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Hackers Attack AU Websites To Protest Censorship

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the and-it-has-a-funny-name-too dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A band of cyber-attackers has taken down the Australian Parliament House website and hacked Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's website in coordinated protests against government plans to filter the Internet. The group responsible, called Anonymous, is known for coordinated Internet attacks against Scientology and other groups in the past. It recently turned its attention against the AU government after it said in December that it would block access to sites featuring material such as rape, drug use, bestiality and child sex abuse."

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  1. I believe the concept of Anonymous escapes you by Dunbal · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "The group responsible, called Anonymous, is known for coordinated Internet attacks against Scientology and other groups in the past."

          Right. Because anyone calling themselves anonymous are the "same group". Specifically because "Anonymous" means "of unknown name". Heck, we have a bunch of Anonymous Cowards here on slashdot too! Let's track down their IP's and throw them in jail like the terrorists they are! After all, they've been seen on TV to blow up yellow vans, so they must be evil, right?

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