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The online hacker group Anonymous says it has targeted several U.K. government Web sites for shut down in an apparent show of solidarity for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has taken asylum in the Ecuadoran Embassy to avoid arrest by British authorities.
The loosely-knit hackvitist group claims to have launched distributed denial-of-service attacks against the U.K. Justice Department, as well as the British prime minister's Number 10 Web site and the Department of Work and Pension. Anonymous has dubbed the attack campaign as #OpFreeAssange on its Twitter feeds:
'Operation Free Assange': Anonymous take down UK's Justice Ministry's website -- RT bit.ly/PrRk14
— Anonymous Operations (@Anon_Central) August 20, 2012
The site's main page appeared to be down this evening, and the Justice Department confirmed it was "experiencing some disruptions."
"This is a public information website and no sensitive data is held on it. No other Ministry of Justice systems have been affected," the department said in a statement. "Measures put in place to keep the website running mean that some visitors may be unable to ac... [Read more]
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