14 DAY TRIAL // The hacktivist group launched massive attacks against Ecuadorian government websites, accusing the country’s leaders that their actions are a threat to freedom of expression.
Ecuador Blog reveals that the sites of the Municipality of Quito (quito.gob.ec), Ministry of Telecommunications (mintel.gob.ec), National Telecommunication Corporation, The Daily Telegraph (eltelegrafo.com.ec) , Metropolitan System of Museums and Cultural Centers (smmycc.gob.ec), and the one of the United Nations in Ecuador (un.org.ec) were all affected.
OpCondorLibre was launched after Ecuador’s President, Rafael Correa, took control over a number of media companies, a move considered by Anonymous a threat to free speech and human rights.
The few media companies that are not under the government’s control are constantly being censored and attacked by state organizations.
Meanwhile, Anonymous keeps targeting government websites, invoking the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression: this right includes of not being harassed for their opinions, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers, by any means of expression,” reads Article 19, which the hackers quote in OpCondorLibre.