British Minister likens Anonymous to fascists and racists
By Natalie Apostolou
Posted in Security, 26th August 2012 19:59 GMT
Hacktivist cabal Anonymous has continued its attack on UK government websites in retaliation to the UK’s treatment of Julian Assange, this time hitting former Wales and Northern Ireland Secretary, Peter Hain.
Hain told the BBC he feels Anonymous' actions resemble those he experienced in the “anti-apartheid and anti-fascist struggles." The MP participated in South Africa's anti-apartheid movement in the 1970s. "I have had these attacks for 40 years, mostly from racists and fascists."
He added that Anonymous had got its targets wrong as he has been a supporter of Assange.
Hain used the attack to urge for cyber security, taking to Twitter where he wrote "after targeting of several sites in recent months latest incident is more evidence that UK needs to wake up to growing cyber security threat." Anonymous targeted the UK’s Ministry of Justice and the Home Office last week ...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/26/ecuador_pres_slams_uk_gov/