operation payback

Wikipedia blames malicious DDoS attack after site goes down across Europe, Middle East

Wikipedia was forced offline in several countries Friday after a cyber attack hit the global encyclopedia. Users across Europe and parts of the Middle East experienced outages shortly before 7pm, BST,

FBI kicks some of the worst ‘DDoS for hire’ sites off the internet

The FBI has seized the domains of 15 high-profile distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) websites after a coordinated effort by law enforcement and several tech companies. Several seizure warrants grant

Not Smart: Operation Payback Fights Wikileaks' Enemies With Denial Of Service Attacks

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/operationpayback.jpg" />See, now this is getting silly. A group calling itself “Anonymous” has started to coordinate denial of servic