Then they targeted MasterCard.com and Visa.com and guess what?
http://isitup.org/mastercard.com
and
http://isitup.org/www.visa.com
PayPal is next, I believe.
A close, but anonymous, hacker friend of mine said something great to me today, that I wanted to quote:
"No need to stand in front of a tank, just sit behind a keyboard. Civil disobedience 2010 style!"
To that I say to keep up great work! Although, mirroring Wikileaks is another excellent method of keeping the flow of information free. They may use these DDoS attacks as a reason, read excuse, to "clamp down" on freedom of speech and the internet. Although, they don't need an excuse for something they intend to do anyways.
So these denial of service attacks on the web servers is merely a message that says they are advocates of freedom of information. This current Government is trying to pass a bill to do the SAME THING!
Update: "On July 25, 2002, Representative Howard Berman (D-Cal.) introduced a bill, (Berman P2P Bill) H.R. 5211 in the House of Representatives that would give copyright owners the right to violate the law (proposed law amounts to government-sanctioned vigilantism) in their efforts to stop the unauthorized circulation of their works on peer-to-peer networks." (eff.org)
And people call hackers criminals? Hypocrisy at its finest.
Patty acted worried and asked if we had cash in the Paypal account to which I replied "Anyway, we have a couple of paypal accounts, it links to our checking but have no fear. Pay pal and [Bank] guarantee against fraud and replenish any moneys taken. But like [hacker friend] said, 'Hackers are all about freedom of information.' Not theft and fraud! They are making statements, not criminals. They are activists in civil disobedience."
They are standing up for the God given rights of liberty, no government has the right to take that away. Fight! Fight!
You can follow "Operation Payback" on twitter @Anon_Operation now @AnonOpsNet (http://irc.anonops-irc.com)
We all should give a "denial of service" to our current Government and take back our rights!
Update2: Apparently Twitter and facebook took them down also. Go go gadget DDoS
Update 3: "There has been a tremendous backlash against WikiLeaks from governments around the world. In the United States, lawmakers have rashly proposed a law that threatens legitimate news reporting well beyond WikiLeaks. We expect to see similar efforts in other countries. Like it or not, WikiLeaks has become the emblem for one of the most important battles for our rights that is likely to come along in our lifetimes. We cannot sit this one out." (eff.org)
Update 4: To avoid some of this political nightmare caused by Wikileaks, Openleaks.org sounds more promising.