Anonymous to shut down the internet
Anonymous, the leaderless hacking collective, has vowed to effectively shut down the entire internet on 31 March.
The logo of hacker collective Anonymous (image: Forbes)
The group, which has been credited for bringing down sites such as HBGary, Amazon and Sony’s PlayStation Network, said they would attempt the shutdown to highlight the problems facing the internet, and to “protest SOPA (The Stop Online Piracy Act), Wall Street, our irresponsible leaders and the beloved bankers who are starving the world for their own selfish needs out of sheer sadistic fun”.
Anonymous communicates through Pastebin, and in the latest entry they detailed exactly how they will achieve their goal. The initiative is called Operation Global Blackout, and will be done by shutting down the “13 root DNS servers of the Internet”.
The group claims that it will attempt to prevent users of the net from performing domain name searches (entering any URL or doing a Google search), causing an error screen. “By cutting these off the Internet, nobody will be able to perform a domain name lookup, thus, disabling the HTTP Internet, which is, after all, the most widely used function of the Web.”
Although they will attack the entire internet, the group isn’t sure how long it will last. “It may only last one hour, maybe more, maybe even a few days. No matter what, it will be global. It will be known.”
Charlie Fripp – Online editor
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