#OpMegaupload ~ Breaking News (Newzar): Cyber War Breaks Out Over Megaupload.com Shutdown

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An all out war has broken out between federal anti-piracy prosecutors and the hacker group Anonymous. Earlier, federal prosecutors shut down Megaupload.com, one of the world's largest file-sharing sites, on charges of violating piracy laws -- a day after a 24-hour blackout of popular websites such as Wikipedia drew national attention to the issue. Well now, hacker group anonymous has taken revenge bringing down the websites of Department of Justice, Recording Industry Association of America and various music websites.
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Cyber War Over Megaupload Shutdown

Written by Newzar Breaking Video News Team.
http://newzar.com/cyber-war-over-megaupload-shutdown/
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Anonymous strikes back after feds shut down piracy hub Megaupload

By Laurie Segall @CNNMoneyTech January 19, 2012: 6:52 PM ET
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- In one of the U.S. government's largest anti-piracy crackdowns ever, federal agents on Thursday arrested the leaders of and shut down Megaupload.com, a popular hub for illegal media downloads.

Hours later, Megaupload's fans turned the table on the feds. "Hacktivist" collective Anonymous said it set its sights on the U.S. Department of Justice and apparently knocked the agency's website offline.

"We are having website problems, but we're not sure what it's from," a DOJ spokeswoman told CNNMoney.

The DOJ website glitches came soon after various Twitter accounts associated with Anonymous took aim at the agency.

Anonymous's favorite weapon for these attacks is what's called a "distributed denial of service" (DDoS) attack, which directs a flood of traffic to a website and temporarily crashes it by overwhelming its servers. It doesn't actually involve any hacking or security breaches.

"One thing is certain: EXPECT US! #Megaupload" read one tweet from AnonOps that went out mid-afternoon.
http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/19/technology/megaupload_shutdown/
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Anonymous hackers claim to have crashed Justice Department website
By Brendan Sasso - 01/19/12 04:51 PM ET

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.
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/205229-anonymous-claims-t...

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[KillRAGErs]

Anonymous FTW

[mcrodneyau20]

what bull shit ive used megaupload and video for ages now granted people do put up copyrighted shit but ive also seen it taken down too if report is put in and found right they take it down whats next rapid share media fire these site are fucken awsome i used to host files when i code for others now i cant, shame on USA i really hope someone bombs the fuck out of these fucks assinate the people leading these shit bills go nuts everyone

[NoobPunisherGER]

The Cyber War has only begun. We must HELP Anonymous vs, the Amercia

Anonymous we are for you

P.S Sorry for my bad ENGLISH im german :D

[mariss711]

109.236.83.66

[TheAsfaloth]

Good stuff, fun times ahead, people who support such bills and actions are not safe from the little people anymore.

[JonCOCOLOMBIAN]

Im just sitting back trying to stay informed on all this SOPA vs Anonymous shit Lmao

[osirusoft1]

There is no middle ground. You're on one side or the other