MUMBAI: The organizers of the Melbourne Film Festival (MFF) have said that hackers who were protesting against the visit of exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer to Australia mistakenly crashed the website of an arts festival with a similar name.
A group known as Global Hack Attack hijacked the Melbourne International Art Festival‘s site and replaced the home page with a Chinese flag and message condemning Kadeer.
Festival general manager Vivia Hickman said that she suspected the attack had mistakenly been directed at their site instead of the Melbourne International Film Festival that was to be attended by Kadeer.
Hackers have already hit the film festival‘s site twice in protest against the screening of Kadeer biopic Ten Conditions of Love and her associated visit. The US-based leader of the World Uighur Congress, who China blames for inciting riots in Xinjiang region which killed at least 197 people last month, arrived here Tuesday despite strong protests from Beijing.
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