The hacktivists have launched a campaign called OpKillingBay

Nov 11, 2013 12:36 GMT  ·  By

Anonymous hackers have initiated a new operation. The campaign, called OpKillingBay, is aimed at the Japanese government.

The hackers are unhappy that the government is allowing people in the Japanese town of Taiji to slaughter dolphins.

Anonymous hacktivists say they’ve been monitoring these activities for a long time but now, since Japan has ignored pleas from the international community, they’ve decided to take action.

“This is our final warning, stop these slaughters immediately, or get ready to face the extent of our wrath,” they warn.

The hackers say they’ve already launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack against wakayama.jp. Wakayama is the prefecture in which the town of Taiji is located.

For additional details regarding OpKillingBay, check out the video statement published by Anonymous. More information is available on Pastebin.