The CIA’s Web site was down this afternoon in what looked like a distributed denial-of-service attack publicized by members of the online activist group Anonymous.
With the CIA site inaccessible, the Twitter account for @YourAnonNews tweeted “CIA TANGO DOWN: cia.gov #Anonymous” and included a link to a news story about the outage on Russian site RT.com.
The Anonymous account also posted a Pastebin link purporting to expose e-mails from the Mexican Mining Chamber, also known as “Camimex.” In the Pastebin message, the hackers said they were targeting Camimex for its alleged exploitative labor conditions and business practices.
