Tunisia Ennahda Party Emails Hacked: Anonymous-Linked Group Says It Compromised Messages

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A group claiming affiliation with activist hacker collective Anonymous says it has hacked 2,725 emails belonging to Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party, including those of the prime minister, in the latest challenge to the Islamist-led government.

In a video posted on a Facebook page belonging to Anonymous TN, a hacker wearing the trademark activist "Guy Fawkes" mask, said the emails were released in protest against Ennahda's alleged failure to protect the unemployed and artists who were attacked by Salafi Islamists during a recent protest.

The activist said the emails include phone numbers, bank transactions and invoices paid during Tunisia's election campaign in October, in which Ennahda won more than 40 percent of parliament seats, going on to lead the government.

Anonymous attacked an unofficial Ennahda website last month, as well as Facebook pages linked to the group and the site of Tunisia's justice ministry.

In the midst of Tunisia's revolution in January 2011, the "hacktivist" network launched Operation Tunisia, attacking government websites to hit back against an internet crackdown by veteran president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.