"Just hours after MasterCard's website was disabled by WikiLeaks supporters, Visa.com is now down as well. Via its Twitter account ...
Via its Twitter account (@Anon_Operation), Anonymous, an activist hacker group, claimed responsibility for the denial of service attack--part of 'Operation Payback'--that brought down Visa.com.
'TARGET: WWW.VISA.COM :: FIRE FIRE FIRE!!! WEAPONS http://bit.ly/e6iR3X ::: SET YOUR LOIC TO irc.anonops.net ::: #DDOS #PAYBACK #WIKILEAKS,' Anonymous tweeted. Shortly after it posted a tweet that read, ' IT'S DOWN! KEEP FIRING!!! #DDOS #PAYBACK #WIKILEAKS.'
Anonymous explains that Operation Payback is 'an ongoing campaign by Anonymous against major anti-piracy & anti-freedom entities.'
MasterCard and Visa are among many sites that have been targeted--and taken down--by 'hacktivists.' Websites belonging to Swiss bank PostFinance, Senator Joe Lieberman, PayPal, and Sarah Palin have also been disabled.
Like MasterCard, Visa also announced that it would suspend payments to WikiLeaks, a move that has rankled WikiLeaks supporters."
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