Hackers have attacked the official website of the Jordanian PM office, the inormation minister said on sunday, in protest over rising prices.
“we have restored the website after i was hacked last night for several hours” said by Mohammad Momani
“the authoriteis have identifeid the attackkers. Legal action will be taken against them”
“Anonymous Jordan,” who claimed they were members of the global “hacktivist” group Anonymous, defaced the website and left a message in Arabic to PM Abdullah Nsur.
the message that the hacker leaved was “Hi uncle, how are you? we are sorry we hacked your website. Are you upset? we feel much worse when you raise prices. The people know this feeling but you do not”
The government has announced a raft of austerity measures as it battles to reduce $2 billion deficit this year and rein in a foreign debt that now exceed $23 billion (17 billion euros). It has double the taxes on cellphones and mobile telephone contracts, and plans are under way o raise electricity costs by 15%. It has also raised taxes on imported clothes from 5% to 20%.
A government decision in November to raise fuel prices, including household gas, by upto 53%, sparked a wave of violent nationwide protest.
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