YOWSA - hacker group "anonymous" takes down major player sites

[mei lan]

Anonymous took down the following sites today in response to the FBI's seizure of the megaupload.com web site and arrest of some of its founders:

justice.gov
universalmusic.com
riaa.org (recording industry assn)
mpaa.org (motion picture assn)
copyright.gov
hadopi.fr (French copyright site)
wmg.com (warner records)
usdoj.gov
bmi.com (bmi records)
fbi.gov

http://gizmodo.com/5877679/anonymous-kills-department-of-justice-site-in-megaupload-revenge-strike

http://pastebin.com/WEydcBVV

Dude. That was some serious doo-doo.

 

[mei lan]

While I don't condone their actions, I did smile a secret smile. Or three.

And where is due process? This is reminiscent of the IRS. But "we're from the government...we're here to help." Ronald Reagan's eight scariest words...

 

[sadie612]

this person has made my DD giggle.. she was telling us about this with delight last night