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Controversial hacktivists may have prompted El Salvador’s censorship of Telegram
Salvadoran hacktivists disclose personal identity of millions of Salvadorans. While their ethics are put into question, they want to expose Bukele’s government as corrupt and inefficient.
In previous public statements, the group has expressed a desire to expose the dangers of a modern digital society and the control of information, citing controversial US domestic terrorist and anarchist Ted Kaczynski as a key influence. An editor from the journalistic organization DDoSecrets, Lorax Horne, expressed concern with the ongoing situation due to the amount of compromised data, stating that citizens’ information should be protected and it is ultimately the responsibility of the targeted institutions to secure their infrastructure. Access to Telegram was deliberately restricted by Salvadoran internet service providers (ISPs) in early June, after Nayib Bukele started his second presidential term — a mandate deemed unconstitutional by lawyers and journalists.
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