Three Japanese websites stopped working Wednesday as hackers claiming affiliation with the collective Anonymous step up attacks in protest of whale hunting.
Japan External Trade Organization’s website appeared to be down for some users on Wednesday at 10:48 a.m. The websites for Japan’s National Tax Agency and Japan Securities Finance Co.’s site stopped working earlier on the same day.
An anonymous Twitter user claiming to be affiliated with the hacking group Anonymous took responsibility for the website outages. The same hacker, protesting against Japan’s whale and dolphin hunts, has claimed responsibility for past attacks on the websites of Japanese companies and government institutions, including those of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Ministry of Finance, the Financial Services Agency and Nissan Motor Co. For the full article click here
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