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Anonymous Deletes CBS Site

Hackers also take down Universal Music again

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 22, 2012 1:23 PM CST

(Newser) – Those pesky online pirates known as Anonymous struck again today, knocking CBS.com offline for "a good period of time" and deleting all of its files, Gizmodo reports. Unlike earlier strikes this week against the Justice Department and the Motion Picture Association of America, the hackers actually deleted everything, leaving only an index page with one lonely file. Anonymous also took down Universal Music's website for the second time this week. (See what Anonymous did with 75,000 credit card numbers.)

A masked hacker, part of the Anonymous group, hacks the French presidential Elysee Palace website on January 20, 2012 near the eastern city of Lyon.
A masked hacker, part of the Anonymous group, hacks the French presidential Elysee Palace website on January 20, 2012 near the eastern city of Lyon.   (Getty Images)
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COMMENTS
Showing 3 of 21 comments
piankeshaw
Jan 23, 2012 8:16 AM CST
ANONYMOUS is the only way the 99% will have any power. Too bad it has come to this. But with the unlimited money flowing into Washington from the corporate oligarchy, voting has become irrelevant. 
LollieDotCom
Jan 23, 2012 6:33 AM CST
WHY did I have to read the comment thread to find out WHY?  WTF has happened to news that they don't remember all their damn job is  is to tell us who, what, when, where and why?   It's a short list. It's your only job. You can't remember to mention WHY?   To that I have only one more question... WHY? Oh alright, you get a pass this time. Anyone can make a mistake.  Just always remember from now on, the why is really the meat of the story.
chuckT
Jan 22, 2012 10:14 PM CST
I'm always excited to read about the latest exploits of Anonymous! They have the means to level the playing field and they are often doing so for a relatively good cause.  Things could be worse...

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