Irish Government Websites attacked by Anonymous Overnight

Anonymous has striked again, but this time its much closer to home,  In a statement, Department of Justice website said it experienced a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack and was forced to shut the website down.

 

The statement said:

“There seems to be no damage done to the website, however a review is being conducted this morning. The situation continues to be monitored by the Department of Justice and the Department of Communications.

“The Government is aware of the potential threat of this type of cyber attack and the Department of Communications is co-ordinating a whole of Government response to this threat.”

Two other government websites, the Freedom of Information website (foi.gov.ie) and an anti-human trafficking website Blue Blindfold (blueblindfold.gov.ie) were also apparently targeted by the attack.

The Department of Justice and the Department of Finance websites were taken down for a period of time early this morning after the hackers attempted to access the websites.