Members of the activist network Anonymous are believed to have attacked Icelandic websites as part of a campaign #OpWhales. The attacks, which took the form of organized and sustained Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks targeted numerous high profile web pages in an effort to draw attention to the demand Iceland stop commercial whaling.
The affected web pages include the website of the local newspaper Morgunblaðið and the web page of the Prime Mininstry as well as visiticeland.com. The local news site visir.is reports that the internet service provider Sensa, which is a subsidiary of Iceland Telecom, had to dedicate teams of technicians to help the affected companies find a solution to the attacks and avoid further disruption.
In a letter sent out on Friday Sensa assures its customers it would be working around the clock over the weekend to ensure uninterrupted service.
Anonymous members and others have been posting on Twitter under the hashtag OpWhales.
Members of the activist network Anonymous are believed to have attacked Icelandic websites as part of a campaign #OpWhales. The attacks, which took the form of organized and sustained Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks targeted numerous high profile web pages in an effort to draw attention to the demand Iceland stop commercial whaling.
The affected web pages include the website of the local newspaper Morgunblaðið and the web page of the Prime Mininstry as well as visiticeland.com. The local news site visir.is reports that the internet service provider Sensa, which is a subsidiary of Iceland Telecom, had to dedicate teams of technicians to help the affected companies find a solution to the attacks and avoid further disruption.
In a letter sent out on Friday Sensa assures its customers it would be working around the clock over the weekend to ensure uninterrupted service.
Anonymous members and others have been posting on Twitter under the hashtag OpWhales.
