Anonymous Africa have hacked and shut down several ZANU-PF websites after President Robert Mugabe’s party blocked access to WhatsApp in the country.
Anonymous Africa – the same collective which targeted ANC, EFF and SABC websites previously within South Africa – has launched a new online offensive against the online presences of Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party after is blocked access to WhatsApp and Facebook in the country during political unrest yesterday.
The #ZimbabweShutdown, which began yesterday as a result of continued unrest over shortages of food and basic services, escalated into riots.
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Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party, which has headed government since 1987, allegedly instructed all internet service providers to disable access to WhatsApp due to concern that protestors were using the platform to discuss and organize mobilising communities.
Message from Anonymous Africa #ShutZimbabweDown #ThisFlag #ShutZimbabweDown2016https://t.co/h7YI8Cf8Ud
“” Anonymous Africa (@zim4thewin) July 6, 2016
Anonymous Africa announced through its Twitter feed that the organization – who is believed to either be a singular person or collective – had succeeded in disabling the official online presences of ZANU-PF, several Zimbabwean governmental websites, and Zimbabwean state broadcaster ZBC.
Earlier this year in June, Anonymous Africa launched extensive attacks against the South African online presences; namely, those of the ANC, EFF, and SABC.
The collective previously launched a massive offensive against the SABC in the wake of COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng‘s decision to ban the filming or showing of violent protestation on national television.
In an earlier statement to MyBroadband, the collective revealed that the DDoS attack it launched against the SABC approached speeds of 80Gbps; the group stated that “œwe are hoping for 120Gbps in our next exercise.
Read: Anonymous Africa threatens new attacks after targeting the EFF, SABC
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