Anonymous Attacks Mexican TV for Refusing to Broadcast Presidential Debate

The site of the Grupo Salinas was taken down with a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack after the company’s chairman Ricardo Salinas Pliego posted a message on Twitter in which he revealed that the first presidential debate would not be broadcasted.

According to Vanguardia, Salinas refused to allow the transmission of the debate on Azteca TV, a station he owns.

“If you want debate, watch it on Televisa, if not, watch football on Azteca. I will give you the ratings the next day,” Salinas wrote.

In response, Anonymous hackers said, “If that stubborn @RicardoBSalinas doesn’t want to understand, maybe we can convince him.”

Starting with the evening of May 1 and until the early hours of the next day, the official site of Grupo Salinas was inaccessible to visitors. Currently, it appears to be working normally.