Visa DOWN: WikiLeaks Supporters Take Down Site As 'Payback'

[Maffia171]

Not sure if its supposed to be in Tech Talk & News or General News ;_;


Just hours after MasterCard's website was disabled by WikiLeaks supporters, Visa.com is now down as well.

Via its Twitter account (@Anon_Operation), Anonymous, an activist hacker group, claimed responsibility for the denial of service attack--part of "Operation Payback"--that brought down Visa.com.

"TARGET: WWW.VISA.COM :: FIRE FIRE FIRE!!! WEAPONS http://bit.ly/e6iR3X ::: SET YOUR LOIC TO irc.anonops.net ::: #DDOS #PAYBACK #WIKILEAKS," Anonymous tweeted. Shortly after it posted a tweet that read, " IT'S DOWN! KEEP FIRING!!! #DDOS #PAYBACK #WIKILEAKS."

Anonymous explains that Operation Payback is "an ongoing campaign by Anonymous against major anti-piracy & anti-freedom entities."

MasterCard and Visa are among many sites that have been targeted--and taken down--by "hacktivists." Websites belonging to Swiss bank PostFinance, Senator Joe Lieberman, PayPal, and Sarah Palin have also been disabled.

Like MasterCard, Visa also announced that it would suspend payments to WikiLeaks, a move that has rankled WikiLeaks supporters.

 

[ThePro]

This is their IRC, if you wanna check it out, it's the biggest IRC Chat i've seen in years..


IRC channel: irc.anonops.net
Channel: #operationpayback

 

[xKNiiVeS]

I <3 Anons. 4chan.com/b/

 

[[FF]TeddyBear]

I support Assange and his endeavours, I think he's innocent :l

 

[ThePro]

You know, Assange was on the most wanted list of the US, for guess what...

RAPE.

Yeah, right.

 

[GPow69]

I <3 Anons. 4chan.com/b/

4chan.org -.-




Love it. The power of Anon is enough to take down multi-billion dollar companies.


Don't fuck with Anonymous. They will fuck you back, 50 times harder.

 

[[FF]TeddyBear]

I <3 Anons. 4chan.com/b/

4chan.org -.-




Love it. The power of Anon is enough to take down multi-billion dollar companies.


Don't fuck with Anonymous. They will fuck you back, 50 times harder.

With HIV positive dildo's :troll:

 

[Mauri]

This is pretty fucking awesome

 

[MiRc34]

Awesome lmao...
When will people stop fucking things up?

 

[Panki]

Being anon is so ftw. God bless the internet!

 

[Mave]

Never underestimate their power.

 

[Impulse]

A Dutch boy of 16 years got arrested for helping with this attack a couple of days ago
Today the site of the police and the OM were down for some time, Anonymous claimed responsability. So damn awesome.

 

[ThePro]

I just happend to know a 16 year old dutch who helped with the attack...

Let's hope it wasn't him