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Anonymous retaliates for Demonoid takedown

Josh Peterson Contributor
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Anonymous brought down three Ukrainian government websites in the first part of a plan to avenge the loss of Demonoid, a popular bittorrent tracker seized by Ukrainian authorities earlier this week.

“In retaliation for your criminal acts against us and the free flow of information, we have already begun an operation against those responsible. Lazers are already being fired,” read a press release on anonpr.net, the collective’s public relations blog.

The collective also released a statement on YouTube, condemning authorities involved in shutting down Demonoid with language that could be described as provocative, even for Anonymous.

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