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Anonymous attack Home Office website over Government surveillance

by liamssoft | April 8, 2012 at 10:21 am

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The Home Office website has gone down after an apparent cyber attack in protest against Government surveillance plans.

A message on the site said the page was currently unavailable 'due to a high volume of traffic', suggesting a denial of service attack had been perpetrated.

A message on Twitter claiming to be from Anonymous, a loosely organised group of hackers who promote access to free speech, information and transparency, said the action was 'for [the Home Office's] draconian surveillance proposals'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2126733/Anonymous-takes-Home-Office-website-attack-Government-surveillance-plans.html

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Samson Option (not verified)

at 02:00 on April 13th, 2012

I wish that Anonymous would hack and display the messages passed between members of the US nationwide gangstalking cellphone network used to coordinate Stasi-style attacks on innocent Americans. Now THAT would be a service to humanity.