Anonymous attack to Virgin Media to block the Pirate Bay in the UK

Not many days have passed from the Court of the Supreme British blocking of the Pirate Bay from five providers, and the answer comes from Anonymous, who threw the site of the Virgin Media provider because of its adherence to the block (the other four are O2, Sky Broadband, Everything Everywhere and Talk Talk).


Anonymous UK @ AnonUK
# Anonymous have just taken down # VirginMedia website again because of their involvement in the # Censorship of The Pirate Bay # TPB # OpTPB
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The Virgin Media justified the attitude of an official announcement:


"As a responsible provider (ISP), Virgin Media comply with the orders of the court but we strongly believe that addressing the issue of copyright infringement requires legal alternatives that will give access to material at the right price, in order to change habits consumer "



What is very interesting is the position taken by the operators of the Pirate Bay on the attack of Anonymous:




"We do not encourage such actions. We believe in an open and free Internet, where anyone can express his views. Even if we disagree sit with them, even if they hate us. So do not you fight them using their own methods bad. The DDoS attacks and blockages are also forms of censorship. If you want to help, start a tracker, write a manifesto, join or start a pirate organization, your friends learn the art of BitTorrent, Set up a proxy server, write your political beliefs, create a protocol P2P, pirate print some posters and fill your city with them, argue artists Promo Bay or simply become good kids and call your mother to tell her that you love "

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The Anonymous attack on the official F1 website

The Anonymous dropped the official website of Formula 1 as a protest against the recent violent incidents in Bahrain. The popular group of hackers urges drivers not to attend the race and the F1 fans not to attend either near or on their TV.




Currently the official website (formulaone.com) has returned to normal operation, but the page F1-racers.net displays the following message:


"Greetings from Anonymous


For more than a year the people of Bahrain have struggled against the oppressive regime of King Hamad bin Khalifa Al equal. Murdered in the streets, beaten, tortured, poisoned by gas, kidnapped by the police, they see their businesses to accept and vandalizing tear in their own homes.


The government insists on denying any meaningful reform and continues to use raw and violent tactics to oppress the people. Not only respecting human rights, but it gets worse day by day. For all these reasons, the F1 Grand Prix will be strongly expressed his opposition.


The status of Al-Khalifa said that it intends to use live ammunition against demonstrators during the preparation of the event. The collective punishment on whole villages to "maintain order" have already begun and is expected to intensify even more. The principles of F1 knows the situation well and yet they chose to conduct the race in Bahrain.


Furthermore, we call for the immediate release of Abdulhadi Alkhawaja who is past 70 days on hunger strike. Has not committed any crime and in fact punished for defending human rights. Release him and all political prisoners of Bahrain. Lixte this ordeal and stop using tear gas to its citizens. "


Read the official press release of Anonymous here.

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