A suspected terrorist group on Friday morning hacked the official website of the Lagos State government, http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng, and that of the Court of Appeal, http://courtofappeal.gov.ng and crippled its functionality.
It was not clear why the hackers made the two sites their targets, as they only left a message post on the two websites after the attack, describing the Nigerian government as a terrorist.
They said innthe message, “In the name of God, Message to Nigeria Government and State Sponsors of Terrorism (USA, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar): Boko Haram and ISIS are terrorists.
“They are killing Muslims and innocent people because of your dirty money, hey Nigeria Government you killed thousands of Muslims and specially Zakzaky’s family too. You are all terrorists, You are all murders, God damn you!
“Allahu maulana wala mula lakum. Database Leaked: http://www.masiup.com/ur. http://wikisend.com/download/740694/lagosstate.gov.ng.rar.”
Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, admitted in a statement on Friday that the website was hacked but that it had been retrieved and that the bugs left behind from the hacking were being cleared.
Ayorinde assured that the line would soon be fully restored and would be in better and stronger shape.
