Anonymous attacks the United States Copyright Office. After hitting riaa.org during the weekend of October 30 and 31, Anonymous members have turned their attention towards the U.S. Copyright Office and are coordinating a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against its Web site. On September 28, Anonymous began a DDoS campaign dubbed Operation Payback against the entertainment industry and anti-piracy organizations. It started after an Indian company called Aiplex Software openly admitted to attacking Torrent sites that failed to respond to takedown notifications sent on behalf of movie studios. So far, the group’s targets have included music and film industry associations, law firms involved in copyright litigation, record labels and even artists, who were vocal against Internet piracy. It was not immediately clear if there is any specific reason why copyright.gov has become the main target, except for the organization’s mission to protect copyrights.
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