It is claimed to be biggest attack in Cyber history. Anonymous, a group of “Hacktivist”, gone wild by taking down several prominent sites related to Govt., Institutions and Entertainment Industry.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) ordered FBI to shut down popular file-sharing site, MegaUpload, charging it for violating various copyright laws. After a little while, DOJ’s website was attacked by Anonymous protesting its move.
Apart from DOJ’s website, hacker also targeted several sites belonging to govt., and Entertainment Industries like MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America), the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), U.S. Copyright Office, Universal Music Group, BMI (music royalty, publishing and licensing group). They also claimed credit for taking down HADOPI, France’s copyright-enforcement agency.
Source: Internet :D
The Department of Justice (DOJ) ordered FBI to shut down popular file-sharing site, MegaUpload, charging it for violating various copyright laws. After a little while, DOJ’s website was attacked by Anonymous protesting its move.
Apart from DOJ’s website, hacker also targeted several sites belonging to govt., and Entertainment Industries like MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America), the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), U.S. Copyright Office, Universal Music Group, BMI (music royalty, publishing and licensing group). They also claimed credit for taking down HADOPI, France’s copyright-enforcement agency.
Source: Internet :D
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