Anonymous 'International' Takes Down Egyptian Government Websites

Hackers operating under the name Anonymous launched massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against major Egyptian government websites, including the ones of the president, Egyptian state media, the military site Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and a site that promotes tourism.

After the operation went down, one of the hackers involved contacted me on an IRC channel and provided me with some interesting details, but also with the reasons why the attack was launched.

“Yesterday, after witnessing all that was going on in Egypt, the shooting of demonstrators, the absolute lack of care for the voice of the people the government had, we chose to send a message,” the hacker told me. “Many of us gathered together to join in this operation of taking down the Egyptian government sites.”