Anonymous hacktivists hit South African state broadcaster over censorship

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), the country’s official state news broadcaster, has confirmed that it suffered a wave of cyberattacks orchestrated by a hacktivist aligned with the Anonymous collective.

On Sunday, 12 June, a Twitter account called Anonymous Africa claimed responsibility for launching a series of distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the broadcaster’s websites in a protest of alleged news censorship.