Clothilde Le Coz, Nov 06, 2013
The Cambodian government was warned by Anonymous Cambodia that “fairness, justice and freedom are more than words“, as stated by V in the movie “V for Vendetta”. On November 5, Anonymous Cambodia aimed to lead a major rally in “cyberspace” for fear that supporters marching in reality would be arrested. “I would say Hun Sen is… a dictator because if Anonymous march to the street on Nov 5 like people did in the US, I am sure they all will get arrested“, stated an Anon on November 4.
On November 5, to help LuLzSec to celebrate “Guy Fawkes Day”, Anonymous Cambodia participated in a “fun” hacking session on NASA. It also hacked the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia to leak data as well as the KHMAC investment website.
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When reached on November 6 to assess the impact of the November 5 operation in Cambodia, one Anon stated it was small because “less than 10 people helped“, coming from different parts of the world. For example, the group aimed to target the SL garment company but was “too busy” working on other attacks. “We [did] not have enough people to help DDoS the site,” stated the Anon.
”A Bunch of Chopsticks Can’t Be Broken”
To Anonymous Cambodia, there is no good existing example of
government and knowledge and information have become the prerogatives of
the rich. “Freedom to us is vital to humanity. Without freedom one
cannot live as a human being. Whoever is preventing human from being a
human is not welcome by us,” the Anon states. To them, cyber
surveillance and censorship are preventing people to be free in
Cambodia. Moreover, the Cambodian elections system is something
Anonymous Cambodia does not trust and, at any rate, they are “not interested” in the political situation.
Anonymous Cambodia believes the strength for change lies in the
number of people involved. As such, their so called “western” vision of
freedom and change fits into the Cambodian state of mind and could be
compared to the Khmer proverb: ” a bunch of chopsticks cannot be
broken”, showing strength in unity.
On November 2 it was reported that hackers of the group had taken down the website of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. “ECCC has tried to silence victims of crimes against humanity. So we acted,” states the Anon, basing this action on a report from Radio France International published in Khmer language. In it, the Paris-based media states that “some civil party lawyers complained about restrictions within the tribunal”.
Targeting a website is the decision of one Anon or the result of a collective consultation.In the case of the ECCC website, an Anon from Cambodia decided and that was followed by others globally.
Moreover, according to the Anon, the Cambodian government computer systems are easy to reach. Information has already been taken from the Anti-corruption Unit, as well as a lengthy document from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in September 2012.
The Cambodian government called Anonymous’ actions “terrorists acts” on September 17 after they “declared war” on the ruling CPP in a video exposing their Operation Cambodia, responding to clashes with protesters that left one person dead.
For Mike Vitale of the Chanology project, the Anonymous group “calls itself the final boss of the Internet and sometimes it proves to really be [...] true”. But to him, “hacking doesn’t accomplish anything [...] it doesn’t send a message; it just gets more people arrested in the name of Anonymous” in a 2011 interview.
On November 15, the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York will sentence Jeremy Hammond, an Anon who leaked information from the private intelligence firm Strategic Forecasting (StratFor) through the WikiLeaks website, revealing the organization had been spying on human rights activists in the US.
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