Hacktivists call out Trump by hacking and defacing US Army websites
Hacktivists defaced two U.S. Army websites with pro-Kurdish messages and derogatory comments directed at President Donald Trump. The Army has since secured the sites, which were reportedly compromised through vulnerabilities in their WordPress-based infrastructure.
Why it matters
The incident highlights ongoing vulnerabilities in federal government web infrastructure and the use of cyber-attacks as a tool for political protest.
The U.S. Army has reportedly fixed two of its websites that had been defaced to display pro-Kurdish messages and to call out President Donald Trump, the latest case of hackers compromising systems run by the federal government in recent months.
The report focuses on the technical aspects of the breach and the nature of the messages without taking a political stance on the hacktivists' claims.
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