Anonymous hackers claim to have crashed Justice Department website

The Hill ^ | January 19, 2012 | Brendan Sasso

[maggief]

Anonymous, the group of activist hackers, claimed to have crashed the Justice Department website on Thursday in retaliation for prosecutors shutting down the popular file-sharing site Megaupload.com.

"The government takes down Megaupload? 15 minutes later Anonymous takes down government & record label sites," the group wrote on its Twitter account.

A Justice Department spokesman did not confirm whether the agency had suffered a cyber attack, but justice.gov was not loading as of Thursday afternoon.

[crosshairs]

Holder is prolly behind it himself, so it gives this administration an excuse to take over control of the internet.

[pyx]

"The government takes down Megaupload? 15 minutes later Anonymous takes down government & record label sites,"

LOL ... my bad !

[the anti-liberal]

At least someone somewhere can and is pushing back, even if it is just websites.

[JRandomFreeper]

It's ain't pining for the fjords, it's dead.

They broke it real good.

While I cannot condone a cyber attack, aw.. who am I kidding, I laughed my @$$ off.

Not at the attack, but at the thought of gooberment officials standing around looking like stunned oxen. Wha happen?

/johnny

[maggief]

http://twitter.com/#!/YourAnonNews

[JRandomFreeper]

to take over control of the internet.

Great theory, except no-one can control the internet. All the government is doing is strong-arming some central DNS servers to give wrong data on IP addresses.

There are clever folks out there figuring out a way around the centralized DNS chokepoint.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

Following the tweets on this is like watching a nuclear war without the nukes. Pre-emptive warning strike by side A, massive retaliation by side B.

Our government isn't looking very competent here.

/johnny

[maggief]

Check out the twitter feed in post #6.

[jjsheridan5]

Following the tweets on this is like watching a nuclear war without the nukes.

LOL. I was just thinking the exact same thing. That, and also that our government seems to have brought a knife to a gun fight.

[khnyny]

True.

The latest is that the hackers have taken down the patent office as well and are currently working on shutting down the FBI. Imho, I think there are other targets that would be more attractive and ethical.

[tacticalogic]

Our government isn't looking very competent here.

"Here", as opposed to ...?

[khnyny]

This tweet was interesting, imho.

“Megaupload was taken down w/out SOPA being law. Now imagine what will happen if it passes. The Internet as we know it will end. FIGHT BACK.”

[JRandomFreeper]

'here' as in 'in this particular fluster cluck'.

/johnny

[eureka!]

"Brown adds that “more is coming” and Anonymous-aligned hacktivists are pursuing a joint effort with others to “damage campaign raising abilities of remaining Democrats who support SOPA.”

from your Twitter link. LOL.

[JRandomFreeper]

I have to remember that yesterday was a peaceful protest by people that legally petitioned their government.

Today, in retaliation, government did a questionable smackdown on people and 2 companies that AREN'T even here in the US.

And 30 minutes later, got slapped down like the newbs they are.

/johnny

[tacticalogic]

For a moment there I thought you might be implying there’s somwhere else they are competent ;).

[Danae]

Just saw a new tweet there, 27,000 computers involved in the DOJ attack. WOW.

[JRandomFreeper]

I thought you might be implying there’s somwhere else they are competent

Dude, I don't drink that much even on the weekends. ;)

/johnny

[maggief]

Worth keeping an eye out ...