Today, hackers representing Anonymous successfully hacked the Vatican’s website, along with several sites run by the Catholic Church. A statement on the group’s Italian-language website declared, “Anonymous decided today to besiege your site in response to the doctrine, to the liturgies, to the absurd and anachronistic concepts that your for-profit organization spreads around the world.” The statement alluded to the burning of heretics, the repression of Galileo, the genocide of Native Americans, aiding Nazi fugitives, and the more recent sexual abuse scandal.
Anonymous members attempted to hack the Vatican’s website last year, but were unsuccessful. Do Italian hackers truly hold the Vatican responsible for events that look place 500 years ago? And if not, what really motivated this attack?
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