A hacker group have claimed they are the 'new Anonymous' and are attacking government run websites with the intention of taking them offline completely.
Currently though, it seem they are only targeting local governments, with the first being in Maine.
Last week, the central internet portal that controls the Maine government's websites was victim of a DDoS attack and the next day, Maine.gov was taken offline, although only for two hours.
The group are following very similar tactics to Anonymous and even released a document listing all of their targets - a number of US states' .gov websites. A twitter account for Vikingdom2015 took responsibility for the attack and attempted to start a trend with the hashtag #OpAmericaGov. It didn't take long for the account to then be suspended by the social media website.
However, they still have a Soundcloud page online, which includes a 'message' outlining their plans.
Hello. We are Vikingdom2015, a hacking crew, and we uploaded this track so we can warn American citizens. We will knock all American governments’ websites offline. We do not care if we get caught. We all like doing this. So you better be prepared for the battle.
Vikingdom2015 also claim a much bigger scalp in their hacking CV after they claimed they were the ones responsible for taking down streaming site Twitch on 18th March. The site sent a message to users saying their servers were compromised and they should change their passwords as a precaution.
We'll have to see if they manage to achieve anything else to see if they really mean business and could indeed be the new Anonymous.
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