Japanese PM's website under possible cyber attack

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe`s official website has been inaccessible since early Thursday morning indicating a possible cyber attack, officials said.

A message posted on Twitter at 3.30 am (local time) suggested that the international group of hackers who call themselves Anonymous carried out the cyber-attack, public broadcaster NHK reported.

They apparently used a tactic called a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) that involves overwhelming a website by sending massive amounts of data.

Abe`s office and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department have an investigation.

A number of Japanese websites have recently come under suspected attacks by Anonymous.

The health, labour, and welfare Ministry`s website was inaccessible for three days in November.