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Vietnam Memorial Website Vandalized
Attack on veteran run site comes two weeks after physical attack on Washington D.C. Vietnam Veterans Memorial
September 26, 2007—The Vietnam Veterans Memorial website, a place where users can search for casualties of the war by date and name, has reportedly been vandalized by a would-be hacker.
According to the Washington Post, visitors to the site were redirected to a page displaying the Turkish flag, a video, and politically charged messages in both Turkish and English. One such message, roughly translated read “Is there any equal or likeness to our martyrs at Gallipoli?”
The newspaper assumed that this message was in reference to the Battle of Gallipoli, which took place in 1915 during WWII and involved an attempt by the Allies to force a passage through the Dardanelles to supply Russia. This effort was defeated by the Turkish Army, the led by the Ottoman Empire, which sided with Germany and Austria-Hungary during the war against Britain, France, Russia, and other countries.
A person identified only as “Turk Defacer,” reportedly took responsibility to the hack, and the 4/9 Infantry Manchu Association—the group that operates the site, had restored the site to its original state as of press time.
This Internet-based attack comes two weeks after a physical attack on the Washington, DC Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The National Park Service police confirmed reports that an unidentified oily substance was splashed on at least 14 of the 140 granite panels etched with the names of men and women declared dead or missing in action.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, responsible for the building of the wall, has offered a $5,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator.
Last Month, the United Nation’s website was the target of defamatory messages, accusing the U.S. and Israel of murdering children. The site has since been restored, and the group responsible has been identified.
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