Anonymous hacktivists hit South African state broadcaster over censorship
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), the country's official state news broadcaster, has confirmed that it suffered a wave of cyberattacks orchestrated by a hacktivist aligned with the Anonymous collective.
On Sunday, 12 June, a Twitter account called Anonymous Africa claimed responsibility for launching a series of distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the broadcaster's websites in a protest of alleged news censorship.
In response, SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago confirmed to news website Fin24 that its online sites were targeted by waves of traffic designed to take them offline. "Our guys have found that there are people who hacked our system," he said. "It is a serious matter that we are not taking lightly."
