Anonymous Shuts Down Corporate and Government Websites Worldwide … The Timing Couldn’t Be Worse

Posted on January 20, 2012 by WashingtonsBlog

Anonymous Shuts Down MPAA, RIAA, FBI, DOJ and Copyright Office

Anonymous launched one of the largest hacking attacks in history today.
Gizmodo reports that – in response to the Feds’ shutting down of the extremely popular file-sharing site MegaUpload – Anonymous has shut down the sites of the main corporate copyright enforcers, including:

• Motion Picture Association of America

• Recording Industry Association of America

• Universal Music

• EMI

Anonymous has also shut down the main U.S. governmental copyright enforcers, including:

• U.S. Copyright Office

• Department of Justice

• FBI

Plus foreign agencies, including:

• French copyright authority HADOPI