It wouldn’t take Nostradamus to predict that there would be some fallout (pun intended) after the government announced last week that they might would ban 15 popular video games for being “dangerous for children”.
Today, the Commission for the Protection of Indonesian Children (KPAI) seems to be the victim of retaliation from those who oppose the potential ban. KPAI’s official website was hacked, and, as of the time of writing, its homepage is nothing but a blank black space with a short message from the hackers as pictured above.
The group of hackers, who call themselves Skeptix, wrote the message: “Zuhahaha.. You’re drunk? Fix ur sec (security) first b4 talking about game.”
Jawa Pos today linked this hack to the KPAI’s support of the government’s aforementioned plans to ban 15 video game titles.
Ever since the government announced the potential ban last Thursday, KPAI has twice publicly stated that they’d support a governmental ban as the games contain violence and could be a bad influence on children.
KPAI has yet to release an official statement regarding this hack.
The hackers aren’t exactly making the best case for video gamers being upright citizens. But at the same time, KPAI has a lot more important things to worry about in regards to protecting Indonesian children (like, say, the huge number of street kids that are being exploited by beggar mafias in Jakarta) than the banning of video games that already have clear parental warning labels.
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