Anonymous Brings Down FTC's OnGuardOnline in Protest Against Megaupload Shutdown Since 2008, the satirical hacker collective, popularly known as the Anonymous has risen to act in the public interest. They have carried out numerous hacks to bring down websites of companies with questionable business practices, governments with poor legislative policies and churches with a twisted sense of religion. From a satirical merry hacker-band, the group went on to become the primary name in the international online hacktivism space. This time, the group of Anonymous has targeted OnGuardOnline (the US online security website), a partner the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The attack is a protest against the shutdown of Megaupload, the popular file-sharing website. It is a well-known fact that after the downfall of their usual communication channels, Anonymous has started posting on the Pastebin website. If SOPA/PIPA/ACTA passes we will wage a relentless war against the corporate internet, destroying dozens upon dozens of government and company websites.
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Anonymous Anonymous (used as a mass noun) is a loosely associated international network of activist and hacktivist entities. A website nominally associated with the group describes it as "an internet gathering" with "a very loose and decentralized command structure that operates on ideas rather than directives". The group became known for a series of well-publicized publicity stunts and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government, religious, and corporate websites. Anonymous originated in 2003 on the imageboard 4chan, representing the concept of many online and offline community users simultaneously existing as an anarchic, digitized global brain.[3][4] Anonymous members (known as "Anons") can be distinguished in public by the wearing of stylised Guy Fawkes masks.[5] In its early form, the concept was adopted by a decentralized online community acting anonymously in a coordinated manner, usually toward a loosely self-agreed goal, and primarily focused on entertainment, or "lulz".
AnonOps Communications One account. All of Google. Sign in to continue to Blogger Find my account Forgot password? Sign in with a different account Create account One Google Account for everything Google 'Anonymous' hackers attack Brazilian websites The computer hacker group Anonymous attacked websites of Brazil's federal district Saturday as well as one belonging to a Brazilian singer to protest the forced closure of Megaupload.com. Anonymous posted messages on Twitter describing attacks against hundreds of Brazilian sites that share the URL 'df.gov.br,' which are owned by the government of the federal capital in Rio de Janeiro. The Federal District press office denied Saturday that the hackers succeeded in shutting down the websites. The Internet news site G1, owned by television network Globo, confirmed the early morning computer attacks but said the Federal District's 24-hour-a-day information technology team was able to stop them. However, the hackers did succeed in shutting down the website of popular Brazilian singer Paula Fernandes. Megaupload is a file-sharing service company that allows customers to upload files to a website, where their information can be downloaded by other Internet users.
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Bright, and Clear: The Future of Free Speech - Anonymous: We are legion. Bright, and Clear: The Future of Free Speech A rallying cry on the occassion of the Web’s first mass blackout As we watch the web go dark today in protest against the SOPA/PIPA censorship bills, let’s take a moment and reflect on why this fight is so important. We may have learned that free speech is what makes America great, or instinctively resist attempts at silencing our voices. Free speech is the foundation of a free society. We believe a healthy society doesn’t allow its artists, musicians and other creators to starve. It’s time we make a stand for a better world - not merely take rearguard actions to preserve a status quo that is _already_ failing us. * We call on national legislatures to not only reject ACTA efforts to globalize the American intellectual property regime, but to abolish the WIPO. * We demand the elimination of the DMCA’s registration requirement for qualification under the “safe harbor” provision. * No more Jammie Thomases. * No more Dajaz1’s. —Anonymous
In further Megaupload retaliation, hacker group Anonymous takes down CBS.com Hacker collective Anonymous continues to strike at sites around the Web in retaliation for the government shuttering Megaupload.com, and today the notorious group briefly took down broadcast network CBS’s homepage. Anonymous has a long history of attacking government and business websites, and on Thursday the organization intermittently shut down the Department of Justice and Universal Music‘s websites. The collective said through various channels that it was retaliating for the shut down of popular file-sharing site Megaupload.com. Anonymous also recently made headlines for hacking into Stratfor’s website and database, stealing credit card information and other sensitive details. Anonymous took down CBS.com in a rather unusual manner earlier today. As Gizmodo points out, the CBS takedown wasn’t a standard distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack because the CBS homepage only showed an index page with a single file. Anonymous family photo: @VizFoSho/TwitPic
World War II World War II (WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, though related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. World War II altered the political alignment and social structure of the world. Chronology The start of the war in Europe is generally held to be 1 September 1939,[9][10] beginning with the German invasion of Poland; Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later. Others follow the British historian A. The exact date of the war's end is also not universally agreed upon. Background To prevent a future world war, the League of Nations was created during the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.
Anonymous Says They'll Attack Facebook Next Anonymously changing the world - Opinions - Lion's Roar - Southeastern Louisiana University George Milton, played by Michael Pettey (left), and Lennie Small, played by Mat Leonard (right), talk about their plan to own their own parcel of land one day. The National Players performed only one night in Hammond before moving up the east coast. They will be returning to perform in New Orleans on April 10. Ryne Berthelot Have you tried protesting lately? Perhaps best known by their moniker "Anonymous," these protestors have been classified a number of ways ranging from activists to nerds to cyber-terrorists. What is Anonymous? "Anonymous" is a loosely connected group of Internet hackers around the world that originated on the image board www.4chan.org in 2003. Okay... "Anonymous" participates in a form of protesting known as "hacktivism," a term that refers to using computers and the Internet to meet some sort of political end. And I should care because...? In their assault on the web, "Anonymous" has been the target of several critics and differing opinions. What does it all mean?
UPDATE: Anonymous takes down DoJ, UMG websites - attack on Whitehouse.gov underway Anonymous has launched a pair of operations in response to the takedown of the Megaupload.com site earlier today by the FBI and other authorities and continued support for the Stop Online Piracy Act by members of Congress. So far, the sites of the Justice Department, Universal Music Group, and several congressional sites have been affected. The attacks began as Anonymous' Sabu called for people to boycot paid media in all forms and supporting torrent and file sharing sites. "This new, massive operation, will target on SOPA/PIPA in a way that the government was not expecting," he posted on Twitter. "We are going to starve the beast." In response to the arrest of Megaupload.com's founders, he said, "This is the governments way of saying: 'How nice of you protest SOPA/PIPA. At just before 4PM CT on January 19, both the websites of the Department of Justice and Universal Music were made unavailable by denial of service attacks. Listing image by Photograph by Paul Williams