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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."

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  1. Re:wow by John+Courtland · · Score: 5, Informative

    If there's a constant in this whole shitstorm mess it's that the clear winners are the lawyers.

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  2. Re:That'll showem by Mad+Leper · · Score: 5, Informative

    ".. They were compliant with the DMCA, from what I understand.."

    Apparently not, try ars technica for what these scum were really up to

    http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/why-the-feds-smashed-megaupload.ars

  3. Re:Wow. They did dare! by AngryDeuce · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yup. The Kids For Cash Scandal. You want to read about something fucking disgusting, read about that. If a judge can be corrupted like that, how could our legislature not be corrupt? They're getting millions of dollars a year from people like that...