14-12-2016 15:11 via theverge.com

Anonymous groups attacked Black Lives Matter website for six months

On May 1st, an Anonymous-affiliated group called Ghost Squad announced an attack on Black Lives Matter, using a denial-of-service attack to take down and deface the website blacklivesmatter.com for most of the day. Ghost Squad took credit for the attack in a Max Headroom-styled YouTube video the next day, accusing the group of anti-white racism. The video drew the expected headlines and attention — but for the site itself, it was only the beginning.
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