Hackers take out Thai court websites over Koh Tao ruling

Hackers associated with the Anonymous collective have knocked offline almost 300 Thai court and government websites in retaliation for the death sentences handed down to two Myanmar men for murdering two British tourists on Koh Tao.

In a Facebook post to a non-official Anonymous page, the hackers, believed to be the same Myanmar group that defaced Royal Thai Police websites on Jan 5, said they had shut down “all Thai Court of Justice websites in protest over the ‪#‎KohTao murder verdict.”

Read more: Bangkok Post