UK ISP, Virgin Media’s, compliance with the law seems to have angered Anonymous, which has responded with a DDOS attack.
Well, here we go again.
Last week Virgin Media became the first ISP to comply with a high court ruling that orders internet service providers in the UK to block access to torrent sharing site, The Pirate Bay. Other ISPs are expected to follow suit shortly.
In response, Anonymous has used a DDOS attack to take down Virginmedia.com.
“#Anonymous have just taken down #VirginMedia website again because of their involvement in the #Censorship of The Pirate Bay #TPB #OpTPB,” tweeted Anonymous UK.
That’s right, it’s virgin versus virgins in a battle to the death. I’m sorry, that one was irresistible, please don’t hack us.
Virginmedia.com is still down at the time of writing, but store.virginmedia.com seems to be working normally, meaning Virgin probably aren’t losing money over this.
“Virgin Media prides itself on being a responsible ISP, and acts under instruction of Court Orders to block sites deemed by the courts to be infringing copyright,” reads an official statement Virgin released when it announced its compliance with the law.
The last time something like this happened, Anonymous took down a whole bunch of websites in quick succession (usually right as I was about to hit the publish button), so expect updates to this article.
Source: Eurogamer
Published: May 9, 2012 10:30 am