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Anonymous Continues Its Attacks

Posted Jan 22, 2012 at 7:42PM EST by Mr Ham

Listed in: News Tags: anon attack, anonymous, cbs, megaupload, universal attacks, universal music, Vivendi

Anonymous has just deleted CBS.com and took down UniversalMusic.com. That’s right, deleted. Not just DDos’d so it’s unavailable, but someone got access to the site and its contents, and deleted everything. It didn't last long, as CBS has since put itself back online, but it’s a sign that people are angry.

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I should probably point out now that I don’t like referring to Anonymous as a group, as it is a bunch of isolated communities under a name, but it helps keep things understood. I’ll just call them ‘hackers’ from here on in.

The hackers have so far taken down the Department of Justice’s website, RIAA, EMI, FBI and now Universal, amongst others. They aren't taking the Megaupload take down too well.

Even after Universal got itself back up, the hackers took it down again. Vivendi, who used to own Universal (some of you may remember Simpsons Hit & Run?) and is involved in films, music and games, has also been taken down.

Who knows what’s next, hopefully not something game related. Star Wars? Diablo III when it hits? Xbox Live?

All I can say is keep a look out for random sites going down, as it may be the doings of some angry people in retaliation to Megaupload coming down.

I’m just angry I haven’t had a chance to retrieve my Megaupload files!!!

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"I'm referring to abusing shit on the internet in general"

Oh really? Then why did you say, "shit like this".

"Shit like this" would be referring directly to what THIS is about which is anon attacking sites.

So, yeah, who's the moron? Learn how to talk if you want people to understand WTF you are saying.

# RE: RE: RE: RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — HKX 2012-05-24 14:51

Shut the fuck up! It simply saved us all a fuck load of money by using such an amazing file-sharing site like Megaupload-_-'

-5 # RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — annonymous 2012-01-22 22:28

these assholes are nothing but trolls and have nothing better to do than make themselves look worse every day

+4 # RE: RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — shveet 2012-01-22 23:52

oh quit your complaining. the right of internet freedom is at stake, do you like being a slave?

-1 # RE: RE: RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — PlayNinBoxThwii60 2012-01-23 04:33

umm.. so was it right when psn was attacked? NO! These guys said they'll take down live and psn recently. The protesting was working perfectly, this is just giving them reasons to do it now

# RE: RE: RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — tosh.0 2012-01-23 13:22

Two wrongs don't make a right.

This is borderline cyberterrorism and they will be dealt with.

# RE: RE: RE: RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — Goragg 2012-01-28 03:42

If two wrongs don't make a right, then why does our government kidnap and cage criminals?

Oh yeah, because no one cares about being right, just on top.

# RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — tosh.0 2012-02-08 17:18

Kidnap? Cage? Were you being serious or just ridiculous on purpose?

+2 # RE: RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — jazneo 2012-01-23 00:00

there not the asshole the asshole are CBS Unvirse studio they want to take your freedom right and destory the internet so you cant use it anymore

-2 # RE: RE: RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — ShadowGryphon 2012-01-24 10:02

Are you saying that CBS, Universal and many others have no right to protect and defend their property? Freedom is not a right, you aren't owed the privilege of using the internet and you certainly don't have the right to steal.
I don't support SOPA or PIPA, but I don't support wholesale theft/piracy of property either.

+1 # RE: RE: RE: RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — tosh.0 2012-01-24 13:06

"Are you saying that CBS, Universal and many others have no right to protect and defend their property?"

Well yeah, sure they do but....no one has the right to protect their property with a NUKE!

"Freedom is not a right"

Um...huh? YES IT IS! At least in America it is, I wont speak for any other country. I think you meant to say something else but I'm not sure what. No one has the RIGHT to use the internet expect for that whole fare use thing along with consumer laws.

-2 # RE: RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — Rowaa 2012-01-23 05:49

Are you from RIAA, asshole?

-5 # Seriously... — lyndonAP 2012-01-23 00:06

Stop giving these people publicity.

