Teen hacker hits five Omani government websites

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http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/oman/teen-hacker-hits-five-omani-government-websites-1.1306001

Staff Report
Gulf News
March 19, 2014

Muscat: Five Oman government websites, including the Telecommunications 
Regulatory Authority (TRA) and the General Directorate of Traffic, were 
hacked on Tuesday evening.

Local media reported that the hacker was a 14-year-old who calls himself 
Dr DarknesS. He said he hacked the TRA website to express his displeasure 
over the poor services provided by telecom companies, according to Shabiba 
daily newspaper.

The teenager said that one has to shell out a large amount of money when 
signing up for any telecom subscription but the service provided is below 
par.

"Hacking is the only way to register one’s protest," the hacker said. The 
quality of Internet services in Oman is poor compared to other GCC 
countries, he said, adding that in neighbouring countries people have a 
wide choice because there are a large number of operators but here due to 
the monopoly the quality is very poor.

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