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Anonymous Takes Down DOJ, RIAA, MPA and Universal Music

Posted by samzenpus on from the pay-back dept.

First time accepted submitter EW87 writes "Shortly after a federal raid today brought down the file sharing service Megaupload, hackers aligned with the online collective Anonymous have shut down sites for the Department of Justice, Universal Music Group and the RIAA. 'It was in retaliation for Megaupload, as was the concurrent attack on Justice.org,' Anonymous operative Barrett Brown tells RT on Thursday afternoon."

17 of 649 comments (clear)

  1. wow by dnahelicase · · Score: 2, Funny

    it's begun!

    1. Re:wow by drwj01 · · Score: 3, Funny

      You mean, "begun the clone wars have." I wonder if this is going to be the first of many instant responses to actions like this.

    2. Re:wow by Mashiki · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah that's my thought. To be honest, if anonymous thought that jamming turkey basters in their dicks would stop scientology they would probably do it. Then rave about how it worked, while posting pictures.

      A new meme would be started, and Goatse.cx would have a new challenger.

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    3. Re:wow by Samantha+Wright · · Score: 4, Funny

      The war against the enemy: our true enemy, of which we have been ignorant for too long! Behold, the face of ultimate evil, the MPA!

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    4. Re:wow by dangitman · · Score: 5, Funny

      Do not stand for this flagrant abuse of our farcical democracy!

      If it's farcical, then surely abuse of it isn't a big deal? Kind of like making fun of a clown.

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      ... and then they built the supercollider.
    5. Re:wow by hedwards · · Score: 3, Funny

      "It" the thing that has begun.

    6. Re:wow by ediron2 · · Score: 5, Funny
      After cringing at your turkeybaster idea, would that meme by any chance involve your sig, turned upside down?

      --ow owwowowow.

    7. Re:wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      The RIAA still makes money hand over fist.

      Hey man, they lose money all the time, have you seen their accounting records?

    8. Re:wow by DragonTHC · · Score: 1, Funny

      well my how the tables have turned, Now DoJ is the girl who kicked the hornet's nest.

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      They're using their grammar skills there.
  2. Re:Wow. They did dare! by DesScorp · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess the war has now begun. Taking down the department of justice is a clear start of all hostility. I am not sure I agree with them. But they have stuff in their pants!

    And when they're in prison, they're going to have stuff in the other side.

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    Life is hard, and the world is cruel
  3. Begun! by Zaatxe · · Score: 3, Funny

    Begun, the Internet War has!

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    So say we all
  4. Re:Wow. They did dare! by sdguero · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I had tekn down the DOJ website I'd have stuff in my pants too. It'd be brown and stinky.

  5. Re:Idiocy by Bucky24 · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's like protesting the TSA by putting bombs in your luggage.

    Considering the track record of the TSA they probably wouldn't even notice the bombs...

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  6. Re:Well done them... by hldn · · Score: 3, Funny

    gl backtracing us cyber police, we're behind seven proxies.

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  7. Re:Can't help but think by dumbunny · · Score: 5, Funny

    DOSing is not a violent act; it's just a major inconvenience for the users of the site that forces them to go elsewhere for a while. This is more akin to Rosa Parks taking a shit in the back of the bus.

  8. Re:operative? by Barefoot+Monkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anonymous? You must be mistaken - he is a member of Pseudonymous. They just like to call themselves Anonymous because, well, you can't call yourselves Pseudonymous if that's your group's actual name. It wouldn't make any sense.

  9. Re:What's begun? by HornWumpus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude you forgot to click 'reply anon'.

    Now everybody knows you watch that crap. It's your fault they make more of it.

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    John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'