MEXICAN MELTDOWN: Hackers target Mexico government websites

Reuters
September 17, 2011

The websites of several Mexican government ministries, including Defense and Public Security, went offline on Thursday, and a hacker group claimed responsibility.

The ministry websites as well as several local government sites went down early on Thursday afternoon and could still not be accessed.

A spokesman for the Mexican Defense Ministry said only that the website was experiencing technical difficulties.

Anonymous, a loosely knit group that has attacked financial and government websites around the world, said it orchestrated the shutdowns as part of what it termed OpIndependencia, but did not give a reason for its actions.

Thursday evening marks the anniversary of the start of Mexico’s fight for independence from Spain in 1810. It will be celebrated with a public holiday on Friday.

“We are anonymous, we are legion, we don’t forgive, we don’t forget. Wait for us,” said a statement on a blog linked to a Twitter account for Anonymous Hispano.

Anonymous said via Twitter it was also targeting President Felipe Calderon’s home page. That site is still up.

• A d v e r t i s e m e n t

Anonymous attracted headlines when it attacked the websites of companies and institutions that opposed WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, after that group released a trove of sensitive military and diplomatic materials.

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This article was posted: Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 7:52 am

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