By: Aseem Gaurav on January 26, 2012
Is it possible to bring the popular social networking site Facebook down even for a day? Well, to us it doesn't seem so, but to Anonymous, the worldwide group of hacker activists (a.k.a. "hacktivists"), it could be a reality on January 28.
"An online war has begun between Anonymous, the people, and the government of the United States," the narrator begins. The reason: SOPA, PIPA and other perceived threats to Internet rights," claimed a video uploaded to YouTube on January 23.
One of the reasons that may fueled Anonymous' anger is the recent shutdown of file sharing service MegaUpload by the FBU, for the reason that the company was part of a major copyright infringement and fraud operation.
The voice in the video suggests that those who want to support the cause can download a program in order to participate in a Facebook attack. The narrator in the YouTube video says that the attack needs to be in a coordinated manner so as to bring down the servers. The chosen time, therefore, is 12 a.m., January 28.
The narrator further adds: "Do not fear. There is no way you can get caught. They cannot take down that large of a group." He emphasizes the point that the future of internet is at stake. Last year, another YouTube video, that carried the Anonymous' name, promised that Facebook would collapse on November 5, which did not happen.
As per a report, the social platform has at least 60,000 servers, which according to Anonymous is still possible to bring down.
However, in others reports, Anonymous had denied claims.
