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Summary Hackers shut down Turkish government websites in a protest against a new Internet-filtering system.
The Turkish government websites were hit by a cyber attack just days before the countrys parliamentary elections.Internet vigilante group Anonymous announced the assault on ‘anonnews.org’ website in a statement entitled Operation Turkey.The group, which came to prominence last year after a series of high profile attacks, said the hack was part of a protest against Internet censorship by the Turkish government.According to Turkish television, Turkish Naval Forces was also targeted, with access blocked for about one hour.The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) says there will be no difference between the standard filter and the current system, but that the other filters would offer the option to restrict access for those who want it.Anonymous said the filtering system would make it possible to keep records of peoples Internet activity.Turkey has previously banned access to various websites, including YouTube for a period of more than two years.
