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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Zoraida Sambolin]... 6:23 in the East, and new this morning
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.16,0:00:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The US government's websites are now back online
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.25,0:00:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after facing a major attack from online activist group Anonymous,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.87,0:00:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anonymous lashed out after the Department of Justice busted the downloading site Megaupload.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.82,0:00:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Authorities arrested four people, including the site's founder.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.11,0:00:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anonymous retaliated by shutting down the DoJ and FBI websites,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.25,0:00:24.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as sites for several major entertainment companies.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.45,0:00:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here with the latest is Amber Lyon, she spoke exclusively
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.89,0:00:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with members of Anonymous. What did they tell you?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.51,0:00:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Amber Lyon]: Well, they said that yesterday the shut down of MegaUpload.com
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.46,0:00:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was really the straw that broke the camel's back
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.45,0:00:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've seen Anonymous protesting anti-piracy legislation all week
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.75,0:00:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,legislation such as SOPA, they say after this website was shut down,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.79,0:00:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost immediately Anons started gathering in online chatrooms
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.64,0:00:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discussing what they were going to do, and they began
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.82,0:00:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is known as Distributed Denial of Service attack against these US government websites
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.40,0:01:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a type of attack where so many computers flood a website with so much traffic
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.18,0:01:08.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it causes it to shut down. I spoke exclusively with some of these Anons who were watching
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.71,0:01:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this operation they called it, it was called...Op Megaupload.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.72,0:01:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were watching it very closely, and here's what they had to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.67,0:01:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Anonymous sees the shut down of MegaUpload as a type of internet censorship?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.80,0:01:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exactly, it's a violation of freedom of speech, and it's... Anonymous and a lot of other movements
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.28,0:01:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regard the internet as sort of independent from any governments
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.16,0:01:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they regard a government interfering in the free flow of the internet
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.50,0:01:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as stepping outside of the jurisdiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.54,0:01:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How long did it take for the Department of Justice's website to go down?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.98,0:01:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would give it seven to eight minutes, not even -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.79,0:01:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seven or eight minutes?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.32,0:01:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say seven minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.02,0:01:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is - What was the thoughts within Anonymous that it was that easy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.78,0:01:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take down the Department of Justice's website?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.40,0:02:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With enough power, and with enough manpower you can take down really much anything
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.32,0:02:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's basically the power of an absolutely massive group of people coming together
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.08,0:02:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're not happy, and this wouldn't be possible with one or two people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.52,0:02:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, it's one of those things which is very genuinely an expression of how many people are angry.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.79,0:02:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those Anons were covering up their faces because they wanted to conceal their identities, obviously.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.01,0:02:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other side of things the Department of Justice says that this site was
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.05,0:02:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allowing the illegal upload of copyrighted material
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.93,0:02:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Costing the industry somewhere near half a billion dollars a year
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.57,0:02:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you talk to Anons, the other side they believe this was some type
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.43,0:02:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of internet censorship, Zoraida.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.63,0:02:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Zoraida Sambolin]: Well they have that kind of collective effort that they can do this
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.42,0:02:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A twitter account that is affiliated with the group said
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.02,0:02:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that FBI.gov is next to go down. Did they talk about that, what was next?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.55,0:03:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Amber Lyon]: Well, they were able to take down FBI.gov for a brief period of time
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.04,0:03:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yesterday, and there's still traffic going online saying that Anons
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.94,0:03:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are targeting more websites today. We'll be monitoring that all day on CNN.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.87,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Zoraida Sambolin]: Alright, Amber Lyon, thank you so much.