Megaupload, a file sharing website has been closed down, and arrested it's founder in a very dramatic style.
23-Jan-12:
Mr. Dotcom (AKA Kim Schmitz) has recruited Robert Bennett (known for defending President Bill Clinton during the Lewinsky scandal).
Not surprisingly, Anonymous started a retaliation attack, hours after the arrest was announced. However, this time their accomplices in the attack were unsuspecting internet users.
22-Feb-2012:
Kim is granted bail, with a long list of conditions
01-Mar-2012:
A TV interview with Kim Dotcom
05-Mar-2012:
Hackers fool Anonymous and their supporters.
Hackers have duped supporters of the Anonymous group into installing the Zeus botnet, which steals confidential information from PCs, including banking usernames and passwords, security researchers said last week.07-Mar-2012:
Not surprisingly Anonymous refutes the claim that there was malware in their DDoS tool.
19-Mar-2012:
Google defends Hotfile and Megaupload (indirectly). Of course, goes without saying, the real reason here is Google's own Youtube.
01-June-2012:
Another update on this battle. Looks like the lawyers are playing their game now.
21-Jul-2012:
This is insane, Mr KimDotCom releases a video against the president of the USA
22-Jan-2013:
All right people, we now have the new and improved version of megaupload, with a user-side fit-for-army encryption.
24-Jan-2013:
Looks like there are some serious security lapses in this new 'security conscience' website. There is a MegaCracker as well to decrypt passwords from the auto-emails sent to the users.
12-Feb-2013:
Mega calls all white hats
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