Czech minister’s websites hacked in protest of gambling law

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

A group of hackers has targeted the company websites of billionaire Czech Finance Minister Andrej Babis to denounce a law giving the state the power to close illegal gambling sites, according to Reuters.

Since Czech Republic’s second-richest man is targeting gambling websites for his alleged vested interest, online hacktivist Anonymous took it to themselves to shut down the website of Babis holding company Agrofert and bakery group Penam for a short period on Monday evening.

The websites were down for around five minutes, according to an Agrofert spokesman who spoke to the news agency on Tuesday.