Thus, the cyber-group Anonymous subjected to a virtual attack the internet resources of the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI. The shutdown of the world’s most popular file-sharing site Megaupload.com was part of an indictment against the company over piracy violations. Anonymous retaliates for Megaupload shutdown: Anonymous, a notorious hacker group, has attacked the official website of the US Ministry of Justice, as well as Universal Music Group’s homepage, to retaliate for the federal shutdown of file-sharing site Megaupload.com. Universalmusic.com and Justice.gov webpages were hacked Thursday and remained down for several hours. Hackers said they targeted the total of six sites, including the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), US Copyright Office and Utah Chiefs of Police Association. Visitors of these sites received an error message when trying to get access to the sites, although in the case of the Utah webpage, the error message was replaced by the Megaupload logo. Anonymous has also vowed to take down the official site of FBI. Web site Megaupload.com closed for piracy: Federal authorities shut down one of the Web’s most popular sites Thursday on charges that it illegally shared movies, television shows and e-books, prompting hackers to retaliate by blocking access to several Web sites, including those of the Justice Department and Universal Music. The shutdown of Megaupload was part of a federal indictment accusing the company of running an international criminal organization that allowed consumers to easily watch or share pirated content. The site’s offerings were a virtual bazaar of what the Internet has to offer, including pornography and illegally copied video games, federal officials said. Investigators say Megaupload’s executives made more than $175 million through subscription fees and online ads while robbing authors, movie producers, musicians and other copyright holders of more than $500 million. “This action is among the largest criminal copyright cases ever brought by the United States,” the Justice Department and FBI said in a statement. Source: Voice of Russia.
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Cyber-attacks in retaliation for Mega-upload shutdown
Thus, the cyber-group Anonymous subjected to a virtual attack the internet resources of the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI. The shutdown of the world’s most popular file-sharing site Megaupload.com was part of an indictment against the company over piracy violations. Anonymous retaliates for Megaupload shutdown: Anonymous, a notorious hacker group, has attacked the official website of the US Ministry of Justice, as well as Universal Music Group’s homepage, to retaliate for the federal shutdown of file-sharing site Megaupload.com. Universalmusic.com and Justice.gov webpages were hacked Thursday and remained down for several hours. Hackers said they targeted the total of six sites, including the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), US Copyright Office and Utah Chiefs of Police Association. Visitors of these sites received an error message when trying to get access to the sites, although in the case of the Utah webpage, the error message was replaced by the Megaupload logo. Anonymous has also vowed to take down the official site of FBI. Web site Megaupload.com closed for piracy: Federal authorities shut down one of the Web’s most popular sites Thursday on charges that it illegally shared movies, television shows and e-books, prompting hackers to retaliate by blocking access to several Web sites, including those of the Justice Department and Universal Music. The shutdown of Megaupload was part of a federal indictment accusing the company of running an international criminal organization that allowed consumers to easily watch or share pirated content. The site’s offerings were a virtual bazaar of what the Internet has to offer, including pornography and illegally copied video games, federal officials said. Investigators say Megaupload’s executives made more than $175 million through subscription fees and online ads while robbing authors, movie producers, musicians and other copyright holders of more than $500 million. “This action is among the largest criminal copyright cases ever brought by the United States,” the Justice Department and FBI said in a statement. Source: Voice of Russia.