The website of the Nigerian Defence was just the latest victims of a vicious hacking attack. The website got this morning whereafter a muslim radical by twitter name @sadiq123 claimed responsibility saying they gained access of both the frontend and backend of the website.
We can now declare to Nigerians that we now have control .. http://t.co/tAmXfupD0k. This is to prove a point that we are every where
— ima Sadiq (@imamsadiq123) January 23, 2015
We now have direct control of the site . http://t.co/rlMmtUCcrS the front end and the back end. — ima Sadiq (@imamsadiq123) January 23, 2015
We are now in defence and hosting provider of http://t.co/rlMmtUCcrS
— ima Sadiq (@imamsadiq123) January 23, 2015
The providers of the Defence HQ are Galaxy Backbone Ltd., an Abuja-based company.
The user also saluted the crowds in Katsina and Bauchi for stoning President Goodluck Jonathan citing that Jonathan is an infidel and deserves to be stoned.
A non believer is an infidel, therefore nothing wrong in stoning Jonathan. Nigerians Muslim should stand up and defend their faith. — ima Sadiq (@imamsadiq123) January 23, 2015
We salute the boldness of those soldiers of caliphate that stoned President Goodluck Jonathan. We must get change by force.
— ima Sadiq (@imamsadiq123) January 23, 2015
The spokesperson for the Nigerian Defence, Major-General Chris Olukolade confirmed the breach and later assured Nigerians that control of the site has been regained.
Yes. Our website has been defaced. There’s an ISIS style attempt to hack into Government Platforms. Our provider, @Galaxybackbone is on it. — Gen. Chris Olukolade (@GENOlukolade) January 23, 2015
Our providers @GalaxyBackbone have resolved the issue. Claims issue was a Network Security Breach. http://t.co/MM7EVOrZbf Website is back.
— Gen. Chris Olukolade (@GENOlukolade) January 23, 2015
