Hacktivists strike a blow against the regime in Zimbabwe by attacking a number of government websites. The cyber-assault appears to have been in support of newspapers who published secret cables in the WikiLeaks saga. The Zimbabwe government’s online portal at www.gta.gov.zw and the official ZANU-PF website continue to be offline. The Finance Ministry’s website now displays a message saying it is under maintenance. The attacks were launched by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2011/01/pro-wikileaks-hackers-deface-zimbabwe.html