The loosely organized "hacktivist" group known as Anonymous trained its weapons on Egypt Wednesday, resulting in at least three official government websites being knocked offline. Sites belonging to Egypt's cabinet, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology were inaccessible, most likely due to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, as of 3 p.m.
The group displayed its tech expertise when it hacked an ISIS-posted audio message. The Egyptian Cyber Army then changed the audio, its transcript, and left behind an insignia that resembled that of the Egyptian military's. Some believe that the Egyptian Cyber Army is an independent entity, and it borrows inspiration from the 'hacktivist' Syrian Electronic Army outfit, Mashable reported.
This is an article off of hacktivist group Anonymous' website. The footage is of an ex marine that claims to expose the US true agenda in Syria. He speaks of a "greater Israel project" and accuses the US of wanting to destabilize the Middle East.
It was the cry heard across Egypt's Twitter feeds. Minutes after comedian Bassem Youssef's show began airing Friday, the signal was deliberately jammed and the first half of the show was almost impossible to watch across the Arab world. The hashtag #تشويش ("jamming") began trending in Egypt.