http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2126733/Anonymous-takes-Home-Office-website-attack-Government-surveillance-plans.html By Pamela Owen Mail Online 7 April 2012 The Home Office website has gone down after an apparent cyber attack in protest against Government surveillance plans. A message on the site said the page was currently unavailable 'due to a high volume of traffic', suggesting a denial of service attack had been perpetrated. A message on Twitter claiming to be from Anonymous, a loosely organised group of hackers who promote access to free speech, information and transparency, said the action was 'for [the Home Office's] draconian surveillance proposals'. However, another message claimed it was over extradition rules from the UK to the U.S. One tweet claiming to be from Anonymous said: 'You should not give UK citizens to foreign countries without evidence. If an offence happened in the UK, so should the trial.' [...] _______________________________________________ LayerOne Security Conference May 26-27, Clarion Hotel, Anaheim, CA http://www.layerone.orgReceived on Mon Apr 09 2012 - 00:56:45 PDT
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