Facebook Was Shut Down by Anonymous Hackers !

Facebook experienced service outages for portions of its 900 million users tonight after the social networking site was apparently targeted by hacking group Anonymous.
Taking to Twitter to express their displeasure, Facebook users from the United States to Singapore reported being unable to log onto the website for around three hours from approximately 8 p.m till about 11 p.m EST.
The mass outages for the famously reliable social networking site capped off a topsy-turvy two weeks for founder Mark Zuckerberg after Facebook's stock closed at $29.60 per share on Thursday, down 22 percent from its offering price of $38.
Facebook admitted they experienced problems during the evening: 'Earlier today, some users briefly experienced issues loading the site. The issues have since been resolved and everyone should now have access to Facebook. We apologise for any inconvenience.'
However, hacking group Anonymous indicated via its Twitter account that it was behind the slowdown and when asked Facebook did not deny this.
'Looks like good old Facebook is having packet problems' was one tweet posted by @YourAnonNews as well as 'Oh yeah ... RIP Facebook a new sound of tango down, b------.'

On Twitter at around 10 p.m EST, 'RIP Facebook' was among the top ten trending topics in the United States and across the world.
Earlier on in the day members of the Anonymous hacking collective had claimed credit for the attack on the American Nazi Party's website and caused a denial-of-service to the right wing group's internet presence.The site was working again by Thursday evening.
Indeed, even mobile devices were not spared as some Facebook users on iOS and Android devices reported being affected by the outage.
Facebook is famous for not suffering from extensive outages, while users of Twitter have come to expect short interruptions in service.

-dailymail.co.uk

Hackers claim to have defaced 500 China websites

Hacker group Anonymous has claimed to have defaced around 500 websites in China to protest against the Chinese government's strict control of its citizens, BBC reported.

The targets included government sites, official agencies and trade groups among others.


The websites defaced had a same message posted on them that chided the government for its repressive policies.

"Dear Chinese government, you are not infallible, today websites are hacked, tomorrow it will be your vile regime that will fall," it read.

The group urged Chinese people to join Anonymous and stage their own protests against the government.

The announcement about the defacements was made via an Anonymous China account.

A list of the 485 sites affected was put on another website called Pastebin, said BBC.

Separate Pastebin messages showed email addresses and other personal details that were stolen when sites were penetrated.

China has one of the most comprehensive web surveillance systems in the world, dubbed the "Great Firewall of China".

The BBC said the system "reinforces its broader social controls. The system polices where Chinese people can go online and tries to restrict what they can talk about".

On the defaced pages, the Anonymous attackers also posted links to advice that could help people avoid official scrutiny of what they do and say online.

There has been no official confirmation of the defacements. Media reports said government officials denied any hacking had taken place.