defaced, most of these were religiously oriented sites. On CNN tonight I found out that the Web site of Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric was hacked Friday, with the attackers’ messages saying they are Sunnis upset over fatwas, or edicts, issued on the site.
A entity called Group XP placed a video of comedian Bill Maher making fun of Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and his advice to the Shiite faithful, as well as posting messages on the site.
The hackers said they are upset at the sexual nature of the advice given to faithful allegedly by al-Sistani through a spokesperson. Those who have studied the attack believe that the Maher video is meant to illustrate how such advice promotes mockery of Islam.
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