The domain registrar / web hosting company has been working on the problem which killed access to emails and sites...but how do you fix a problem called Anonymous? The hacktivist group was alleged to have taken responsibility via tweet, which is so de rigueur. They take issue with GoDaddy's support of both the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) legislation that has been threatening to censor and restrict the shit outta the interwebs. Both of those are very bad, but is the answer to effectively cripple small businesses that use web titan to make a point?
Some of the websites noted in news reports who took to complaining on Twitter about the outages included MixForSale.com, which sells accessories with Japanese animation themes, and YouWatch.org, a video-sharing site. And Catherine Grison, an interior designer in San Francisco who operates the site YourFrenchAccent.com, said she had to stop sending emails with her website link in them while the outage was ongoing. And Kenneth Borg, a Long Beach, CA screen printer, reported fresnodogprints.com and two other sites were down, along with their email addresses. Hmmm, we lost a clone of YouTube, and the ability to get canine pictures in Central California? Maybe they did us a favor in quieting cyberspace after all...
UPDATE: It's now said that Anonymous was not responsible...but misinformation is one of their tools!
UPDATE: It's now said that Anonymous was not responsible...but misinformation is one of their tools!
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