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“One day if you see black broadcasting on your TV, will be the day that democracy has died for ever”.
With this message “Anonymous” hacked on Thursday the webpage of Athens Court of Appeal.
Hacktivist group Anonymous posted on Wednesday a video on YouTube warning the Greek government of their intention to launch a cyber-attack on state websites beginning on June 15th in retaliation to the shutdown of public broadcaster ERT and the dismissal of more than 2,650 employees.
“The Greek government continues its tactics to dismiss people who have children. This is unacceptable” stated the Guy Fawkes-masked figure in the Anonymous YouTube video.
“You must know that now you are our goal” adds the video and warns of a cyber-attack on June 15.
The video concludes by stating that “we will not forgive nor forget, expect us Greek government”.
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Democracy Now! U.S. and World News Headlines for Wednesday, June 5
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