Hackers Anonymous at it again
Posted Jan 20, 2012 7:24 am.
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The hacking collective known as Anonymous is at it again, this time targeting organizations that support anti-piracy legislation in the U.S.
On its Twitter account, Anonymous says “You can’t censor the internet, you can’t subpoena a hash tag, you can’t arrest an idea.”
The group brought down the websites for the FBI and the Department of Justice Thursday along with many from the entertainment industry.
This as the U.S. government cracks down on piracy, shutting down the popular media sharing website Megaupload.com.
“It’s used for uploading any kind of material whether it’s not copyrighted and it’s fine for you to be sharing that material, or whether it might be pirated,” says CNN tech expert John Sutter.
To shut down Megaupload.com, federal authorities executed 20 search warrants in eight countries including Canada.