-1 # God, I love Anonymous — Little_person 2012-01-23 03:35

The karmic comeuppance is lulz

Do unto others as they do undo you, with knobs on.

-1 # RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — Azariel_z 2012-01-23 05:30

whatever supports SOPA just take them down...down.. And tell why they did it..
Just don't touch the money, but make them look bad..

-1 # RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — hells 2012-01-23 06:12

we are slave on the internet ????

then just don't come on the internet....

I was backing anonymous when they started but now it looks like they just destroy everything for no good reason....

and giving them publicity for their actions...... is everything but good !
Ignore them !

# RE: RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — AkaiOtoko 2012-01-23 22:18

"we are slave on the internet ????

then just don't come on the internet...."

If we're to the point where people say things like you just did, we're already slaves and just haven't realized...

-2 # RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — elhomerjas 2012-01-23 06:15

the US says they are the champion of human rights while I say taking down the internet and its freedom is worse thing to do for the entire human rights of people are at stake

# RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — CrazyMix 2012-01-23 11:46

Down with SOPA, and all the bad guys in the US Government, they want to take are freedom away. I'm going to Protest this summer because things are this bad everyone is poor and its because of these lobbyist are ruining are lives. Democrat or Republican in the end they all lobby for the rich guy giving are money to them and screwing us. Anonymous knows that there are trying to take are freedom of speech away starting with the internet so we can't even protest that is what SOPA is really about not stopping piracy.

# Are you serious? — ShadowGryphon 2012-01-24 09:46

First off, SOPA and PIPA have been shelved, indefinitely, so that is a non-issue at this point.
Second, what the hell are you going to protest, the fact that you failed remedial grammar? Because you clearly haven't a grasp of current events.
"are" does not equal "our", and "there" does not equal "their".
Please focus on becoming an effective speaker/writer, THEN worry about other things.

# RE: Are you serious? — teh 2012-01-25 20:41

Ad Hominem
Sounds like someone's mad SOPA didn't go through

# pathetic — Babyface 2012-01-23 13:07

How many times has Anonymous threatened to "destroy" this or that company, but wasn't really able to do much more than taking a website offline for a short while?

I think they also wanted to destroy Sony, but so far it's still here, and it seems poised to stay.

Anonymous is much less effective, as far as I can see, than they claim to be. Just an annoyance, really, not much more.

# RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — tosh.0 2012-01-23 13:29

Wow, just look at all the ignorance here on the internet.

Anon is NOT doing this because of SOPA. SOPA was shelved last week. It's no longer in affect.

So are they still butt hurt over PIPA? Nothing has been passed yet. So taking down entire sites is pretty f-ing stupid since nothings happened yet.

Why don't we just blow up all of congress for even "thinking" about it?

-1 # RE: RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — jazneo 2012-01-23 20:55

Quoting tosh.0:

Wow, just look at all the ignorance here on the internet.

Anon is NOT doing this because of SOPA. SOPA was shelved last week. It's no longer in affect.

So are they still butt hurt over PIPA? Nothing has been passed yet. So taking down entire sites is pretty f-ing stupid since nothings happened yet.

Why don't we just blow up all of congress for even "thinking" about it?

There give them taste what going to happen if they keep trying to pass the bill

-1 # RE: RE: RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — ShadowGryphon 2012-01-24 09:53

Quoting jazneo:

Quoting tosh.0:
Wow, just look at all the ignorance here on the internet.

Anon is NOT doing this because of SOPA. SOPA was shelved last week. It's no longer in affect.

So are they still butt hurt over PIPA? Nothing has been passed yet. So taking down entire sites is pretty f-ing stupid since nothings happened yet.

Why don't we just blow up all of congress for even "thinking" about it?

There give them taste what going to happen if they keep trying to pass the bill

No THEY'RE not. THEY are simply being butt-hurt trolls with a false sense of confidence because they've not yet been caught.
What anon does helps no one, period.

# RE: RE: RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — tosh.0 2012-01-24 13:09

Give them a taste? That would be flat out terrorism. You think that's ok? You are either 12 or you watch way too much Hollywood.

