Hacker group Anonymous declares war on Donald Trump, claims responsibility for taking down one of his websites

Hacker group Anonymous have “declared war” on controversial US presidential candidate Donald Trump – the internet collective claiming responsibility for briefly bringing down a website owned by the billionaire overnight.

The Trump Towers site, trumptowerny.com, went down for around an hour yesterday, reportedly in retaliation for Trump’s recent suggestion to ban “all Muslims” from entering the US.

The real estate mogul made the remarks in the wake of the Paris terror attacks and the shooting at San Bernardino, California, which the US classified as a terror attack.

A twitter account attached to Anonymous claimed they had brought down the site.

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“Trump Towers NY site taken down as statement against racism and hatred,” the Twitter handle, @YourAnonNews, tweeted.

Earlier in the week, the group uploaded a video to YouTube, threatening Trump to “think before” he speaks.

“Donald Trump think twice before you speak anything. You have been warned Mr. Donald Trump,” a member, wearing the group’s trademark Guy Fawkes mask, made famous by the book and film V For Vendetta, said.

The group also began the hashtag, #OpTrump, aimed at disabling the billionaire’s online presence.