Anonymous hijacks Syria's government pages

The text loads slowly. It actually freezes if you're in another tab, which IMO is a poor implementation decision; it means you actually have to sit and watch it come on the screen word by word.<p>For those who either don't want to wait for it to load, or didn't get to it before it got taken down, here's what it says:<p>--------------------------<p>To the Syrian people: The world stands with you against the brutal regime of Bashar Al-Assad. Know that time and history are on your side - tyrants use violence because they have nothing else, and the more violent they are, the more fragile they become. We salute your determination to be non-violent in the face of the regime's brutality, and admire your willingness to pursue justice, not mere revenge. All tyrants will fall, and thanks to your bravery Bashar Al-Assad is next.<p>To the Syrian military: You are responsible for protecting the Syrian people, and anyone who orders you to kill women, children, and the elderly deserves to be tried for treason. No outside enemy could do as much damage to Syria as Bashar Al-Assad has done. Defend your country - rise up against the regime! - Anonymous<p>-------------------------<p>Once the text has loaded, it links to several revolutionary sites, and also scrolls images across the top that apparently link to youtube videos.

In case you don't want to wait for the page to load, here's what you'll see:<p><a href="http://postimage.org/image/75ivivdw/" rel="nofollow">http://postimage.org/image/75ivivdw/</a><p>The actual text:<p>To the Syrian people: The world stands with you against the brutal regime of Bashar Al-Assad. Know that time and history are on your side - tyrants use violence because they have nothing else, and the more violent they are, the more fragile they become. We salute your determination to be non-violent in the face of the regime's brutality, and admire your willingness to pursue justice, not mere revenge. All tyrants will fall, and thanks to your bravery Bashar Al-Assad is next.<p>To the Syrian military: You are responsible for protecting the Syrian people, and anyone who orders you to kill women, children, and the elderly deserves to be tried for treason. No outside enemy could do as much damage to Syria as Bashar Al-Assad has done. Defend your country - rise up against the regime! - Anonymous

&#60;!-- mod.gov.sy was seized for the people by Poppy :) Support the fight vs oppressive regimes in #operationfreedom @ irc.anonops.li Props to the hundreds of Syrians that had mailed this server with messages of protest over the past year. You're admirably, recklessly brave! --&#62;

This is a very good hack and also a reminder for Western countries and political actors that these kind of break-ins are not necessarily criminals acts but may be political demonstrations. If a break-in is non-destructive and has as motivation a political demonstration, in a democracy it should be treated as such and not be brushed aside as "criminal".

The page is nearly unresponsive. If the idea is for the Syrian people to see it, this is an unfortunate side effect of being on the top of Reddit/HN.

Fyi, mod = ministry of defense

Great production values.

How are people in Syria accessing the net? If it's mostly mobile and/or ie6 then I hope this was tested on those platforms.

The traffic seems to have killed the site. Here's a mirror showing what it looked like when it was still responsive:<p><a href="http://zone-h.org/mirror/id/14599065" rel="nofollow">http://zone-h.org/mirror/id/14599065</a>

Kudos. I am hoping Anon do more than just deface for moral support, but actually ruin and undermine as much of their systems as possible.

Well done Anonymous. Although it may seem like an empty gesture based on what the U.S. government has (or hasn't) done.

And now it seems Syrian "hackers" defaced Anon+. <a href="http://anonplus.com/" rel="nofollow">http://anonplus.com/</a>

I can't load the page so don't know if the text was in English only or also in Arabic. I was in Syria in October 2009 on business and.. about 80% (or perhaps even higher) of the population did <i>not</i> speak <i>any</i> English, so this text isn't going to help much.<p>EDIT: Ok, I see from the mirror that it is in both English and Arabic.

Make sure you wget :)

dear anonymous, thanks. Please do libya also. And if you could access their fire control systems, I have friends who could make use of that access.

Bravo.<p>I don't think there's anything more to say.

Exciting!