ANONYMOUS Launches Cyber Attack on Japan

[ardo]

[The] hacker group Anonymous has launched cyber attacks on Japanese government websites. The attacks are a response to last week’s revision of Japanese copyright law, which added harsh new penalties for illegal downloading.

According to a statement posted on the Internet, Anonymous declared it would carry out a "large attack" called "Operation Japan"...

Japan, home to some of the greatest technological innovations throughout history has now decided to go down the path as well and cave into the pressures of the content industry to combat piracy and copyright infringement. Earlier this week Japan approved an amendment to its copyright law which will give authorities the right to imprison citizens for up to two years simply for downloading copyrighted material
We at Anonymous believe strongly that this will result in scores of unnecessary prison sentences to numerous innocent citizens while doing little to solve the underlying problem of legitimate copyright infringement.
If this situation alone wasn’t horrible enough already, the content industry is now pushing ISPs in Japan to implement surveillance technology that will spy on and every single internet user in Japan. This would be an unprecedented approach and severely reduce the amount of privacy law abiding citizens should have in a free society.
To the government of Japan and the Recording Industry Association of Japan, you can now expect us the same way we have come to expect you in violating our basic rights to privacy and to an open internet.

The Finance Ministry suspended access to part of its website after it apparently was illegally accessed Tuesday, and the Supreme Court's website also suffered disruptions, according to government sources.

The Cabinet Secretariat's National Information Security Center warned ministries, agencies and other government entities to be on alert for further cyber-attacks.

http://www.japanprobe.com/2012/06/27/anonymous-launches-cyber-attack-on-japanese-government-opjapan/

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120627005770.htm







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[love-mibimibi]

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[greenbrain]

I love japan but this time anonymous right

 

[EzikialRage]

Being a nuisance will not change the Japanese government's mind. What ANONYMOUS is doing amounts to shooting a few spitwads on bullet proof glass.

 

[JavFanatic]

I wish Anonymous would turn its attention to the ward offices. They way they tax people for simply being in a town is criminal.

That said, I doubt Anonymous' campaign will work. It would take something more decisive than a denial of service attack for the government to back off.

Anonymous ought to be more focused on exposing government corruption. Then, I think, the policy-makers of Japan would take the kind of action Anonymous wants.

 

[roceil123]

6yrs old prisoner here they come>,<
Or is it younger?

Good luck with human rights people Japan.

 

[chrisfallout]

all there doing is fueling the fire for gov. all they want to do is make statement. but if you look at it just fueling fire for more gov to crack down on this to make bigger statement to them.

 

[ardo]

From The Yomiuri Shimbun

(Jun. 28, 2012)

The Finance Ministry found a document saying, "We are Anonymous" and "We do not forgive" had been inserted onto its website that provides information on nationally owned land lots Tuesday.


A regional office of the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry also came under a cyber-attack.


According to the ministry, an English message was found on a page displaying rainfall data on the website of the Kasumigaura River Office of the Kanto Regional Development Bureau in Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, at about 9:10 p.m. Tuesday. The ministry suspended operation of the website.


The websites of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan and the major opposition Liberal Democratic Party were difficult to access, the sources said.

 

[strife66]

save our JAV access anonymous! lease:

 

[Belion]

All the good things doesn't last for too long.... it's gonna get tougher from here... Never wait for miracles

 

[Satoru182]

I hate this shit, the internet is going down the toliet now. Now that it has become the new a more important media all the money and power hungry bastards will try to saddle it to ensure their monopoly.

 

[ninjamaster018]

Just stop buying and watching it and watch them fall and crumble. It's that simple, but at the same time it's difficult.

 

[snowyjoe]

So the law comes in effect in October...

Do we download all that we can now... or do we pray that Anonymous stops them?

 

[EzikialRage]

So the law comes in effect in October...

Do we download all that we can now... or do we pray that Anonymous stops them?

I suggest download all that you can now. A bunch of hackers with very limited resources can't stop a government who has way more resources than the hackers do.

 

[ardo]

Anonymous picks up garbage to protest Japanese download laws

...hacktivist group Anonymous has suddenly become a proponent of litter removal in Tokyo, Japan. Yes, it's a publicity stunt, but at least it's a passive one: on Saturday morning, approximately 80 masked men and women participated in Operation Anonymous Cleaning Service. The goal of the PR move was simple: to protest Japan's recently-revised laws for illegal downloading.

[youtube]S3xtaGu_5Go[/youtube]

This is the first event that Anonymous Japan has ever hosted. Changes to the country's copyright law, made on June 20, have brought some of the group's members out of their homes and into the streets, garbage bags in hand.

The updated legislation means Japanese ISPs have to begin monitoring Internet traffic for suspicious activity. Furthermore, illegal downloads of copyrighted music and movies are punishable by up to two years in prison. Anonymous argues the revised law will send many innocent people to jail for "just one click," a concept which is driving Japan's youth to seek ways of fighting back.

http://www.zdnet.com/anonymous-picks-up-garbage-to-protest-japanese-download-laws-7000000512/

 

[Belion]

So much for freedom for there is so little time to exist from the world governed by power who takes all the gifts n treasures all to themselves n offered them back to many for a price...

 

[kunoichi]

Hey Japan, how about a nice cup of anonymous VPN? :tea:

 

[EzikialRage]

Anonymous picks up garbage to protest Japanese download laws

...hacktivist group Anonymous has suddenly become a proponent of litter removal in Tokyo, Japan. Yes, it's a publicity stunt, but at least it's a passive one: on Saturday morning, approximately 80 masked men and women participated in Operation Anonymous Cleaning Service. The goal of the PR move was simple: to protest Japan's recently-revised laws for illegal downloading.

[youtube]S3xtaGu_5Go[/youtube]

This is the first event that Anonymous Japan has ever hosted. Changes to the country's copyright law, made on June 20, have brought some of the group's members out of their homes and into the streets, garbage bags in hand.

The updated legislation means Japanese ISPs have to begin monitoring Internet traffic for suspicious activity. Furthermore, illegal downloads of copyrighted music and movies are punishable by up to two years in prison. Anonymous argues the revised law will send many innocent people to jail for "just one click," a concept which is driving Japan's youth to seek ways of fighting back.

http://www.zdnet.com/anonymous-picks-up-garbage-to-protest-japanese-download-laws-7000000512/

If they are going to protest like that then I wouldn't mind them protesting in my neighborhood and maybe my yard.

 

[MXS-]

This is a sad sad day. Nothing should be black and white. I don't like whats happening to the internet all around the world, its seriously becoming more and more restricted and theres nothing we can do really.....What will happen to Akiba then? Can we keep this site going???