L' INTELLIGENCE CYBER par Jean-Paul Pinte

Nissan suspends main websites after Anonymous targets Japanese carmaker over hunting of whales and dolphins

The hacker collective Anonymous has claimed responsibility for a Distributed Denial Of Service (DDoS) attack against Japanese carmaker Nissan in retaliation for Japan’s hunting of whales and dolphins.

The DDoS attack prompted Nissan to suspend its Japanese and Global websites was suspended on Wednesday. Indeed, the global website was still down as of Thursday 2pm GMT.

Anonymous said it has only targeted Nissan’s customer-facing online presence, and is not looking to leak or attack customer or company data.

Read more at http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/security/cyberwar/anonymous-nissan-whale-hunting-183827#LITmdrqUAzPoQtW8.99