Hacker group claims responsibility for the attack, in a series of tweets tagged #FreeSenegal. Read more at straitstimes.com.
DAKAR - A group of hackers called Mysterious Team made multiple Senegalese government websites go offline overnight on Friday by hitting them with denial-of-service attacks, a government spokesman said.
The attacks come at a time of heightened political tensions in Senegal, widely seen as one of West Africa’ most stable democracies. As of Saturday afternoon, the presidency’s site was online but other official websites still appeared to be offline, including the government and finance ministry sites.
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