Anonymous Threaten To Take Down Xbox LIVE Servers

Anonymous, the global-collective hacking group has threatened to hit servers, including Xbox LIVE over the FBI take-down of MegaUpload.

Having already taken down websites that include those of the US Department of Justice and Universal Music Group, demands are now being made that if MegaUpload is not restored within 72 hours – The UN, Xbox Live, US Bank, Capital One, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube will be struck down.

Megaupload is an online Hong Kong–based company that was established in 2005 offering a one-click hosting service that was riddled with online piracy, a fault of its users and not the service provider. The site was shut down without due process by the U.S. Justice Department on January 19th, 2012 during an investigation into alleged copyright infringement. It’s worth noting that this has nothing to do with SOPA or PIPA which is a comletely separate issue.

MegaUpload says they’re going to fight back, as quoted by their lawyer Ira Rothken:

The company is looking at its legal options for getting back its servers and its domain and getting its servers back up online. Megaupload will vigorously defend itself. It is really offensive to say that just because people can upload bad things, therefore Megaupload is automatically responsible.

Anonymous have kick started a campaign dubbed #OpMegaUpload to get the service restored with retaliation attacks set to take place over the new few days. If you sign into Xbox LIVE and it’s not available – you know why !!

We are unaware of how Microsoft are dealing with the threat.

Source: WeBPro & [Thanks to Daniel .S for the Tip]

Posted by Jason Andrews on January 20, 2012 - Who can often be found on Xbox LIVE as Jason of Duty

61 comments

Guest

You should probably cite the threat…

http://www.thisisxbox.com/ Jason

The video is now included from Anonymous

Gazzy_2k7

Im glad anonymous are doing this! the US government thinks that they own the internet when they don’t!

Jake

You’re glad they’re hacking legit sites because the FBI shut down a site that was actually committing crime by its legal definition, which had servers residing INSIDE the United States? All common sense has apparently gone out the window, might as well blow it all up at this point!

Nothic

The site itself was not doing anything. The users were. Megaupload deletes copyrighted material, and bans people who upload them just like the rest. I can name dozens of files hosting sites that are riddled with copyright infringing material that aren’t taken down. Megaupload got taken down because of it’s users, not for commiting a crime.
Rob

They are doing it because Megauploads site was taken down without trial. Isn’t it suppose to be Innocent until proven guilty? It was also right after the SOPA blackout so it seems like a retaliation by the governement. If they can just take down a website because they think its bad, what kind of power will they have if SOPA passes.

Guest

thats the greatness of the newest law that passed right under our feet while we all protested SOPA and PIPA and that law is called NDAA research it will blow your mind
Nicholas Jabbour

Agreed. This very much seems like a govt attempt to scare us. You know, right after the SOPA/PIPA protest, they basically give us the message of “FUCK YOU! We don’t even NEED SOPA/PIPA to do what we want! So you better stay in line!” You know what i mean?

Nicholas Jabbour

I agree with you about hacking legal sites: It’s stupid. Those sites did nothing wrong. However, A) MegaUpload is not the criminal, its users who were posting copyrighted content are. B) MegaUpload actively deleted any copyrighted content found, so they were doing their part more than what many other similar sites were doing, and yet they’re the only one knocked out. C) At best, this is an example of the govt’s laziness. Instead of going after the individual users posting copyrighted content (like they should have been since the beginning), they just put a blanket charge on the site’s owners, even though they’ve done nothing wrong. Imagine being a restaurant manager and getting arrested for employing illegal immigrants, even though you’ve avoided it to the best of your ability and fired them when you found out they were? That’s essentially what this is like.

http://twitter.com/Bolzoo Mikael Reichler

Funny enough, a LOT of traffic goes through USA and they DO “own” a big part of the internet. But the USA are still wrong by taking down MegaUpload
Jb2111

Yeah, they’re really getting back at the U.S. government by shutting down XBox live. Piss off you moron.
Nicholas Jabbour

Annnnnnnd how does shutting down sites like Youtube and Facebook help, especially when the owners of both those sites openly oppose SOPA/PIPA, which would increase takedowns like MegaUpload? I agree with Anon’s decision to shut down all the .gov sites like they did a few days ago (even if it might have been a bit unwise, cuz of the public perception of it), but this is ridiculous.

