On April 6 2011, Anonymous started "Operation Payback" and managed to take down the network of PlayStation for weeks. This was made as a reaction to the PS3 hacker lawsuit.
Who is Anonymous?
Anonymous is a loosely connected hacktivist group, meaning that the members of the organization use computers or computer networks to promote their political ends. Ideologically, Anonymous is strongly opposed to Internet censorship and surveillance as well as government corruption. The group has also targeted Scientology, groups advocating homophobia, and major security corporations such as HBGary. The group uses various methods for its attacks on the Internet, including web site defacements, distributed denial-of-service attacks, redirects, information theft, and virtual sabotage.
Anonymous has been called the freedom fighters of the Internet, anarchic cyber-guerillas, and digital Robin Hoods.
Anonymous is a loosely connected hacktivist group, meaning that the members of the organization use computers or computer networks to promote their political ends. Ideologically, Anonymous is strongly opposed to Internet censorship and surveillance as well as government corruption. The group has also targeted Scientology, groups advocating homophobia, and major security corporations such as HBGary. The group uses various methods for its attacks on the Internet, including web site defacements, distributed denial-of-service attacks, redirects, information theft, and virtual sabotage.
Anonymous has been called the freedom fighters of the Internet, anarchic cyber-guerillas, and digital Robin Hoods.
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