Several Lebanese ministry websites were the target of a hack attack Thursday by the group Raise Your Voice, in the second such attack on government-related portals this month.
"We are RYV, short for Raise Your Voice, and we are simply a group of people who could not bare (sic) sitting in silence, watching all the crimes and injustice going on in Lebanon. We will not be silenced and brainwashed by your media. We will not stop until the Lebanese people mobilize, demand their rights, and earn them," said the group's message posted on the hacked websites.
It is unclear whether Lebanon Anonymous is affiliated with the hacktivist group #Anonymous, renowned for its attacks on websites of governments and corporations it considers corrupt or seeking to limit free speech on the web. Last month, they took down the Interpol's website as a response to the arrest of 25 of their members, as well as the United Nations' official site.
Below is the list of the websites that were hacked on Thursday:
https://www.energyandwater.gov.lb/
https://www.presidencyinfo.gov.lb/
https://www.isc.gov.lb/
https://www.isf.gov.lb/
https://futureyouth.org/
https://www.labor.gov.lb/Default.aspx
https://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/
https://www.omspa.gov.lb/
https://www.justice.gov.lb/CP/ViewPage.aspx?id=1&language=1
https://www.transportation.gov.lb/
https://www.moew.gov.lb/
https://www.foreign.gov.lb/
As Raise Your Voice's message highlights, the issues left over since then have not been resolved, though Bassil claims that he has created a "rescue plan for the sector with consensus for all the parties".
