The protests that are raging in Nigeria right now began on October 7 with calls to disband an infamous police unit that had long been accused of extortion, torture and extra-judicial killings, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
SARS was dissolved on October 11, but quickly replaced by the Special Weapons and Tactics team, and demonstrations continued, only to be met with “excessive force” by government security forces, according to Amnesty International, including the use of tear gas, water cannons and live ammunition against protesters.
Police have killed people despite the peaceful protests.
This attracted the CyberWare team of hackers who fight injustice by taking down sites used by a government as a mean to call out injustice.
Earlier this year, the group took down some key sites in Kenya to protest widespread police brutality. The hacking started after the arrest of Activist Mutemi wa Kiama.
Cyberware hacker group which is Anonymous has been having a field day, here are some of the hacked sites according to their tweets.
https://twitter.com/LiteMods/status/1318845745475321862?s=20
This hacking of the Nigerian military website is the biggest.
https://twitter.com/LiteMods/status/1318848247109242881?s=20
https://twitter.com/LiteMods/status/1318199496275263488?s=20
I just hacked into the mall of Transusher Logistics and Downed their website. This was made in support of the Nigerian citizens against police brutalityhttps://t.co/3rOpLDErschttps://t.co/JYaYbT6ybWhttps://t.co/DKorcgzktJ#EndPoliceBrutality #Anonymous #LekkiMassacre #EndSAR pic.twitter.com/78OzldG1wd
— Pwnipotent (@YounesAnonymous) October 21, 2020
The denial and a response:
https://twitter.com/YounesAnonymous/status/1318316084349501444?s=20
Naija News reports that the group of unidentified individuals had also hacked the websites of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The group in its claim to the development threatened to hack more government websites.
On Friday, they hacked the Twitter handle of the National Broadcasting Commission and the account is still under their control having grown from 10,000 followers to 22,500.