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First its Facebook page was banned. Now, hacker group Anonymous' 'Operation Payback' Twitter account appears to have been suspended.
The pro-WikiLeaks Anonymous has been leading the charge against those have crossed WikiLeaks--including MasterCard and Visa, which stopped processing WikiLeaks payments.
UPDATE: Anonymous' Operation Payback seems to be back on Twitter with several new Twitter accounts, including @Anon_Operationn and @AnonOperation.
Originally posted by schrodingers dog
reply to post by HunkaHunka
Yes yes, then they added another 'n' and reopened a new one.
Serious Tweeting!
Originally posted by Gakus
rofl, I'll tell you right now Anon does not have the power to take down Facebook or Twitter, if they did they would of done it a long time ago for the "lulz."
Keep thinking that though.
Originally posted by schrodingers dog
reply to post by Gakus
I dunno, they did just take down pp and posted this on their twitter feed:
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/2cf7d43f990a.png[/atsimg]
Too freaking funny!
Originally posted by BrokenCar
reply to post by Gakus
Why would they not have the power? Please explain.
I would think if they can take down Mastercard they could probably at least hurt Facebook or Twitter. I think its naive to underestimate a group like that especially when they are obviously passionate about their cause.
Twitter down, reportedly hacked by "Iranian Cyber Army" by Jay Hathaway on December 18, 2009 at 01:25 AM