Hacker Group Anonymous Takes Down Major Websites

20 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone in Crime, Culture, Politics, Social, Tech/Sci, World

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Yesterday the popular file-sharing site, MegaUpload was taken down by the US government.

The website faces charges of racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, and other charges. Four people have been arrested, and more than 20 search warrants have been executed in the US. A total of 18 domain names have been seized, along with an estimated $50 million in assets, including servers run in Virginia and Washington, D.C.

In response, hackers aligned with the global cyber-collective known as Anonymous took down at least six prominent websites. They include the US Department of Justice, Universal Music Group, the Recording Industry Association of America, and the Motion Picture Association of America.

And they aren’t finished yet.

“Word has it that FBI.gov is next to go down… will report when it is,” a Twitter account affiliated with Anonymous said.

The following message was also uploaded to YouTube by the group, under the title “Don’t mess with us”:

[Source: PC World]

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