MANILA, Philippines – Several Chinese websites were hacked by
hacktivist group Blood Security International on Monday to protest China’s
poaching and reclamation activities in the West Philippine Sea.
The website of the Chinese Forestry
Bureau and two
university websites were defaced. As of Monday afternoon, the homepage of a
university website bore the message “Greetings China! We are here to deliver
you the people’s message from the Philippines.”
“Stop claiming what doesn’t
belong to you! Stop the hunting of our marine endangered species! Go build your
own island! Leave Philippines!” the message on the defaced site said.
On the Forestry Bureau site,
the Blood Hackers Security inserted the message: “Leave Philippines Alone. The
Spratly Islands belongs to the people of the Philippines.”
The university websites were
http://morus.swu.edu.cn and http://vpa.tju.edu.cn. Another unidentified site
http://leeking.cn was also defaced.
Last May 2014, 11 Chinese fishermen were apprehended off the coast of Palawan with at least
500 sea turtles onboard their fishing vessel.
After being charged in court
for violating Philppine fishing laws, nine of the 11 fishermen were fined
$102,000 each by a Philippine court in November. China has demanded that the
fishermen be released unconditionally insisting
they were within China’s territory.
China has been widely
criticized for its territorial claim on the South China Sea and its reclamation activities in
the Spratly Islands.
Tensions rose in the Southeast Asian region due to the maritime
dispute between the Philippines and China and several other countries claiming
Spratly Islands.
The Philippines has already
filed a case before the international tribunal on the law of the sea to protest China’s nine-dash line
claim. China has refused to participate in the proceedings.
The hacktivist group Blood Security
Hackers previously defaced the website of Globe Telecommunications, protesting their poor internet
connection service.
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