4chan attacks anti-pirating sites

[SparkFenix]

4chan DDoS Takes Down MPAA and Anti-Piracy Websites

Following a call to arms yesterday, the masses inhabiting the anonymous 4chan boards have carried out a huge assault on a pair of anti-piracy enemies. The website of Aiplex Software, the anti-piracy outfit which has been DDoSing torrent sites recently, is currently down having been DDoS’d. They are joined in the Internet wasteland by the MPAA’s website, also currently under huge and sustained attack.

Don’t mess with the Internet they say. Well, actually stronger terms than that are often used, but the end result is the same. When people get organized on the Internet, very strange and powerful things can happen and in few places can this be more true than on the 4chan message boards.

Sometimes things need sorting out, and what better way than getting hundreds of thousands of anonymous users of this notorious message board to work together to achieve it. If they’re not trying to bring down Scientology, they’re teaching foul-mouthed pre-teen girls a lesson or using their combined forces to destroy the lives of stupid bankers who think it’s ‘funny’ to throw cats in the trash.

Yesterday two new targets hit the radars of ‘Anonymous’, the faceless and powerful hoards who carry out 4chan attacks. The beauty is that anyone can join in the action, 4chan ‘membership’ is not even required. People wishing to participate can simply load up their Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) and enter the IP address they want to attack. The resulting assaults are massively distributed making defending against them almost impossible.

Yesterday’s target one was everyone’s favorite Indian anti-piracy company, AiPlex Software. A completely unknown entity until a couple of weeks ago when they stupidly admitted to DDoSing uncooperative torrent sites (then unsuccessfully trying to backtrack), it seems their rise to fame came at a price.

Following claims that AiPlex had DDoS’d a torrent site, a few hours ago their website was taken down and remains that way at the time of writing. Along with the downtime came this message (pic):
How fast you are in such a short time! Aiplex, the bastard hired gun that DDoS’d a torrent site, is already down! Rejoice, /b/rothers, even if it was at the hands of a single anon that it was done, even if ahead of schedule. now we have our lasers primed, but what do we target now?

We target the bastard group that has thus far led this charge against our websites, like The Pirate Bay. We target MPAA.ORG! The IP is designated at “216.20.162.10?, and our firing time remains THE SAME. All details are just as before, but we have reaimed our crosshairs on this much larger target. We have the manpower, we have the botnets, it’s time we do to them what they keep doing to us.

REPEAT: AIPLEX IS ALREADY DOWN THANKS TO A SINGLE ANON. WE ARE MIGRATING TARGETS.
While it’s claimed that AiPlex was taken down by a single attacker, the ongoing assault on the MPAA.org website is definitely a group effort. The site was attacked on schedule (9pm eastern time yesterday) and taken down in minutes. It remains down at the time of writing.

Source
Note: Site is in Portuguese but the news are in English

 

[jan777]

OH SHI-

CANNOT BACKTRACE.

YA GOOOFED.

 

[metamaster]

Wow, first the Justin Beiber thing, now this. Don't mess with 4chan, unless you have a huge amount of virtual people with you.

 

[monkat]

Isn't this stuff like...illegal?

 

[Bladexdsl]

pffft

 

[EpicJungle]

4chan

They gon' find you
They gon' find you




LOL 4chan is the best.

 

[Juanmatron]

4Chan Strikes Back!

Watch out GBAtemp! 4Chan gon' find you!

 

[monkat]

fucking 4chan is no doubt the worst forums on the whole net let them try and stop piracy THEY WILL FAIL!

I swear every single post....

Are you seriously drunk?

 

[Bladexdsl]

pffft

 

[monkat]

lets see them try and take down usenet fucking retarded hacker nerds!

"4chan attacks anti-pirating sites"

 

[m3rox]

lets see them try and take down usenet fucking retarded hacker nerds!

"4chan attacks anti-pirating sites"

It's no use, the kid don't learn.

 

[Sephxus]

Payback's a bitch!

 

[MelodieOctavia]

lets see them try and take down usenet fucking retarded hacker nerds!

RTFA or STFU

They took down sites that are anti-piracy you dope.

 

[Midna]

Bledax, are you high? Why would 4chan try to stop piracy?

 

[Terminator02]

both the websites are still down, dang 4chan is way more powerful than I thought

 

[SparkFenix]

Never underestimate the power of IP aimed cannons and lots of peple with enough money for a high powered pc but no money for games ^_____^

 

[trumpet-205]

Justice served.

Or is it another way around?

 

[default2k]

I wonder how do they go about this exactly??

 

[Deleted_171835]

I lol'd.
I have a giddy feeling in the side of me now that this has happened.
Please do explain.

 

[WeakNiZ]

Hey guys, can anymore explain to me how this internet assault works? I'm kind of confused reading it, didnt understand what really happened