East Africa: Anonymous Takes Down Chinese Government Websites, Leaks Data

15 October 2014

In support of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, the online hacktivist group Anonymous previously announced 'Operation Hong Kong' - #OpHK - against the government and its supporters.

Making good its promise, the group has now taken down high profile Chinese government websites and leak hundreds of IP addresses, email address, passwords and phone numbers according to an article in HackRead.

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