Viti Revolution Forces a sophisticated group to be reckoned with
they are too well organised to take that kind of risk
Vodafone has access monitoring for all its workers on its systems – they can track back whoever did that and identify where that login happened and when and they will know who did it. they also have security cameras at their premises 24/7.
they have shown with the graffiti (all over Fiji) and the burning down of the police installations out West that they have a network – they have also demonstrated that the network is secure because they have not been compromised todate – which means that they have Operational Security.
it also means that they have secure communications - to be able to coordinate operations Fiji wide like that takes secure communications. it also takes discipline – not just organisational discipline but also personell discipline – because these operations took place at night and during the day their guys have to be ready to do operations 24/7 – and the tempo of their operations has been quite extensive over the last few days – normally operational tempo’s like that catch out amateurs and they make mistakes and compromise things – not these guys – they have run this thing smoothly over the last few days – and that takes coordination and discipline. none of their operatives have been caught todate which means persec is secure with these guys – normally Itaukei operations like this fall apart because of loose lips and what itaukei call “raqaraqa” (i.e show offs – and talking too much around the yaqona bowl aand stuff like that).
plus Fiji is a small place – anybody going out at odd hours of the night and suddenly changing their timetable during the day is quickly picked up by friends, family and work – which makes it all the more possible for networks like this to be compromised.
these guys would have to be very well organised not to attract that kind of attention – their operatives would be very diligent and dsciplined and emotionally balanced and calm to be able to handle the stress of doing things like these and not give away any outwardly signs of being involved. its not easy - i can only guess that they are doing it from within communities which are generally receptive to the cause (something like the IRA finding cover within the Republican community and not being compromised as a result because of that wall of silence) OR these are guys from outside, professionals sent in to do these things.
hacking Vodafone means they have muscle behind them - i don’t want to speculate but it has to be serious muscle. the only kind of muscle who i can think of who have the capacity to hack Vodafone’s digital networks are certain State Intelligence agencies offshore - hacking Vodafone is not something any kid off the street can do – their networks are digital and security encrypted and layered - it takes security intelligence professionals with the equipment to do it
i maybe wrong – but my first impression of this thing just by looking at the pattern of unfolding events leads me to the conclusion that this is a well organised (and supported) operation - it has all the hallmarks of what guys in that line of business call ”Destabalisation operations”.
spray painting busstops and burning down Police installations is one thing – people’s uprisings are crude affairs – but hacking Vodafone’s network is in a different league altogether, it suggests a sophistication which is way beyond that of a normal people’s uprising.
