Hackers Take Down Crowdfunding Site For Truckers

Newsweek reports:

The fundraiser page of the Canadian Trucker protesters or “Freedom Convoy,” which has been protesting over COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other pandemic restrictions, has been frozen and appears to have been hacked.

Protesters had raised more than $8 million of funding to support their cause, as they blockade roads in the Canadian capital Ottawa and in Windsor, another city in Ontario.

A video from the Disney film Frozen was set as a backdrop to a statement condemning the website and the Freedom Convoy. The website now leads to a blank white page saying “Application under maintenance we will be back very soon.”

Read the full article. GiveSendGo is still entirely down at this writing. The company’s marketing slogan is “Fundraising by and for Christians.” Last week an Ontario court froze the fund for Ottawa’s protesters, preventing any money from being disbursed.

Omfg GiveSendGo got hacked in an incredibly public way and the website is redirecting to a Frozen music video with a running list of the names, donation amounts, and contact info of the people who donated to the fundraiser. https://t.co/vGNQSUUSxL

— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) February 14, 2022