The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have had their website hacked by Naija Cyber Hacktivists, a cyber-activist group. According to the group, they are protesting the removal of fuel subsidy, internet censorship in Nigeria amongst others and tagged their mission OPERATION:
#SayNoToInternetCensorship.The home page of the EFCC website was defaced late Friday evening by the group who uploaded their press release there. The press release conveyed their message to the government and the general public about their displeasure with the intended Internet Censorship in the country. According to the statement, “censorship will take away the voice of the people and will quicken the revolt in the polity”.
The press release reads in part.
“It is clear that the government takes us for fools. It is clear that they would rather block all chances of expression of the African youth’s aspiration for change.”
A warning followed subsequently…“Any effort made to censor the internet would therefore result to a state of War between NaijaCyberHacktivists (with well-meaning Nigerians on our side) and the Nigerian Government should they find themselves so inclined to impose censorship upon the Internet”
“We are the Internet. Expect Us!”
The complete Press Release can be found here.
The EFCC spokesman in his reaction said that "hack attack came from corrupt politicians upset about information on its website" Somewhere in the mix there were tweets that contained the #OccupyNigeria hashtag, which we believe is not unconnected to the wave of #Occupying going on globally; with #OccupyWallStreet #OWS taking the front burner and has gradually spread to cities across USA and Europe.
This is not the first time the EFCC's website has been hacked. About two months, the same website was unavailable for days after an attack of this kind and that led to the EFCC IT department uploading a place holder "landing page" informing visitors the website is undergoing maintenance.
The website of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) wasn’t spared as it met a similar fate in the hands of the cyber-activist group.-DAILYTIMES
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