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Anonymous Takes Responsibility for CBS.com Hacking

Anonymous Takes Responsibility for CBS.com Hacking

The hacker collective Anonymous has struck again since taking down the Department of Justice website Thursday, briefly disabling CBS.com in further retaliation to the government shutdown of Megaupload.com.  The organization has recently taken down the websites of the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), Universal Music Group and MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) in retaliation to the action taken against the file-sharing site MegaUpload. National Journal reports on Sunday’s hacking:

“Several Twitter accounts linked to Anonymous, a loosely organized collective of hackers, posted messages claiming responsibility for the hack, some of them mentioning ”#OpMegaUpload,” shorthand for Operation Mega Upload. At least one suggested Fox would be targeted next.”

Gizmodo reports that if you went to CBS.com at the time Anonymous attacked it, there was nothing except an index page with a single file. The Hacker News reports that Anonymous also attacked websites in Brazil in protest to the forced closure of MegaUpload.  Websites of Brazil’s federal district, Tangara da Serra and the site of Brazilian singer Paula Fernandes were all shutdown with the image posted of a grim-faced joker saying “If MegaUpload is down, you are down too.”

Earlier in the day TheAnonMessage Youtube channel released a video entitled “Operation Sony Has Commenced.” The video description read:

“ATTACK STARTS AT 1PM. We are attacking now. Expect our results in 24 hours.

Operation Sony, engaged.”

Comments (56)

  • conbones
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 1:00am

    Chek this out blaze the oppressive gov. at work or people who want to share their files freely
    or is it a huge crime syndicate? http://www.anonyupload.com/#

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  • grownup
    Posted on January 23, 2012 at 9:44pm

    Some one said this group thinks it is special and does not have to follow the rules like everyone else. They are smarter and better than the rest of us. These are the ear marks of sociopaths. If it is true that they are sociopaths, then it follows they are trying to tear down the system. They might claim they are out to do good but that is what they always say. Compulsive liars. What type of people want to tear down the system? Left or right? You are probably right these useful idiots are at least working with the gov. if not part of it. The hackers need hacked.

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  • smokey888x2
    Posted on January 23, 2012 at 1:19am

    I wish they would expose Hillary (yes, Hillary) but I’m not sure how. Maybe all the communist/socialist associations on that side. Why? Because that party needs to be recreated from it’s far Left stance. We need two parties competing against each other but both under the constitution and Democrats have left the building. And I wish they would then, (not first or at the same time) show over and over and over and on multiple sites the complete falsehood of O’s birth certificate – paint it clear for the world to see; but doing this only would only strengthen Hillary.

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  • BODYBAG
    Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:28am

    Sometimes you just gotta love hackers. Hey guys, as long as you focus on
    big corrupt corporate jerks and dont target me I’ll cheer for you.

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    • txbigfoot
      Posted on January 23, 2012 at 7:35am

      what makes you think your not next. With that attitude, you can be… oh hurt everyone else but not me… thats pathetic.

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    • I Love Howie Carr
      Posted on January 23, 2012 at 6:42pm

      @txbigfoot
      agreed.

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  • sbenard
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 11:15pm

    I couldn’t have happened to a more deserving network!

    That said: Why can’t they catch these people and throw them in prison?

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  • capitalismrocks
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 11:13pm

    Nah, this is a bunch of script kiddies using DDoS tools and using mass attacks against selected targets, what is needed is a silver bullet that reverse traces and blinds the crap out of the sending systems

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    • turkey13
      Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:01am

      Holder could catch them right now but he is saving them for October to start a national emergency and our elections will have to be put off for 5 or 6 years. The best hackers work for the government or go to prison. Holder will use these hackers or send to Gitmo as terrorists.This is what happened to Mohamed Rashid, Boris Novikov, Karla Sharif, Vasey Kusman and others that just dissapeared. These folks thought they were the best hackers in the world but the guys working for obama were smarter.

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  • masters11111
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:51pm

    EVERYONE PLEASE PASS THIS VIDEO TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBgRAWHJ89U&list=FLge1vD-HNZFqmPpI8SiDAJQ&index=13&feature=plpp_video

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  • 1654American
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 8:23pm

    Anonymous is a government operation. Fast & Furious objective was to curtail 2nd Amendment liberties. Anonymous objective is to justify federal controls over companies that operate entities involved with Internet. Check out the cyber warfare center at Ft Belvoir, Va. Do you think if Anonymous was an outside group that wanted to embarrass the government they are doing it by blocking DOJ and CBS public websites? Wouldn‘t it be more effective to expose Holder’s involvement in Fast & Furious emails or Obama’s strategy emails about the Muslim Brotherhood meetings. They don’t go there because they ARE there. Wake up.

