[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"...
				
			
	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
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
	
	