As the polls have closed across the country, the Twitter account of the Venezuela presidential hopeful Nicolas Maduro has been compromised by the Lulz Security Peru hacktivist group. Two official websites have been brought down as well.
The official’s twitter account was filled with vulgar messages
in which @lulzsecperu claimed responsibility for the successful
attack.
Hackers have also defaced Maduro’s official sites maduro.org.ve and
nicolasmaduro.org.ve posting their logo on the main pages.
The Venezuelan minister of Communications & Information Ernesto
Villegas has commented on the attack saying that the “despair of
fascism" became evident once again.
In their “desperation” hackers also attacked the Twitter
accounts of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela and of
the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, the minister
added.
The attacks occurred shortly before 18:00 (22:30 GMT), when the
polls had officially closed for this Sunday's presidential
election in Venezuela.
Fraude electoral by @lulzsecperu#hacked
— Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) April 14, 2013