Either this is a hoax or the unrealistic claim of a sad group of hackers. Regardless, it's still interesting to imagine what it would be like if the internet really were inaccessible to a large number of people. Even light Internet users would realize how dependent we have all become on this infrastructure.
'Anonymous' hackers plan to shut down the Internet this Saturday
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#12Why attack DNS? BGP is more vulnerable and receives less scrutiny (remember Pakistan bringing youtube down for the entire world via a misconfigured censorship attempt?). Go look at the references from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_hijacking for some horror stories.
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#13I cannot think of a better way for this group to hurt their cause and garner the animosity of much of the world. It seems to endlessly repeat throughout history- groups with an axe to grind (whether in power or rebelling against it) use blunt force to try and further their cause. They're either too lazy or not competent enough to use a scalpel so they blow up the patient to get rid of a tumor. After the majority of the populace then turns against them, they're either shocked or self-righteously indignant that everyone else doesn't "get it". It never ends.
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#14Excellent: I need an excuse to clean out the garage.
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#15I guess I'll work from home then...
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#16Either this is a hoax or the unrealistic claim of a sad group of hackers. Regardless, it's still interesting to imagine what it would be like if the internet really were inaccessible to a large number of people. Even light Internet users would realize how dependent we have all become on this infrastructure.
Pretty sure someone just uploaded a video to YouTube with a title along the lines of, "Message to The World".
IIRC, the "operation" was disavowed by all of the twitter accounts associated with the more 'mainstream' anons.
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#17At this point I think it's just FBI/CIA trying to troll us and get more cyber-laws passed.
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#18They should go more negative and turn off the sun or more positive and build a new internet that day.
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#19Has anyone besides RTM ever successfully dropped the majority of the network?
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#20Maybe it's a pre-april fools prank (as in it's probably not going to happen but the extra hype will be the prank)! No one would take it seriously (even more seriously) if this fell on sunday.