The FBI and the Department of Justice may have been successful in closing the famous file sharing site Megaupload, but they are proven to be vulnerable to a retaliation, at least on the internet that is. It was reported that minutes after the indictment of the people allegedly behind Megaupload, the notorious group Anonymous tweeted that it had “strike” the DOJ. True to the threat, the justice website justice.gov became inaccessible.
There was no reason given for the act of the group Anonymous. It is clear, so far, that the attack on the justice website is in response to the arrest of the people allegedly behind the site Megaupload, such as, Kim Dotcom (a.k.a. Kim Schmitz), Bram van der Kolk, aka Bramos, Finn Batato and Mathias Ortmann, and the closure of Megaupload.
Megaupload was closed due to allegations that the company profited millions of dollars while infringing copyrights totaling to at least half a billion dollars. There is no clear connection between the group Anonymous and Megaupload or that the group supports the closed website. However, recent activities of Anonymous reveal that the group is actively promoting internet freedom, and Megaupload is the latest victim on the US government’s campaign to restrict internet use to protect copyright and intellectual rights.
As of this writing, there were no reports how the US government will respond to the hacking activities of Anonymous. One thing is sure though, and that is another file sharing website is wiped out on the face of the virtual world.
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