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    • riseandshine
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 8:38pm

      Yep…Anonymous and Wikileaks.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:29pm

      @1654American
      “Check out the cyber warfare center at Ft Belvoir, Va”

      How do we do that? What do you know about it? I spent some time there a long time ago.

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    • JediKnight
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:51pm

      Highly doubt it. If they were a government operation, why on earth would they shutdown the DOJ site and then CBS? As well as the RIAA and the MPAA? And they’re supposedly targeting Fox next? Maybe it’s because all of those places support SOPA? They aren‘t taking down sites that don’t support SOPA.

      The FBI takes down MegaUpload, a site that can be used to trade copyrighted files. It’s also a site that can be used for perfectly legal purposes. I‘ve used similar sites myself when I needed to get large amounts of data to people and sending it by email just wasn’t feasible. I was in charge of the data and there was nothing illegal about the transaction. If the government wants to shut down piracy, they need to target the large scale guys at the source, not a site that can be used for legitimate purposes. What they did was akin to shutting down a gun store because a few individuals got a hold of guns sold from that store and used them in a crime. It makes no sense and they’re going after the completely wrong people.

      I’m not always in favor of what Anonymous does, but in this case I do support them. Wikileaks is a completely different organization and should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Of course, if our government weren’t doing questionable things, they wouldn’t have to worry about these leaks.

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    • MCDAVE
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:17pm

      I don’t know what anonymous is about…But I do know the Internet is the only source for the truth left out there…And the socialists hate it..They will continue there attacks on this freedom as well

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    • Rob Taylor
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:34pm

      Agreed. Anonymous is always aligned with the hard left but not the radical left that attacks Dems. As far as I can tell their political stance is Obama’s.

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    • ghostsouls
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:41pm

      Anonymous isn’t anything special. can’t even be called hackers. If they want to really do something, how about coming up with obama’s high school and college records, now THAT would be hacking lol

      Report Post » ghostsouls  
  • ares338
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 8:04pm

    We may like what they do now but in the end they will make it worse or hurt innocent people.

    Report Post » ares338  
  • Dougral Supports Israel
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 7:46pm

    Acts like these will be the justification that the government uses to slam down big regulation on everyone who uses the Internet. In this, Anonymous is a tool of big government.

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    • Sir-Eats-a-Lot
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 8:13pm

      As others mentioned, it could very well a government or pro-goverment supporter to have a stronger case on censoring and putting more security measures in place on the internet. Back in my high school years I remember gangs would go gangbanging (beating up people or other gang members for fun and show of intimidation) and they would claim they‘re from a rival gang and then the guys who got beat up would go back to their gang and tell them they were jumped by so and so gang which in fact wasn’t even the actual gang since they were lied to. This could well be a similiar situation but who knows. If it’s the real Anonymous group, I would imagine they could take it to a whole other level and seek out all the people (gov’t officials, celebs, etc) who are supporting the SOPA bill and cause them a lot of trouble such as hacking their emails, twitter, facebook accounts, bank accounts and embarass them like how Anthony Weiner in NY got in a whole lot of trouble and embarassment for showing pics of his weener!

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    • lodgerat
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 8:22pm

      I agree. If the DOJ sent guns to mexico in order to affect guns laws they would do the same with the internet. I don’t trust anyone in government. I think that it is sad we have to think that way but we do. :o(

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  • JustPeachy
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 7:44pm

    So. . . we‘re to believe that these sites’ security is so horrible, someone can actually hack into them???

    Sorry, not buyin’ it.

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  • Old-Hippie-Patriot
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 7:27pm

    What is with the liberal Hollywood/media elite supporting SOPA,
    thought they believed in redistribution of wealth like their favorite president does?

    Let a poor boy see a movie before it comes out on TCM…
    they always brag about how much (millions) a movie makes the release weekend

    Old-Hippie-Patriot  
    • Stoic one
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 7:49pm

      The hollywooders believe in redistributing other peoples money…..remember???? not their money,,

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    • granny
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 7:58pm

      i love it!!!!! how right you are. why is it always easier to spend someone else’s money that your own?

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:13pm

      @Old-Hippie-Patriot
      Are you a friend of Bill W?

      Report Post » The-Monk  
  • 4-The-Truth
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 7:17pm

    I don’t consider closing down the Department of Justice , FBI and CBS web sites a crime, but rather a service to America. I wish a lot more of our government and its propaganda service were shut down.

    Like it or not we have entered the era of cyber warfare, We should choose sides and make sure these hacking efforts are put to good use. There is plenty in our bureaucratic system that needs to be exposed and taken down.

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  • Zcat
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 7:05pm

    Maybe Anonymous can come up with Obama college records. It wouldn‘t surprize me if Anonymous wasn’t somewhere hidden within the Obama adminstration!

