CNN Money
In one of the U.S. government’s largest anti-piracy crackdowns ever, federal agents on Thursday arrested the leaders of and shut down Megaupload.com, a popular hub for illegal file sharing.
Hours later, Megaupload’s fans turned the table on the feds. “Hacktivist” collective Anonymous said it set its sights on the U.S. Department of Justice and apparently knocked the agency’s website offline.
“We are having website problems, but we’re not sure what it’s from,” a DOJ spokeswoman told CNNMoney.
The DOJ website glitches came soon after various Twitter accounts associated with Anonymous took aim at the agency.
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