Japan subjected to Anonymous hacktivist affiliate attacks

The Register reports that more than 20 Japanese government entities were claimed to have been attacked by the Anonymous Italia Collective, which purports to be an affiliate of the Anonymous hacktivist operation, following an International Atomic Energy Agency decision to permit the release of wastewater from the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant.

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