Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-07-06 00:00:00
Affected organization: Zimbabwean government official website (zim.gov.zw)
Affected country: Zimbabwe
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Protest
Actor: Anonymous
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: In name of #ZimShutDown2016 or #ShutDownZimbabwe, the Anonymous take down the websites of the country's official portal (zim.gov.zw), Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (zbc.co.zw), and the website of the Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF).