mersenneforum.org - Megaupload shot down by US governement

[URL]http://techland.time.com/2012/01/19/feds-shut-down-megaupload-com-file-sharing-website/[/URL]
Anonymous, the 'hacker' group react
[URL="http://techland.time.com/2012/01/19/anonymous-claims-doj-riaa-mpaa-sites-hit-for-megaupload-bust/?iid=tl-article-latest"]http://techland.time.com/2012/01/19/anonymous-claims-doj-riaa-mpaa-sites-hit-for-megaupload-bust/[/URL]

and Anonymous statement
[URL]http://pastebin.com/WEydcBVV[/URL]
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January 19th, 2012

Popular file-sharing website megaupload.com gets shutdown by
U.S Justice - FBI and charged its founder with violating piracy laws.
Four Megaupload members were also arrested. The FBI released a
press release on its website which you can view here:

[URL="http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/justice-department-charges-leaders-of-megaupload-with-widespread-online-copyright-infringement"]http://www.fbi.gov/n...-infringement[/URL]

We Anonymous are launching our largest attack ever on government
and music industry sites. Lulz.
The FBI didn't think they would get away with this did they?
They should have expected us.

#OpMegaupload
The following sites were taken down in
response to the FBI shutting down megaupload.com
:) TANGO DOWN

justice.gov
universalmusic.com
riaa.org
mpaa.org
copyright.gov
hadopi.fr
wmg.com
usdoj.gov
bmi.com
fbi.gov

DOX of MPAA CEO Chris Dodd (original: [URL]http://pastebin.com/mvLYNdWB[/URL])

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bunch of address of people supporting SOPA
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We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
We do not Forgive.
We do not Forget.
Expect Us.

@AnonymousWiki
[/code]The day after the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act"]SOPA[/URL]/[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act"]PIPPA[/URL][URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/web-sites-go-dark-in-sopa-protest-against-plans-to-ban-online-piracy/2012/01/18/gIQAmWfD8P_story.html"] blackout protest[/URL] on the Internet.

an amusing fact : it seems that[URL="http://www.vice.com/read/lamar-smith-sopa-copyright-whoops"] Lamar Smith, who filled SOPA[/URL] proposing the law isn't properly crediting the photo he uses on his campaign site, and therefore could be taken down under the law he is proposing.