{"id":10839,"date":"2012-02-12T10:28:49","date_gmt":"2012-02-12T15:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenix.wordpress.com\/?p=10839"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:38:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:38:57","slug":"hackers-target-cia-mexican-alabama-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2012\/02\/hackers-target-cia-mexican-alabama-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers target CIA, Mexican, Alabama websites"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Websites affiliated with the CIA, Mexico’s mining ministry and the state of Alabama were down Friday, allegedly done in by hackers, government officials and a well-known hacking group reported.<\/span><\/p>\n

A message Friday on a Twitter page and Tumblr feed affiliated with the hacking group known as Anonymous celebrated that the Central Intelligence Agency’s website had been taken down.<\/span><\/p>\n

The posting read: “CIA TANGO DOWN: https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/ #Anonymous<\/span>.” A later one pointed to a news story indicating “#Anonymous hackers hit CIA, U.N., Mexico websites.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Numerous outside reports indicated the CIA’s website was down, and CNN’s attempts from late Friday afternoon into the evening to get onto the site failed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Asked about the outage, CIA spokeswoman Jennifer Youngblood said Friday night, “We are aware of the problems accessing our website, and are working to resolve them.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Who is Anonymous? Everyone and no one<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, information was “compromised” in a hacking of Alabama state websites, the Alabama Department of Homeland Security said in a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We are aware of the current situation regarding individual(s) claiming responsibility for hacking into a state of Alabama … public website,” Alabama Department of Homeland Security Director Spencer Collier said in the release.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jack Doane, director of Alabama’s Information Services Division, told CNN later by e-mail that state technology experts “are conducting a forensic analysis to determine what if any information has been compromised.”<\/span><\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear what websites were hacked or who was responsible. A web page that included Anonymous’ signature tag line stated the hacking was in response to Alabama’s “recent racist legislation in an attempt to punish immigrants as criminals” — referring to legislation, signed last June, aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Anonymous-related Twitter page also provided links to documents, messages and other files that it said it had taken off a website tied to Mexico’s mining ministry.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Hello Mexican Chamber of Mines,” a related Twitter post read. “Want to see your emails exposed?”<\/span><\/p>\n

That said, another later item on the same feed added, “We’d remind media that if we report a hack or ddos (distributed denial of service) attack, it doesn’t necessarily mean we did it…FYI.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The Mexican mining ministry’s website — which is distinct from the Chamber of Mines, or Caminex, a trade association — appeared to be down early Friday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n

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