4chan launches DDoS against entertainment industry - 2010-09-20

4chan launches DDoS against entertainment industry September 20, 2010, John Leyden, The Register

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"Operation: Payback Is A Bitch" began as an attack against Aiplex - a controversial Indian firm that works for Bollywood film studios and carries out DDoS attacks on websites hosting BitTorrent trackers that fail to respond to takedown notices - before progressing onto other entertainment industry websites. The attacks were initially coordinated via a IRC channel, which has since been taken offline.

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