Guest

Any other citations? Perhaps Anonops or another source with more than 1 day of activity and nothing else?
AnonymousVzla

fuck yeah!!!!

+10 Anonymous
Tgi Friday

Am I the only person who feels that anonymous’ ddos attacks are an unimpressive method of “taking down” these sites? If they were truly experts then shouldn’t they be able to do a lot more damage?

Derp

Congrats, you figured out anonymous!

Derp

And I’m not being sarcastic.

Anonymous

Well after they FAILED to bring down FaceBook on November 5th 2011 I lost my faith in Anon. :/

Amberxlee13

Anon wasn’t behind that….

http://twitter.com/Maggot6666666 Tyler Roberts

We are unaware of how Microsoft are dealing with the threat.

Should be “…Microsoft is dealing….” or

“…how Microsoft is going to deal…”
Qwe

>Twitter, Facebook and YouTube

Those sites are anti SOPA you cunts.
>”If you don’t do what i say i will kill my allies!”
Damn, this is the best plan ever.
Anonymous

Sooooo…because the US Government took down an unrelated, private website, Anonymous will bring down Xbox Live?!!!! That’s like punching a complete stranger because your wife sleeps with your friend – ie, ridiculous. Not that Anonymous’ behaviour isn’t generally ethically flawed, but this is a stretch even for them.
Thetruth91

SO many tools here defending ANON. I don’t support SOPA but get ready for increased data caps and rights restricted.

Those with power will always fear others with power. Be it more or less. Sooner or later hacking will become so damn punishable.

In the end the users (you and me) are going to get straight $#%#% by regulations. You can only hide behind a computer screen for so long.
Anzaiye_zomitawien

excuse me, but why take down xbox live when it is not owned by the government, nor is related to any form of law enforcement? just some computer corperation that is very famous.

CampingNoob

another thing. why bother us gamers? all if not, then the majority of us gamers pretty much are agsint sopa/pipa. you already got so much hate over your attack on psn. if you struck xbox live, you will have all the hate in the world.

Chris

It has to be a bluff. Anon stopped their last attack against the PSN servers because they realized they were only hurting the people who play their games. So why would they punish us, the people they claim to defend, again by hacking the PSN and Xbox LIVE servers?
guest

This is fake. There is no #opglobalblackout, check the uploader, 2 days old 1 video, hardly a credible source and it’s the only one out there.

Anyone can claim to be annon, that’s just one individual throwing names, taking down sites not connected with the issue at hand isn’t their style.

Delete this,check your facts, reword what you need to, and if it’s even news worthy, try again.

If you want a more accurate news feed, copy/paste this everywhere this “news” story comes up.
Rinchun1102

Megauploadに関しては残念すぎますね

Anonymous頑張れ:-)
http://twitter.com/Aussie_Legend Mitchell Bennett

Oh Anonymous why…
Dabest77

OHH HELL NO . I WILL FIND YOU IF YOU EVEN TOUCH MY SHIT. Believe me when i tell you ill find one of your lil fagboys and make THE BIGGEST example of him.
Kgould01

fuck you anonymous. limewire was shutdown for the same reason and you have to pay for it. the owners of megaupload will have to charge ppl to use it.
http://twitter.com/Johnnyboy3600 John Murphy

Why do people think this is good? Hackers are so annoying and gay. Why ruin everyone elses fun. I hope these pricks get caught and locked up…
Shaynlevesque

I Love Anonymous!! they do what’s right for the people!
Anonymous

its about f**ken time a war that anyone can join, F**ck the us gov and their rules about online piracy (Anonymous you have my blessing) the world should stand up and fight as one. the internet is all we have to educate our self. (Fight The Power)

ownsyou

lol u suck. Anonymous are just a bunch of pussys.

123123

Anonymous Did not conform this and the op is OpMegaupload.
Yup

Noobs > Anonymous
AnonyousMember

We are NOT taking down any websites, this is not what Anonymous stand for! All updates can be found on the official Anonops Twitter and Blog.

All Anonymous operations will have a REAL person wearing one of our Guy Fawkes masks. They will also talk in a real voice, not this stupid Microsoft Sam crap!

