Anonymous to Hack the State of the Union?

It seems that Washington D.C. isn't the only place where preparations are being made for the annual Presidential address to the U.S. Congress , scheduled for tonight at 9 pm Eastern Time. A web site that claims to represent the hacker political activist group Anonymous—reputed to have been behind several high-profile leaks and cyberattacks , has declared that it will attempt to block the live Internet feed of the State of Union address . According to the web site, Anonymous is aggrieved by the re-introduction of the controversial CISPA cybersecurity legislation as well as reports that President Obama will issue an executive order concerning cybersecurity tomorrow. The web site says "the Internet is a sovereign territory, and does not fall under the jurisdiction of any nation state... Our determination is that President Obama is acting in direct contravention of this princi...

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@IIT_ITM » 15 Feb '13, 2pm
UPDATE: Anonymous Fails to Stop the State of the Union Speech [link]
@hytdsh » 13 Feb '13, 2am
Anonymous が合衆国オバマ大統領のインターネット生放送の妨害を予定 [link] / 成功しても失敗しても面倒くさいことになりそうな
@harrycovair » 12 Feb '13, 11pm
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