# Not good... — PD333 2012-01-24 07:35

Of course no one wants their freedom compromised, but there is a right way and a wrong way to go about making a point. In my opinion Anon acted like kids throwing a tantrum. Just because you got the power, that don't mean you got the right. They are doing exactly what that they claim to fight against. They are abusing their power. I tip my hat to your skills, but question your methods and motives.

# RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — PS360 Owner1 2012-01-24 09:17

Please leave online gaming out of this war, attack the douches who want to take away our internet freedom.

# RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — ShadowGryphon 2012-01-24 09:57

Quoting shveet:

oh quit your complaining. the right of internet freedom is at stake, do you like being a slave?

And what anon does only reinforces Congresses thinking that SOPA and PIPA are the right way to go, are you so blind that you can't see this?
Anon does nothing but muddy the waters and hurt innocent people in the process.

# So... — ShadowGryphon 2012-01-24 10:07

I see alot of people applauding anon and condemning the government.
Yet I see none of you offering an alternative solution to SOPA and PIPA (besides being given stuff for free).
So why don't one of you who support anon provide a solution that doesn't involve illegal attacks and childish behavior.
And lets be clear, the first person to try and flame me or give me a thumbs down is part of the problem and has no desire to see honest improvements put in place.

# RE: So... — tosh.0 2012-01-24 13:15

There's nothing to solve. There is no solution to come up with. Movies and Music have been pirated since DAY ONE. Has that stopped those industries from growing into the BILLIONS of dollars per year that they have insanely grown to? Nope.

I'm not being a smart ass here, but how old are you? Old enough to remember when TAPE DECKS first came out? Do you remember the SHIT STORM that the music industry started because people would be able to RECORD their records to tape and then simply distribute them free of charge. They SWORE UP AND DOWN that it would be the end of the music industry. How about VHS? Wanna guess what the movie industry bitched and moaned about? IT'S THE END OF MOVIE PRODUCTION!!!! THIS WILL KILL US!!!!

The only thing that needs to be "solved" is the MPAA and RIAA both need to be dismantled and told to STFU.

People will always steel. Whether the internet or tape decks or VHS players exists or not. The FACT of the matter is, most people do not and these people become rich, fat and happy regardless.

-1 # RE: So... — Jusa 2012-01-24 13:22

Well, people give solutions all day. Does the big government listen to them? No, cause they all in with the MPAA & RIAA, and want to destroy the internet as we know it, and don't care what you have to say.

# ACTA — FFVIIVince10 2012-01-24 12:40

If you guys think SOPA was bad, google ACTA. A lot scarier than SOPA. Anonymous has made videos against this international treaty act also.

# RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — Tydeus 2012-01-24 18:37

Annon are just making things worse, we get it, they're bored and are against SOPA or whatever they're upset about this week. But deleting a site will only make people be for SOPA more (or again, whatever it is they're doing it for)

Who cares anyway. This is what you get when you let kids have free access of the internet.

# @Mr Pham — CheckMate0289 2012-01-25 02:57

"I’m just angry I haven’t had a chance to retrieve my Megaupload files!!!"

I can't agree more! I had an important .rar full of videos i made with friends at the beach. It so didn't infringe anything! I'd like to have my memories back thank you very much! I would have atleast liked a warning before they shut it down I mean come on they had our emails. Wheres the decency of this country. :(

# RE: @Mr Pham — tosh.0 2012-01-25 12:58

Wait, what? You put your only copy on a file sharing site?

That wasn't very smart.

-1 # RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — ShadowGryphon 2012-02-04 10:53

Quoting tosh.0:

"Are you saying that CBS, Universal and many others have no right to protect and defend their property?"

Well yeah, sure they do but....no one has the right to protect their property with a NUKE!

*yes... they do. Right or wrong, they do.
After all it IS their property.

"Freedom is not a right"

Quote:

Um...huh? YES IT IS! At least in America it is, I wont speak for any other country. I think you meant to say something else but I'm not sure what. No one has the RIGHT to use the internet expect for that whole fare use thing along with consumer laws.

