Anonymous Hackers Take Down Website of Japanese Prime Minister Over Whale-Hunting Andrew Griffin - Independent
go to original December 10, 2015

A call to Action #Anonymous #OpWhales (opseaworld opkillingbay)

Anonymous claims to have taken down the website of Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in protest against its whaling policy.

Online activists affiliated with Anonymous tweeted to celebrate that the site had been taken offline. One group posted a message showing the site was down and said that “whaling IS NOT cultural right”.

The actions are in protest against the Japanese government’s policy on whaling, after the country decided to restart its killing of whales in the Southern Ocean.

Various Anonymous activists have been launching attacks and protests under the banner “OpKillingBay and OpWhales”. The same Twitter users associated with the original hack said that the attacks would continue.

The group has taken down other similar sites before. Last month it launched a series of attacks on Icelandic government sites, in retaliation for that country’s whaling policies.

Activists associated with the group have been engaged in a number of high-profile campaigns in recent weeks. The most famous of those has been its attacks on Isis supporters following the attacks in Paris.

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