#opmegaupload

- #OpMegaUpload has been taking huge pace, probably one of the faster growning operations that Anonymous hackers have carried out, so far we have neglected to follow this due to is pace and limited time.

But now, the Senate of Michigan has been hacked by Sector 404 who go under the Anonymous flag. The attack which contains usernames passwords of admin and personal details of others has been uploaded to pastebin.com and comes along with the below message.

Senate Of Michigan USA Hacked by #OpMegaupload, sector 404 USA y sector Leaks 404, estamos en contra de los ILUMITATIS que controlan nuestro MUNDO, Sepan que vigilamos sus pasos de cerca. SALUDOS A OBAMA… SOMOS ANONYMOUS! NO A LA SOPA OPMEGAUPLOAD

http://pastebin.com/qwtF5wrv

@SECTOR_404 @SECTOR404USA @SECTOR404CL @SECTOR404MX @SECTOR404HN @SECTOR404SV Y @SECTORLEAKS_404

Stats from the leak:

#tangotapout fuck @danawhite  boxing is the better sport fuckface.

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When hackers angered by the UFC's support of unpopular anti-piracy legislation first took down UFC.com, UFC president Dana White was cavalier. He tweeted "I'm in the fight biz not the website biz. Who gives a ****?" Now that the company has had some more time, they've issued a formal statement on the matter:

"On Sunday, January 22nd, the UFC.com website was redirected by a criminal hacker to another website," a statement provided to MMA Fighting read. "The UFC website was quickly restored to the control of the UFC, and there is no evidence suggesting that any confidential information belonging to the company or its customers was compromised by the re-direction of the website. UFC representatives are continuing to investigate the matter and are working with law enforcement agents to prosecute those involved."

MMA Fighting's Ben Fowlkes took White to task for his response and answered White's hypothetical about who might care about the web site hack:

One answer might be: fans who have given the UFC their credit card information at some point in the past. Between online pay-per-view purchases, merchandise, and UFC Fight Club subscriptions, thousands of fans have no doubt passed important confidential information to the UFC through one of its websites, and those people might have liked a little extra reassurance from the public face of the company.

By comparison, after online shoe retailer Zappos.com was hacked earlier this month and the information for a reported 24 million accounts exposed, the company quickly sent out an email to customers to alert them to the situation and advise them to change their login and password information on any other site where they used "a same or similar password." Zappos also reassured customers that the "database that stores your critical credit card and other payment data was NOT affected or accessed."

MMA Payout points out why this issue may come back to haunt the UFC:

this is the thing about Anonymous...btw can anybody clarify this?? #anonyupload. was it the same fucker asking for donations #OpMegaupload

**if this is true my apologies for posting the site, i'm gonna have to start checking with others more and develop a better screening process before i post shit like this apparently...whoever this is...#tango down

we do not steal from supporters.

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With Anonyupload's 25 January launch date approaching, individuals reporting themselves as members of Anonymous have contacted the International Business Times UK reporting the site as a scam.

Following on from high profile shutdown of Megaupload the Anonyupload landing page appeared on Monday with a request for funding. Alleging to be affiliated with the Anonymous collective the sites architects posted a statement clarifying they hoped to have it online by 25 January - should they receive the required funding.

The new site promises to offer the same services as the now inactive Megaupload - letting users share video and music by uploading and downloading files. Following the sites appearance a number of Anonymous news sources have issued statements reporting the site as fake.

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"FYI - We have NO affiliation with this site, and by the looks of it, this is a SCAM - anonyupload.com," read one tweet from the YourAnonNews' Twitter account.

Where the scam stems is currently unknown and at the time of writing PayPal - the company used by Anonyupload to receive donations - had not responded to the International Business Times UK's requests for comment.

The Anonyupload scam rides on the back of the Anonymous collective's ongoing series of protests against internet censorship. Prior to Anonyupload's appearance the collective had mounted a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against a number of US government agencies and music companies.

The attacks were all cited as protests against the US government ordered shutdown of media-sharing site Megaupload.com by Anonymous. Following on from its initial statement, the collective issued another statement via its AnonymousIRC Twitter feed claiming the attack on the FBI the DDoS was its largest ever.

Anonymous' rampage started after the US Justice Department filed an indictment forcing the Megaupload.com site to be shutdown and calling for the arrest of its founders. The charges against Megaupload's founders currently include racketeering conspiracy, money laundering and plotting to commit copyright infringement.

Prior to this the collective had actively protested the US' Stop Online Piracy and Protect Intellectual Property acts.

Though the fragmented nature of Anonymous makes it difficult to verify which operations it is actually involved in, the collective's central Twitter channels have publicised three new high profile campaigns:

Censorship Wars: Anonymous Hackers Turn Attention to Europe's Acta

OpMegaupload: Anonymous Attack US Online Security Website in SOPA Protest

Anonymous vs Boko Haram: Amnesty International Answer OpNigeria II Call to Arms