Anonymous takes down the President site of Sri Lanka
Anonymous is engaged in a full-fledged cyber war against the Sri Lankan President now and has called on its decentralized members to take down the President site of Sri Lanka.
‘Tango Down,’ the tweet said, invoking military jargon for declaring an enemy defeated in combat.
Sri Lankan police fired tear gas and a water canon on thousands of protesters. Police enforced a curfew in several suburban areas of the capital, Colombo because the protests wouldn’t subside.
Foreign exchange crunch has led to shortage of essential goods such as fuel and cooking gas.
Residents are enduring daily power cuts due to a shortage of fuel. Sri Lanka also has a severe foreign debt problem after borrowing heavily on projects that don’t earn money.
The Covid-19 pandemic dealt a heavy blow to Sri Lanka’s economy with the government estimating a loss of NZ$20 billion.