Belfast News: DUP Hacked Off!

The police have been called into investigate three DUP websites hacked and translated into Irish.

The hacker who has been described in the media as a 'language activist' amended the site to show Peter Robinson introducing himself in Irish. 

The text read:

'Is mise Peadar Robinson agus tugaim tacaiocht don Acht na Gaelige' which translates as 'I am Peter Robinson and I support an Irish Language Act'.

Given the nature of the hack and that Irish language legislation has been a source of friction between the DUP and Sinn Fein, it would appear to some that the hacker is more of a political activist than a language activist.

Created: 13th January 2011