Hackers attacked a government-run website in xo Myanmar on Thursday as a cyber war erupted after authorities shut down the internet for four consecutive nights.A group called Myanmar hackers has disrupted several government websites, including the central bank, the Myanmar military propaganda page, the state's MRTV anchor, the Port Authority, the Food and Drug Administration.The move comes a day after thousands of people gathered across

the country in protest of a military coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government out of power earlier this month.We are fighting for justice in Myanmar," the hacking group said on its Facebook page.It's like a mass protest on government websites.Matt Warren, a cybersecurity expert at Australia's RMIT University, said the aim of the hack was to create publicity.The types of attacks they will execute are denial of service attacks or defamation of websites known as hacking,

he told AFP.The impact may be limited, but what they're doing is raising awareness.Another internet shutdown in Myanmar kicked off around 1am Thursday (1830 GMT Wednesday), according to NetBlocks, a UK-based group that monitors the internet outage across the country. world It said internet connections dropped to just 21 percent of normal levels.