Anonymous takes down several sites in revenge for Megaupload

[cvrle77]

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.
Minutes later, 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.
Universal Music Group, or UMG, is the largest record company in the United States and under its umbrella are the labels Interscope-Geffen-A&M, the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group and Mercury Records.
Brown adds that ?more is coming? and Anonymous-aligned hacktivists are pursuing a joint effort with others to ?damage campaign raising abilities of remaining Democrats who support SOPA.?
Although many members of Congress have just this week changed their stance on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, the raid on Megaupload Thursday proved that the feds don?t need SOPA or its sister legislation, PIPA, in order to pose a blow to the Web.
Brown adds that operatives involved in the project will use an ?experimental campaign? and search engine optimization techniques ?whereby to forever saddle some of these congressmen with their record on this issue.?

Read More at: http://rt.com/usa/news/anonymous-doj...rsal-sopa-235/

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http://MPAA.ORG taken down as well



http://RIAA.ORG Also taken down



http://Hadopi.fr DOWN!!

http://bmi.com DOWN!!!

http://godaddy.com WAS TAKEN DOWN SHORTLY

http://govjustice.org DOWN!!!

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cvrle77 Reviewed by cvrle77 on 19th Jan 2012. Anonymous takes down several sites in revenge for Megaupload http://i.imgur.com/F8iBr.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Dgzv2.jpg 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 Rating: 5

[msk19994]

the power of Anonymous

[cyclone]

riaa.org is also down

Source: http://twitter.com/anonops

[Fab]

universal music too..

[Th3KiNG]

Good work... you guys sud be in FBI,

[glanpol-net]

Epic !

[thizzladen]

Let the war begin!

[Deadmau5]

FIGHT



I them

[CuraHack]

Damn, Anonymous is freaking fast! How long does it normally take to plan such a Operation?

Anons FTW!

[Dman]

Awesome!