The hackers accuse the organization of violating the human rights of protesters

May 21, 2012 08:24 GMT  ·  By

Hackers part of the Anonymous Team, or ATeam, have taken down the official website of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO.int).

“You were originally set up to fight against the oppression by those that were censoring people that did not agree with them. Years later you have now resorted to the same methods against your own people with the censoring of https://twitter.com/#!/search/timcast and others at the NATO Summit in Chicago,” the hackers wrote.

The “Timcast” account the hacktivists are referring to is owned by Tim Pool, an independent journalist covering politics and activism.

“You actions have caused interference in the Human Rights of those protesting at the NATO Conference and are therefore in breach of Articles 9, 10 and 11,” they explained.

“The ATeam protect people against such oppression and we will not sit by and watch you oppress peaceful protesters exercising their right to have access to media so they can provide footage to the world of what is really happening. Given the failure of main stream media to properly report on such stories this is even more imperative.”

On their Twitter account, the ATeam claim that the NATO website will not work again until the organization "stops threatening Timcast.”

The hackers have also made public certain details, such as the physical location of the NATO headquarters, administrative and technical contact information, and nameserver data.

This isn’t the only ongoing protest against NATO. Physical actions, backed up by Anonymous, are also taking place in Chicago.

A hacktivist group called AntiS3curityOPS has shut down the sites of the Chicago Police Department to protest against the organization and the government’s “big brother tactics.”

Similar to the site of the Chicago PD, the one of NATO is also offline at this time.