Hacker Turns Westboro Baptist Church Hate Page Into Donation Site

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Eric Larson
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Hacker Turns Westboro Baptist Church Hate Page Into Donation Site

The Westboro Baptist Church can add another group to its "hate" list: hackers.

The Christian fundamentalist group, notorious for its "God Hates Fags" protests, launched a website on Monday called GodHatesOklahoma.com, just hours after a mile-wide tornado hit the town of Moore, Okla., and killed 24 people.

The site didn't last long. Whatever content was originally published -- presumably a rant about how America's "sins" are being chastised, per the group's usual protests -- was hacked and replaced by a photo of Jesus Christ giving the middle finger, along with the message, "Westboro Faptist Church -- Even Jesus Hates You." (Faptist being a reference to the word "fap," Internet slang for "masturbate").

The website was unavailable at time of writing, but according to reports, another message below the image read: "'On the 8th day, God created hackers, and he saw that it was good.' From the Gospel according to @th3j35t3r Redirecting in 5 seconds……." Moments later, then, visitors were taken to a Red Cross donation site for victims of the storm.

The Twitter account referenced, @th3j35t3r, belongs to "Jester," a relatively well-known hacker.

It's unclear at the moment if the site will be up and running again anytime soon. What other hacks-for-good have you seen in the past few weeks?

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