The hackers are protesting against Israel’s presence in Palestine

Oct 9, 2012 15:17 GMT  ·  By

Hackers part of the Muslim Liberation Army have defaced bo.com to protest against the “illegal occupation of Palestinian land by the Zionist Israelis.”

“We are outraged at the Palestine present condition and the illegal occupation of Palestinian land by the Zionist Israelis. This attack is in response to the injustice against the Palestinian people. Israel is a serious threat to Palestinians. Occupied Palestinian land under the guise of residential settlements are being increased,” the hackers stated.

“Palestinians are deprived of their basic human rights. International Aid workers are stopped from providing any humanitarian assistance to the people. The International community and media is not allowed to bring facts to world as due to strict restrictions,” they added.

Back in 2007, the bo.com domain was worth a lot of money on the underground market. At the time, someone stole it from its rightful owner and attempted to sell it for $300,000 (€230,000).

Now Hitcher, one of the members of the Muslim Liberation Army, has told Softpedia that the domain’s IP (74.125.129.121) is included in a range of Internet protocols owned by Google.

The hackers targeted this particular domain to make sure that as many people as possible would get to see their protest message.