For this many did not expect, since it came to pass almost unnoticed. The official website of CAN 2017 which is being carried out in Gabon was attacked by a group of Hackers Russians in protest against President Gabones Ali Bongo.
An unidentified individual has emailed the news agency AP revealing that the group called “New World Hackers ” had taken off the air main football tournament website on the continent, and it was found that it was out of the air for some time.
"We did it in protest against Gabon. The Cup of Nations is taking place in a country where the dictator Ali Bongo is killing innocent people," he said.
The organ of the modality in Africa was contacted to clarify the situation, and in the person of Junior Binyam (CAF spokesperson), said that he could not say if there were technical problems with the site or if it had been removed from the air, but that the CAF was working to get the problem solved.
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