CYBER RIOTS CONTINUE IN PORTUGAL, NEW ATTACKS ANNOUNCED

They say they are speaking in the name of the people. A few days ago, Press TV reported on the first attacks from Lulzsec Portugal against Portuguese institutions. The police and their union, the government, the parliament, the red cross, major financial institutions and even the secret services have been hacked. Lulzsec said last September Antisec operation had started in Portugal. And they were not fooling around. Information: We appeal to the portuguese people and social activists to take photos and make videos about all the demonstrations so that we can work better online. Let's defend the people from the corrupts who have created the crisis of this system with shady interests. We will support all social movement presenting real solutions for this corrupt system (...) Latest attacks took place this monday. Major opposition force Socialist Party's website was hacked and the original layout gave place to an alleged extract of a secret banking account former Prime Minister Jose Socrates supposedly has in the Cayman Islands. There could be almost 400 million euros in this account. José Socrates' mandate ended in disgrace, after he was accused of corruption in at least two different occasions. The financial crisis and Portugal's economic situation didn't help. The PSD party, now the major force in governmental coalition, says some of its websites where also targeted, but the attackers were not able to hack main page. We had spoken to Rui Cruz before. He is an expert in ...

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