The official ANC website (anc.org.za) was taken down today (14 June 2013) through a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack by Anonymous Africa for being \u201cone of the biggest enablers of the mass murdering Mugabe\u201d.<\/p>\n
The ANC website is hosted on a dedicated server on Afrihost\u2019s network, managed by Unwembi Communications.<\/p>\n
Afrihost CEO Gian Visser confirmed that the ANC website came under attack at 10:00, and was still under attack at the time of publication.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe website is down at this time and we are doing what we can to minimise the severity of the attack,\u201d said Visser.<\/p>\n
An Afrihost representative added that they do not have any affiliation to any political parties or groups.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not in any way directly affiliated to the ANC, as you can see this a dedicated client providing services to them,\u201d said Afrihost.<\/p>\n
He added that Afrihost strongly condemns these types of cyberattacks, purely \u201cfor the fact the innocent clients can potentially be affected by these kinds of attacks by having their businesses taken offline\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately DOS attacks are a reality of the internet today, and we take every possible measure to prevent any collateral impact on other clients, who are not connected to the DOS target,\u201d Afrihost said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do believe that everyone has the right to express their dissatisfaction and political views, but not to the extent that innocent people are harmed or affected negatively.\u201d<\/p>\n
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