MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / Nov. 3, 2013) – A cyber activist group called Anonymous Philippines hacked into several dozen government website on Sunday and posted a message urging citizens to join a march in protest to widespread corruption in government.
Anonymous Philippines also posted its animated logo on all hacked websites, including the Ombudsman of the Philippines. It was not the first time it hacked into government websites and left them crippled in the past in protest to various issues affecting the Filipinos.
Filipino government officials have not issued any statement about the targeted hacking and the planned march dubbed in front of the House of Representatives in the morning of November 5 to “remind the country it has forgotten that fairness, justice and freedom are more than just words.”
The event is dubbed “million mask march” and is expected to draw Filipinos, disgruntled with government corruption and scandals involving the Priority Development Assistance Fund of legislators and the Disbursement Acceleration Program of President Benigno Aquino, to join the rally.
This is what the Anonymous Philippines posted on hacked government websites.
“Greetings citizens of the Philippines. We are Anonymous.
We apologize for this inconvenience, but this is the only easiest way we could convey our message to you, our dear brothers and sisters who are tired of this cruelty and this false democracy, tired of this government and the politicians who only think about themselves.
The government, in many ways, has failed its Filipino citizens.
We have been deprived of things which they have promised to give; what our late heroes have promised us to give. Let us remind the government that fairness, justice and freedom are more than words. They are perspectives.
A march is happening, a revolution. A way to speak, a way to be heard. On the fifth day of November, 2013, we will try to be a part of the history.
But of course there are those who do not want us to speak, and those who have doubts. You can sleep, sit, go on with your everyday routine just like a herd of sheep and watch as the government laugh at you.
But if you see what we see, if you feel as we feel, and if you would seek as we seek…then we ask you to stand beside us, this fifth of November outside the gates of Batasang Pambansa and let us march our way to freedom – a freedom from the shackles of the Government.
You have been called; and by watching, you have been chosen.
To the “incorrupt(ible)” officials of the government, we are challenging you! Join us!
The Corrupt – Fear us.
The Honest – Support us.
The Heroic – Join us.
We are Anonymous.
We are ONE.
The government, you are NONE.
We are legion.
On the 5th of November, Government – Hear and understand us, or EXPECT US!” (Mindanao Examiner)
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