Anonymous Strikes Again

Hacktivist group Anonymous have once again shut down Icelandic government websites in response to whaling.

Kjarninn reports that, as promised, Anonymous has struck again. As before, their DDOS attacks are prompted by the hunting of fin whales by Icelandic whalers.

#Anonymous #OpWhales All Iceland's government websites is #TangoDown Ban the whaling of fin whales NOW! pic.twitter.com/d9qmgl5msq

— Anonymous (@_RektFaggot_) January 11, 2016

The attacks, being conducted under the hashtag #OpWhales, reportedly shut down every government website in the country for a number of hours.

Anonymous has also gathered more information on the people behind whaling, such as Kristján Loftsson, the director of Iceland’s largest whaling company, Hvalur hf., and named-and-shamed related parties.

Meet Mr. Whale killer #Iceland #HBGrandi https://t.co/hcLeG02Xae #OpWhales pic.twitter.com/OzYUrNVqMl

— #OpWhales (@OpWhales_) January 11, 2016

#Icelandic whalers plan to kill 2,000 more whales by 2018. https://t.co/HS45YuVzjw #OpWhales pic.twitter.com/HCt2uncXet

— #OpWhales (@OpWhales_) January 11, 2016

Anonymous began the #OpWhales campaign last November, objecting in particular to the hunting of fin whales, which the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have classified as endangered, with a moratorium put in place on the breed by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in 1986. They have vowed to continue the attacks until fin whaling is stopped.