Nuclear research facilities are always a tempting target for hackers

Jan 3, 2012 13:41 GMT  ·  By

PrivateX, a hacker collective that claims to be part of the Anonymous movement, breached and defaced the official website of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI).

The crew states that their actions are a result of their mission to fight against corruption, but also to attract the government’s attention towards cybersecurity.

“A change in our society pointing out the role to authorize each and every Filipino citizen through education that is recognizable by its function to contrive in the economy and innovating more concepts in Information Security,” the hackers said.

They assure everyone that no information from the site has been removed in the defacement process.

Judging by their signature, it would seem that PrivateX operates under the Anonymous trademark, this latest hack being part of the Occupy Philippines movement.