The First Website to record Anonymous attacks in Africa
Anonymous's statements in Africa
Zimbabwe
Anonymous, said on its website after they attacked Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe in June 2011"We are targeting Mugabe and his regime in the Zanu-PF who have outlawed the free press and threaten to sue anyone publishing WikiLeaks."
In jan 2011 during the Arab Spring in Egypt Anonymous said via Facebook "Anonymous wants you to offer free access to uncensored media in your entire country. When you ignore this message, not only will we attack your government websites, Anonymous will also make sure that the international media sees the horrid reality you impose upon your people."
in the wake of Khartoum’s violent actions against Sudanese protesters in 2018, anonymous said "We are communicating with you today because something is very wrong with the Sudanese government....We can’t tolerate injustice, inequality and the denial of the people rights"
Egypt
Sudan
Our story
The Anonymous attacks in Africa was founded in 2022. We are following up the attacks in Africa to determine their purpose, methods, economic and legal effects resulting from Anonymous attacks. Finally, we will also inquire about the attacked countries' legal response to these Anonymous hacks.
Bibliography
In this website we depend on official sources, newspapers, legal studies, wikipedia and documented research from the affected countries and the Anonymous statements.
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According to the British consulting firm Ovumone, a billion people in Africa will have Internet access by 2022. Analyzing the trend of cybercrimes across countries, analysts have suggested 10–15% Internet penetration as the threshold level for the generation of significant hacking activities (Kshetri, 2013). Internet penetration rates in many African economies have already reached this level. Bulent Teksoz, of Symantec Middle East noted: “Cybercrime is shifting towards the emerging economies. This is where the cyber criminals believe the low-hanging fruit is”. Unsurprisingly many African economies have become important sources as well as victims of cyber-threats become important sources as well as victims of cyber-threats.
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according to The International Finance Corporation "Africa has the lowest number of Internet connections—only 22 percent of the continent has access. It also has the largest potential for progress.
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The African Union, with support from the World Bank Group, has set the goal of connecting every individual, business, and government on the continent by 2030.
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Over the past ten years, African countries have steadily passed laws and adopted regulations on cybersecurity, cybercrime, electronic transactions and data protection. To date, 33 countries have data protection laws and/or regulations.