Anonymous strikes back for Megaupload takedown

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The notorious hacking group going by the moniker Anonymous has fired back at the US Department of Justice as well as Universal Records for the indictment and subsequent takedown of MegaUpload.com and its founder Kim Dotcom. Anonymous took down both entities websites as a direct retaliation for the events that took place earlier today.
Barret Brown, a spokesperson for Anonymous has confirmed that the move was retaliatory, and warns that more actions are coming in the form of attacks on supports of SOPA. Both sites went down just hours after the move by the feds to shutdown MegaUpload’s servers located in Virginia. These actions will certainly fuel speculations about MegaUpload being impacted by the global demonstrations against SOPA held yesterday.

Anonymous considers its members to be “hacktivists” using the internet to protest things the group believes are wrong. Past actions of the group have involved attacks on child-porn sites, as well as exposing high-profile people who maintained memberships with them. More on this story as it breaks.

Update: It seems like the RIAA site, riaa.com, is down as well.

Update 2: MPAA’s site, mpaa.org seems to be offline as well.

Source : http://www.geek.com/articles/news/anonymous-strikes-back-by-taking-down-doj-universal-records-20120119/

 

[Foxi4]

Do we yawn and remind y'all y'all's that it's just another DDOS attack done by Script Kiddies now or do we give you a moment to contain your joy before we break the bubble and you fall face-down onto the ground?

 

[Hyro-Sama]

EAT ANON DICK AMERICA!

 

[Roxasorg13]

Do we yawn and remind y'all y'all's that it's just another DDOS attack done by Script Kiddies now or do we give you a moment to contain your joy before we break the bubble and you fall face-down onto the ground?

HAHAHAHAHA I lol'd

 

[sjones900]

For all that don't know, Anonymous is not a real organization. It's just random hackers from 4chan that retaliate against random things on the internet that claim that they are Anonymous, giving the allusion that they are an organization.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Do we yawn and remind y'all y'all's that it's just another DDOS attack done by Script Kiddies now or do we give you a moment to contain your joy before we break the bubble and you fall face-down onto the ground?

This man knows everything. Listen, Learn.

 

[CrimzonEyed]

DDOS = Effective to take down websites since 1998

 

[DinohScene]

>The notorious hacking group going by the moniker Anonymous.

Stopped reading there.

I totally agree with @[member='Foxi4']

 

[Hyro-Sama]

In all seriousiness it's one website though. Does Anon really need to freak out? It's not like file hosting websites are dropping like filies.

 

[Sora de Eclaune]

Someone go on 4chan and browse through all the nsfw images on /b/ to see if anonymous is REALLY doing this or if it's just a group of random people who think they can use Anonymous' name for their own deeds or claim they are from Anonymous (which, you can't claim you're Anonymous if everyone knows who you are).

In all seriousiness it's one website though. Does Anon really need to freak out? It's not like file hosting websites are dropping like filies.

Well, other file-hosting websites can be taken down for the same flimsy reasons that Megaupload was taken down for. Right now, if the government wanted.

 

[someonewhodied]

its 1 website, but it could cause 7 people to live in prison for 55 years. Imagine if you and 6 co-workers were to live in jail for 55 years. It would ruin your life.

I support anon's actions.

 

[MelodieOctavia]

Yet another misinformed article pegging "Anonymous" as an actual group.

 

[CrimzonEyed]

Someone go on 4chan and browse through all the nsfw images on /b/ to see if anonymous is REALLY doing this or if it's just a group of random people who think they can use Anonymous' name for their own deeds or claim they are from Anonymous (which, you can't claim you're Anonymous if everyone knows who you are).

http://boards.4chan....21716#375222882

 

[alidsl]

Do we yawn and remind y'all y'all's that it's just another DDOS attack done by Script Kiddies now or do we give you a moment to contain your joy before we break the bubble and you fall face-down onto the ground?

I don't see you doing anything to help

 

[Thesolcity]

That was QUICK.

 

[MelodieOctavia]

Do we yawn and remind y'all y'all's that it's just another DDOS attack done by Script Kiddies now or do we give you a moment to contain your joy before we break the bubble and you fall face-down onto the ground?

I don't see you doing anything to help

DDoSing a site might as well be nothing.

 

[FluffyLunamoth]

"It's one website" One website that's been in very high use for the last...at least 5 years.

 

[DeMoN]

In all seriousiness it's one website though. Does Anon really need to freak out? It's not like file hosting websites are dropping like filies.

This could happen easily. The shutdown of Megaupload set a very dangerous precedent.

 

[Thesolcity]

In all seriousiness it's one website though. Does Anon really need to freak out? It's not like file hosting websites are dropping like filies.

This could happen easily. The shutdown of Megaupload set a very dangerous precedent.

Considering it was the most "Well-respected", a huge dent has been made.

 

[alidsl]

Do we yawn and remind y'all y'all's that it's just another DDOS attack done by Script Kiddies now or do we give you a moment to contain your joy before we break the bubble and you fall face-down onto the ground?

I don't see you doing anything to help

DDoSing a site might as well be nothing.

They're showing the government that they have made a bad decision a bit like a peaceful protest