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Russia: Anti-Government Slogans Published On a Hacked Soccer Club Website

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, Breaking News, Citizen Media, Digital Activism, Politics, Protest, Technology, RuNet Echo

Blogger pilgrim67 publishes [1] [ru] a screenshot of the “Zenit” soccer club [2] website that has been hacked this morning (now restored). A hacker had defaced the website and posted pictures of Valentina Matvienko (mayor of Saint-Petersburg) and Vadim Tyulpanov (speaker of the city assembly), both members of “United Russia” party, and called the visitors to vote against the ruling party.