They protest to the way the government handles violence and drug related crimes

Sep 19, 2011 13:53 GMT  ·  By

The well-known hacker group called Anonymous claimed the attacks on Mexican government official websites. The events occurred on a day with historical significance for the people of Mexico as it was the day that celebrated their independence.

One of the hit sites belonged to the Defense Ministry, which according to PhilStar released a press statement mentioning that "The website of the Defense Ministry is temporarily out of service and will be restored during the day."

A video posted by Anonymous tried to explain the reasons why the strikes were launched. They blame state officials for being too indifferent to the daily problems of the masses. The children of Mexico are also mentioned, as they remain unprotected in front of the violence that takes place on the streets of their cities.

Right after U.S law enforcement announced that it would unite all its powers to take down the group, the operation called OpIndependencia was started to “spread terror on [Mexican] government pages,” sending a call to all Anon fans to come and join their battle.

"We demonstrate to the government and drug trafficking groups that we will not allow more violence and insecurity and let them know Mexican Anonymous," they said in the video.

Like in every other case, the cybercriminals used DdoS attacks to flood and break down the servers of the ministries.

Now, another group called X-Ploit is threatening Mexican officials. After hitting the sites of the Health Ministry, National Water Commission and National Statistics Institute, they claim to be monitoring every virtual move made by senators to catch them off-guard and to later blackmail them with compromising materials.

"We're only looking to show that we don't agree [with the government]. In other places, these protests are not heard, but a hacked website is read by millions," said LoTek, a member of the faction, quoted by The Hacker News.