The Twitter account of Maine Mendoza a.k.a. Yaya Dub which currently has 2.4 million followers was hacked by Anonymous Philippines, a group of “hacktivists” Tuesday night. The group, which has justified its hack attacks as a form of protest against the Aquino government, initially posted a link to its Facebook page that included links to numerous government websites (mostly microsites) that it had also defaced.
Clicking the websites revealed a video and message urging people to join their #MillionMaskMarch on November 5 in front of Malacañang Palace. The group later tweeted an apology to AlDub fans for its intrusion and promised to give the account back to Maine.
“Sorry po if napadaan kami sa account ni yayadub, ibabalik din namin to sa tunay na may-ari.. Nagmamahal, Anonymous Philippines,” the group said in a tweet that it had deleted along with its other messages around noontime Tuesday—which suggests that Maine has regained access to her Twitter account.
On its Facebook page, Anonymous Philippines also posted this “press release” to explain its actions:
“Dear fans of Aldub, we sincerely apologize for the recent intrusion of your beloved Idol’s Twitter account. You can rest assure that we don’t have any malicious intent towards the said individual or any programs pertaining to that person. We just wanted to send a message to the public, and using Maine’s account is one of the easiest way we could find. Rest assured that we are doing our best to contact the respectful owner of the said twitter account with the purpose of giving them back their access.
We already know we will get a lot of negative comments.
But sometimes, you must give a sacrifice for the cause.”
As the group had expected, many fans were outraged by the hack on Yaya Dub’s account, which was recently declared to be among the top five fastest growing Twitter accounts, alongside those of Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Ellen DeGeneres.
source: interaksyon.com
