December 4th, 2013, 14:25 GMT · By Eduard Kovacs
Anonymous Hackers Take Down Angola Government Websites Amid Protests
Some of the Angola government websites targeted by hackers
Massive anti-government street protests have taken place in Angola after opposition leaders accused officials of being involved in the killing of two political activists last year. Anonymous hackers have joined the protesters.
Over the past couple of days, hacktivists have been launching distribute denial-of-service attacks against all Angola government websites.
A list of around 70 websites that the hackers are currently targeting has been published on Pastebin. A couple of hours ago, most of the websites were inaccessible.
Currently, most of them are back online, but they’re experiencing performance issues. Some of them are still down.
At least one man was killed during the recent protests and a few hundred were detained by police. The country’s President, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, accuses the opposition of promoting chaos. The opposition, on the other hand, claims that protests are the only way to get some attention.
