GABON OFFICIAL WEBSITES HACKED
A group which tagged itself Anonymous hackers on Sunday claimed responsibility for hacking into more than seventy Gabon government websites, saying its action targeted dictatorships.
Government sites including the ministries of communications and the civil service were inaccessible on Sunday, as also the websites of at least 30 other institutions, though there was no independent confirmation of the Anonymous claim.
The presidency website continued to function as normal. “Huge surprise attack against the government of Gabon today,” read a message on a twitter account close to the Anonymous group. “More than 70 government sites (attacked). All their servers and mail systems are offline.
The dictators should have been expecting us,” the tweet continued. Hackers from the loose-knit Anonymous collective have taken aim at a string of high-profile targets around the world in recent years.
The group started in 2003, adopting the Guy Fawkes mask as its symbol. The mask is a stylised portrayal of an oversized smile, rosy cheeks and a wide moustache upturned at both ends.
The Gabon authorities did not comment on the issue when contacted by AFP.
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