K-Pop music fans paralyzed the platform set up by the Dallas police and facilitated the reporting of illegal activities during demonstrations in support of the Black Lives Matter movement . The police had launched an appeal this Sunday on Twitter. They asked internet users to provide messages, videos or photos to identify the offenders via the iWatch Dallas app. But these are images of Korean song stars that were massively shared on the portal.
Due to technical difficulties iWatch Dallas app will be down temporarily. pic.twitter.com/zksA1hkVhV
- Dallas Police Dept (@DallasPD) May 31, 2020The mobilization of fans of Korean groups is such that the app was saturated in a few hours, preventing its proper functioning says BuzzFeed News . The gate was out of service for several hours. He was in fact the target of a well-known action by hackers: a denial of service cyberattack, Numerama specifies .
The app submerged in video montages
The “K Army”, nickname given to the community of K-Pop fans around the world, has organized itself and has multiplied on social networks the calls to overwhelm the police app with content. In addition to the videos and photos of their favorite singers, Internet users have also sent montages or their own versions of their idols' performances. Other people sent videos of demonstrators victims of police violence to the platform.
K-pop fans spam Dallas police 'snitch' app with fancams and memes to support protesters. pic.twitter.com/XQBFmPvUR1
- Pop Crave (@PopCrave) June 1, 2020iWatch Dallas was also targeted by K-Pop fans on the App Store. When asked to rate the app, many users have posted song lyrics as comments. The program received the lowest possible average score of one in five stars. The platform was again online and in working condition on Tuesday.
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