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Sun Shine Coast Website Hacked and Defaced by Anonymous for #OpAustralia

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Lee J

If your an Australian or living/staying here you may of heard about the proposed new laws that may allows intelligence agencies to monitor and watch all forms of electronic communications. Well Anonymous hacktivist located within Australia have got angry about this and as a result they have started a all new operation that is aimed right at the Australian government. The Operation today has been attacking one particular site in which the administration were restoring it within minutes of the deface but now it appears to be re-defaced and from what we heard it should be staying that way for some time. anonymous-and_-jnet-continuing-the_-lulz_ The website https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/ is for the local government of Queensland Sunshine coast area and its new deface page has the following message.

T h e J o k e N e t w o r k – Continuing the lulz since 2o12 :. : : : Welcome, Australian boys and girls. : : You may have heard about the proposed National Security changes. : : : : You probably don’t like them. We certainly don’t. : : : : Do you like the idea of surrendering your passwords or people spying on your : : Facebook or Twitter accounts? : : : : Nope, we didn’t think you did. : : : : Your government seems to think that everyone in Australia is a terrorist. : : : : Do you still want to believe in your paranoid leaders? : : If we were Australian, we sure wouldn’t… : : : : @Op_Australia ~ irc.anonops.com #opAustralia : : : : We are Anonymous. We are also the Joke Network. : : We are Legion. We are continuing the lulz. : :. Expect us. Both of us. .:

At time of publishing the website was still defaced.

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