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<p>MANILA - Hackers allegedly took down the websites of the Cotabato provincial government and Kidapawan City on Saturday morning, following the violent dispersal that left two farmers dead in the city Friday.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/regions/04/02/sites-hacked.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc"><em>Screengrab from the downed website of the Cotabato provincial government</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>On its Facebook page, cyber group Anonymous Philippines claimed responsibility for the &quot;distributed denial of service&quot; (DDoS) attack.</p><div id="fb-root"> </div><script type="text/javascript">(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = '//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3'; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/www.anonymous.ph/posts/1318171774866122" data-width="500"><div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"><blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/www.anonymous.ph/posts/1318171774866122"><p>Knock knock!http://kidapawancity.gov.ph/http://cotabatoprov.gov.ph/~n3far1ous</p>Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/www.anonymous.ph/">Anonymous Philippines</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/www.anonymous.ph/posts/1318171774866122">Friday, April 1, 2016</a></blockquote></div></div><p>A DDos attack occurs when multiple systems overwhelm the bandwidth of an online service, thus barring the publication of and access to important information.</p><p>Friday&#x27;s <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/regions/04/01/16/2-dead-more-than-100-injured-in-kidapawan-clash" target="_blank"><strong>dispersal</strong></a> in Kidapawan City started when militants barricaded the national highway to demand the release of 15,000 sacks of rice subsidy after their crops failed amid the worsening El Niño in the province.</p><p>READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/blogs/opinions/04/01/16/they-cried-for-food-they-got-bullets" target="_blank"><strong>They cried for food, they got bullets</strong></a></p><p>The clash, which also injured some 93 policemen and 23 farmers and militants, drew the ire of church leaders and other groups.</p><p>The Philippine National Police (PNP) has insisted that they followed the <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/regions/04/01/16/maximum-tolerance-followed-in-kidapawan-dispersal-pnp" target="_blank"><strong>maximum tolerance</strong></a> principle during the protest.</p><p>Anonymous Philippines last Sunday defaced the website of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) with a message slamming the poll body for its initial reluctance to <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/nation/03/08/16/sc-orders-comelec-to-print-vote-receipts" target="_blank"><strong>print voter&#x27;s receipts</strong></a>.</p><p>LOOK: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/nation/03/27/16/look-comelec-website-hacked" target="_blank"><strong>Comelec website hacked</strong></a></p>

Hackers allegedly took down the websites of the Cotabato provincial government and Kidapawan City on Saturday morning, following a violent dispersal that left two farmers dead on Friday.<br /> 

Hackers allegedly took down the websites of the Cotabato provincial government and Kidapawan City on Saturday morning, following a violent dispersal that left two farmers dead on Friday.

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Cotabato, Kidapawan gov't sites hacked after bloody dispersal

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Published April 02, 2016 12:36 PM PHT

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