Anonymous takes down KKK website

25 APRIL 2016 • 11:34AM

A website of white supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan has been shut down by hackers affiliated with hacktivist group Anonymous.

The affiliate, known as Ghost Squad, launched a full scale Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack which overwhelmed the site of the White Knights of the KKK - one of its most militant and extremist chapters - and brought it down. As of writing, the website remains offline.

According to one of the hackers responsible, the reason for the attack was the KKK's “blunt racism”, using free speech as an excuse. They told security blog HackRead: "We are not fascist but we certainly do not agree with the KKK movement. They are the Fascists and they are the Racists.”Anonymous is known for its cyber attacks against controversial organisations and individuals including Isis and Donald Trump, and this isn't even the first time it has targeted the KKK.