Anonymous Attacks U.S. Department of Justice, Universal Music, Motion Picture Assoc

Aerianne · Jan 19, 2012

Online activists angered over proposed U.S. anti-piracy legislation and the indictment of operators of popular file hosting site Megaupload appeared to have shut down the sites of U.S. Department of Justice , Universal Music and the Motion Picture Association of America and were targeting many others.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57...industry-sites-attacked-after-piracy-arrests/

In response to today’s federal raid on the file sharing service Megaupload, hackers with the online collective Anonymous have broken the websites for the Department of Justice, Universal Music Group, RIAA and Motion Picture Association of America.
“It was in retaliation for Megaupload, as was the concurrent attack on Justice.org,” Anonymous operative Barrett Brown tells RT on Thursday afternoon.
Only hours before the DoJ and Universal sites went down, news broke that Megaupload, a massive file sharing site with a reported 50 million daily users, was taken down by federal agents. Four people linked to Megaupload were arrested in New Zealand and an international crackdown led agents to serving at least 20 search warrants across the globe.
Less than an hour after the DoJ and Universal sites came down, the website for the RIAA, or Recording Industry Association of America, went offline as well. Shortly before 6 p.m EST, the government's Copyright.gov site went down as well. Thirty minutes later came the site for BMI, or Broadcast Music, Inc, the licensing organization that represents some of the biggest names in music.
Also on Thursday, MPAA.org also returned an error as Anonymous hacktivists managed to bring the website for the Motion Picture Association of America. The group, headed by former senator Chris Dodd, is an adamant supporter of both PIPA and SOPA legislation.
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http://rt.com/usa/news/anonymous-doj-universal-sopa-235/

deleted · Jan 19, 2012

This is a pretty good article in Forbes magazine too.,.
http://@anti-piracy legislation forbes.com..

Rutz · Jan 19, 2012

Booyakasha

Just_Dave · Jan 19, 2012

Very cool. I love it!!

PsychonautMIA · Jan 20, 2012

Made RT news. (Disclaimer: Due to the fact that they played with fire i.e FBI and DoJ most of the participators of #OpMegaUpload will likely get caught. Houses will be raided and those who left a digital trail will be vanned)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lXau4TDt7M"]Megaupload op: Anonymous downs FBI, DoJ, music sites in biggest attack ever - YouTube

FritzDaKatx2 · Jan 20, 2012

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deleted · Jan 20, 2012

im a very lonely person..

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