On Jan. 19th, 2012, Anthony De Rosa reported for Reuters that the hacker group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for a DDOS attack that took down the DOJ, FBI, MPAA, and RIAA websites earlier tonight. The DDOS attack was in response to the file sharing website Megaupload.com being taken offline.
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DOJ tweeted the following: "The DOJ web server hosting justice.gov is experiencing a significant increase in activity, resulting in a degradation in service. The department is working to ensure the website is available while we investigate the origins of this activity which is being treated as a malicious act until we can fully identify the root cause of the disruption."
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A pretty funny XKCD comic about how people perceive DDOS attacks…
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