We are Anonymous
We are Legion
We do not Forgive
We do not Forget
Expect us – Always

owns you

noob no one cares wat u think

Imzy

I dont see why anon are attacking these sites though. most of these sites users dont agree with SOPA. attacking those who actually agree with a vast majority of there causes, such as when they shut down westboro baptist church site. i agreed with that. but this is just going to make them loose supporters.

Bobthecableman

They are hacking sites that AGREED AND SUPPORT S.O.P.A so thats why. :/

Sasuke881luffy

we are the heros
Anon is super cool for real

Too cute.
Julian

Blog with regular upadates about situation and attacks :
http://www.julianvogin.me/2012/01/20/la-cyber-guerre-ou-ww3-a-commence/
kyle

Anonymous Who Cares Megaupload had loads of movies videos and programs which you needed to buy they were in the wrong what you need to do is demand that weed is legal in the us and united kingdom we all know the government just want us to buy there rubbish pills so they can make money that is wrong weed is 100% safe Please think about what i just said and do it
Anonymous

Good thing Im not a US citizen
Guest

I actually want them to down Xbox Live.. Imagine what they’d give us for staying on Xbox, as it’s down WHILE i have Xbox Live gold.. Anyways, i don’t really use my Xbox alot..
Also, i doubt anon will be able to hack xbox servers.
Also, if you can anon, YOU ARE AWESOME BEST OF LUCK
http://twitter.com/LNO_Nova LNO Nova

anonymous ain’t goona do shit sorry your LOIC ain’t goona do it ViRuZMaFiA^
triforceguy

THIS IS FAKE. Anonymous are not stupid enough to believe that anything they could do could take down websites as massive as twitter, facebook and youtube. Websites that are designed to have millions of users aren’t going down unless the actual servers were destroyed, and even that is near impossible due to the masses of back-ups those 3 websites have. Just look at that video! That is not an anonymous message and this is painfully fake news.
PS: @Theoneyouhate That wasn’t anonymous who started that operation, it was a hoax, like I said before, they would not organize a raid that was very obviously impossible.
Gamertag: Command

Everyone that believes this is so clueless, Anonymous is an idea. The people you are talking about go by the name of “AnonOps” and a lot of the times they don’t go by what is said about them because they never even said it..someone pretending to be them did, so at least cite the source, because other than a couple of true facts, I just see lies..and like I stated before, how can an idea take down a server?
A8v8z8_z13

go anonymous ………………………
John Bate

anonymous are a bunch of overweight virgins living in there mums basements. oh wow they can take down websites no one cares. they obviously have to much time on there hands and have nothing else better to do. they seriously need to get laid and get outside and breathe in that fresh air instead of being behind a computer screen.

Blackhell100

You punk ass idiots need to get over it your saying anonymous has no lives yet your on the Internet complaining about your precious xbox live like a bunch of 10 year olds so grow up and let them do what they have to do
Xqoioq

Lol your clearly the virgin, searching for things that deal with anonymous just to get your feelings out. why don’t you learn what outside actually is instead of talking about it. Anonymous is trying to prevent things that the government is doing, as in taking away many things on the internet. Do you like facebook? if so then you should be on their side because if the bills go through then say bye bye to facebook and hi to some stupid site that is created by the government for their own personal gain.

Jim

if Anonymous want their voice to be heard they don’t want to take down anyone servers people want. take down anything promoting; SOPA, PIPA and ACTA
Knightthegreat

If Anonymous takes down xboxLIVE or YouTube, they no longer have my support. They can take down any and all websites except those two and still have my full support.
Pieflame88

gazzy… the government technically does own it they were the original creators but i somewhat support but i dont whats the point in attacking XBL? plus XBL has some of the best technicians in the world working in case of hackers. also i bet their computers use microsoft, if they take down XBL that will comprimise microsoft, and might cause microsoft to take down their networks
http://twitter.com/Eddie267 Eddie

Thats crazy I hope that SOPA and PIPA pass so they can fuck theres hackers and get rid of scam sites on the web, child porn etc.
I support SOPA and PIPA!
Enemy of Anonymous

Fuck Anonymous these people suck, they bring down X-box live and alotta people will hate them. I swear to God if I find one of these douchebag hackers…

Kyle Ridgell

Xbox is down right now…
Qoioqx

lol if you “find one” good luck if you can find one then the gov can defiantly find one, and since they cant i highly doubt you can even guess where one of them would be.

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