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 7:52pm

      Yes, that would be useful, publicizing these records some want to keep. As it is being destructive is not in general very popular.

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  • phillipwgirard
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 6:59pm

    As some of you, I too believe it is the govt. who is Anonymous,,,

    Report Post » phillipwgirard  
  • katrinka45
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 6:54pm

    And just How do we know that Anonymous is actually a group to its own and isn’t just our wonderful government messing with the net so the government can come back and say…”see…we NEED to control the net to keep the citizens safe from groups like Anonymous”…just like when they sold the guns to the drug cartels so they could take our gun rights away…what I fear here is a high tech Fast and Furious…keep ever vigilent people and always think outside the box!!!

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    • UBETHECHANGE
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 6:56pm

      We are on the same page my friend!

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    • barber2
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:44pm

      Interesting. We know the Far Left Democrats are behind the Occupies so maybe this wouldn’t be much more far- fetched…

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  • qpwillie
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 6:41pm

    I belonged to a parrot forum which was hacked several months ago (maybe a year) by a group that calls itself ToXiC650. I googled them and found hundreds of sites that they had hacked.

    To see what they did at the parrot forum, here’s the link. http://kitkatsparrotchat.com/

    These people are not funny and are potentially extremely dangerous.

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  • barber2
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 6:37pm

    Wait a minute. So “ anonymous takes responsibility ” for the hacking . Well, isn’t that so nice to see someone taking “ responsibility ” and owning up to committing their crime . So refreshing. So like the little anarchists that these jerks are. ( Smarter than everyone. you know. Don’t need to follow the rules, you know. Gonna get their way, you know . They hate capitalism too, you know. Good little Anarchists, you know ). Well I hope Mr. Holder is up to this challenge of arresting Mr. Anonymous living in his NoWhere Land ! Let‘s just hope Mr A doesn’t play the Discrimination Card . Holder would fold !

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  • COFemale
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 6:35pm

    Probably hired by Obama to give him reason to control the Internet. What better way to seize control than have a bunch of hired guns create havoc around the Internet.

    Of course, it also could be Korea and China, they are the biggest software/music download pirates of all countries. U.S. is about twelfth.

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  • YA-allthe-WEH
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 6:22pm

    Anonymous is just part of the machine that will push us into a controlled internet.

    Anonymous’ motto: “We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us!”

    “And Jesus asked him, saying, “What is thy name?” And he said, “Legion”: because many devils were entered into him.” Luke 8:30

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    • junior1971
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 6:41pm

      Let me go all conspiricy on y’all. Central Idiot Angency front group that was designed for the purpose of creating a crisis on internet security. The only answer will be S.O.P.A. or something quite similar. Never lete a man made emergency go to waste.

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    • barber2
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 6:42pm

      Beginning to feel like we have a new war to fight : the War on Anarchy.

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  • TheObamanation
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 6:14pm

    How many hours did it take for someone to notice they got hacked ? … ha ha ha ha ha … who goes to cbs.com ?

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    • imsteph
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 7:32pm

      LMAO!
      Probably even less than the number of people that visit msnbc…

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    • imsteph
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 7:33pm

      no wait-the same people watching the view!

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 8:01pm

      Doesn’t CBS have a bunch of sports you fans watch????
      So somebody noticed when the football was not streaming properly…

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  • Tretka
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 6:10pm

    I do not believe these hackers are what I hear them described as. They have a leader and they have connections. They are too good at this. The more I watch this, the more I think they are not so random.

    Report Post » Tretka  
    • barber2
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:41pm

      I agree with you. They are as organized and as connected as our international Lefties who are all behind the Occupies here and abroad. ! Who knows maybe these groups are all united in this secret world of anti-capitalist anarchists. They seem to have the same values and goals: destroying America and capitalism.

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  • barber2
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 6:09pm

    In addition to “revisiting ” the idea of treason, think the area of cyber crime and its punishment needs to be dealt with. This is getting totally out of hand and dangerous. Anarchists playing with computer systems is one lethal combination. ( nuclear power plants / nuclear attack signals ) Could some little tweb , wearing a black hoodie and hacking away , bring on Armageddon ?

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    • Grasshopper42
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 6:22pm

      I doubt it’s “some little tweb , wearing a black hoodie”. Probably a little more educated that. Scary, isn’t it?!?!

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    • barber2
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 6:40pm

      GRASS: Agree. Sort of a weird Western version of the secretive suicide bomber who loves life too much to want to die during the mayhem and destruction he causes…..we hope .

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 6:00pm

    These hackers are becoming more and more of a threat; what will happen, other than Obama using it as a excuse to further crack down and terrorise Americans, when they get serious and start wiping out entire networks and key industry sights and records?

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