14 DAY TRIAL // Anonymous hackers continue to target the Italian government as part of their protests against the installation of a US Navy Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) station in Niscemi, Sicily.
Earlier this week, we learned that the hacktivists leaked emails sent to Italian government officials relating to the MUOS project.
Today, the hackers have contacted me to reveal that they’re launching distributed denial-of-service attacks against the website of Italy’s Ministry of Defense, and the official site of Niscemi.
“Stop MUOS, stop militarization of Italy,” the hackers said.
Currently, the website of Niscemi (comune.niscemi.cl.it) is down and, according to the hackers’ reports, it has been down for several hours. The website of the Ministry of Defense (difesa.it) is working intermittently.
The hacktivists have cited research papers which show that the installation of a MUOS station in the area would harm not only the environment, but also the people living in Niscemi.