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'Anonymous' says it won't shut down internet

by Central Scrutinizer

Mar 30, 2012

'Anonymous' says it won't shut down internet
"Operation Global Blackout 2012 looks to shut down the internet for a whole day on Saturday by disabling its core DNS servers, making websites inaccessible," says Interpol official.

NEW DELHI: Will hackers, allegedly associated with a group called Anonymous, shut down internet on March 31? According to the group's Twitter account, from where it communicates with the world, the answer is no.

"What is this #OperationGlobalBlackout nonsense? I thought we settled this back in February? It won't happen. Stop asking us about it! >.<," the group's account (@youranonnews) tweeted on March 29.

Another account (@AnonymousIRC), added, "Dear Netizens, Internet will remain online. And to the death we will defend it. Always. Sail strong and do not get distracted by trolls." REST 'O Da Story here: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/internet/Anonymous-say...

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    FROM YAHOO:

    Twitter handles associated with Anonymous are suggesting that Operation Blackout," a rumored attempt to shut down the Internet scheduled for March 31, was never an officially sanctioned plan.

    Operation Blackout calls for a highly-focused Distributed Denial of Service attack on what it said are the Internet's 13 root Domain Name System (DNS) servers. It was announced in February as a protest against SOPA, Wall Street and "our irresponsible leaders and the beloved bankers who are starving the world."

    [More from Mashable: A History of Hacktivism [INFOGRAPHIC]]

    The release suggested such an attack would temporarily disable the DNS system, which turns a web address such as "www.mashable.com" into an IP address that directs a user's browser to the proper server. That's not exactly the same as taking down the entire Internet, but Anonymoussaid that didn't matter.

    "Anybody entering 'http://www.google.com' or ANY other url, will get an error page, thus, they will think the Internet is down, which is, close enough," reads the release. "Remember, this is a protest, we are not trying to 'kill' the Internet, we are only temporarily shutting it down where it hurts the most."

     

    As the weekend drew nearer, Twitter accounts associated with Anonymous denied such an attack was on the horizon.

     

    MOre: http://news.yahoo.com/anonymous-probably-wont-shut-down-internet-we...

    Mar 30, 2012