No it's not. Freedom is predicated upon FOLLOWING THE LAWS, so if you break they law you lose the privilege of being free.
And seeing that the laws are fairly easy to follow, there shouldn't be a problem, Right?

-1 # RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — ShadowGryphon 2012-02-04 11:11

Quoting tosh.0:

There's nothing to solve. There is no solution to come up with. Movies and Music have been pirated since DAY ONE. Has that stopped those industries from growing into the BILLIONS of dollars per year that they have insanely grown to? Nope.

First off, please eliminate the hyperbole because movies and music were not being pirated since "DAY ONE", they technology didn't exist until the last 30, or so, years (cassette tapes, VHS and more recent tech)

Quote:

I'm not being a smart ass here, but how old are you? Old enough to remember when TAPE DECKS first came out? Do you remember the SHIT STORM that the music industry started because people would be able to RECORD their records to tape and then simply distribute them free of charge. They SWORE UP AND DOWN that it would be the end of the music industry. How about VHS? Wanna guess what the movie industry bitched and moaned about? IT'S THE END OF MOVIE PRODUCTION!!!! THIS WILL KILL US!!!!

I'm 41 and I remember quite well the noise that RIAA made, I'm also a musician and I'm aware of the damage being done by people who rip music and upload it to sites like megaupload.
Now, mind you, I'm not saying RIAA is right, they really need to change their business model and catch up with the times. The MPAA just needs to be eliminated as they really don't do more than say what movies get what rating (and usually they get that wrong), and piss off movie makers.

Quote:

The only thing that needs to be "solved" is the MPAA and RIAA both need to be dismantled and told to STFU.

See my comment above

Quote:

People will always steel. Whether the internet or tape decks or VHS players exists or not. The FACT of the matter is, most people do not and these people become rich, fat and happy regardless.

"People will always steAl" That is no justification for ANYTHING so display a little maturity and honor.
What about the people who help get the movie made? do they deserve to be deprived of a paycheck ? Do you pay attention to the ending credits of a movie and see all the people who help get a movie made? the ones who aren't getting "rich, fat and happy"?
Your arguments are clearly poorly thought out and you clearly are deep in the pocket of "GIMME FREE STUFF OR I WILL HACK YOU!"
That makes you a part of the problem.

# RE: RE: Anonymous Continues Its Attacks — tosh.0 2012-02-08 17:34

Wow, someone sure has a boner for me. Alright, here we go!

"*yes... they do. Right or wrong, they do."

WRONG! No one has the right to MURDER HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of people to protect their property from one person.

"No it's not."

Yes it is. Anyone living in the USA has the right to be FREE from dictatorship. In other words FREEDOM. You only lose that RIGHT if you have broken the law and have been found guilty.

"First off, please eliminate the hyperbole because movies and music were not being pirated since "DAY ONE", they technology didn't exist until the last 30, or so, years (cassette tapes, VHS and more recent tech)"

I see the problem. You MISUNDERSTOOD. Day 1 refers to the first day of EACH. Yet for some insane reason you chose day 1 to mean something completely off topic. So what did you pin point as day 1? The creation of man? The creation of Earth? The creation of the galaxy?

Quit being retarded.

"I'm 41 and I remember quite well the noise that RIAA made"

Good, then you know it's history and you know how full of shit they are.

"I'm also a musician...."

Bingo!!! Now I understand the soapbox you're standing on.

"What about the people who help get the movie made? do they deserve to be deprived of a paycheck ?"

Those people already got paid. There is no more money for them to get.

"the ones who aren't getting "rich, fat and happy"?"

Read above. Even if you cut out piracy 100% they would still get paid the exact same.

"...you clearly are deep in the pocket of "GIMME FREE STUFF OR I WILL HACK YOU!""

I don't pirate therefor you are full of shit.

"Your arguments are clearly poorly thought"

Says the idiot who thinks Americans have the right to set off NUKES in order to protect their property.

I would say "nice try" but it actually wasn't.

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