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International hacktivist group Anonymous has targeted a number of official Nigerian government websites as part of an operation to weed out corruption and tackle poverty in the country.
Known for previous attacks on religious organizations, political figures and terrorists, the hacking collective issued a call for followers to “take out” Nigerian government websites.

Posting on Twitter, the secretive group threatened to leak data unless “selfish politicians” address widespread corruption, rising unemployment and problems with healthcare.

The statement referenced allegations of stolen oil money and missing public funds as reasons for the Operation Nigeria hack.

“Let them see that we have Anonymous Nigeria,” the group said, “... Let them know we are anonymous, we are legion, we do not forgive, we do not forget, they should have expected us.”

On Friday, images showing websites belonging to the Nigerian state being tampered with, including the Federal Ministry of Justice, Customs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, were published online.

It follows another hacking operation, which targeted 14 Thai police websites.

In a video Anonymous accused Thai authorities of “scapegoating” two Burmese migrant workers sentenced to death for the murder of two British backpackers.



https://www.rt.com/news/328382-cyberwar-anonymous-hack-nigerian-government/

I came here to call you a liar


As a devout follower of #Anonymous I know there's no #AnonymousNigeria but having read the story


Your not lying the tweet is from anonymous, but they are operating on Nigerian websites


I hope they start releasing account details and passwords, account balances, private mails and each foreign account linked to each politician


Buhari with the help of us can not achieve that in 10 years


Big up @Anonymous we are anonymous, we are legion, we do not forgive, we do not forget, expect us

DaBullIT:
I came here to call you a liar


As a devout follower of #Anonymous I know there's no #AnonymousNigeria but having read the story


Your not lying the tweet is from anonymous, but they are operating on Nigerian websites


I hope they start releasing account details and passwords, account balances, private mails and each foreign account linked to each politician


Buhari with the help of us can not achieve that in 10 years


Big up @Anonymous we are anonymous, we are legion, we do not forgive, we do not forget, expect us

It remains to be seen how effective they can be in Nigeria and indeed Africa but all the same, it is a good initiative fight corruption across borders.

These bored children from developed nations don't know this country does not rely on digital technology. Why hack our sites when papers and pens still exist for record-keeping? Phones and fax machines still exist for communication.
If it was a government of tech-savvy thirty-something year olds I would've feared but this is a government of dinosaurs who see online activities as a luxurious frivolity.

Anonymous has a better chance of passing a camel through the eye of a needle than arm-twisting our government to demands using the Internet.

Farnsworth:
It remains to be seen how effective they can be in Nigeria and indeed Africa but all the same, it is a good initiative fight corruption across borders.

You don't know anonymous

nigerian hacking groups are useles team maija and hawx, they are for fancy,meanwhile expect cyphas,we will be coming around