The group used a DDoS attack to briefly knock the site offline as a show of solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protestors. Trading wasn’t affected while the site was down. The group posted a YouTube video in early October warning that the attack would take place. This warning probably gave the NYSE time to bolster their site’s defences against the Anonymous threat.
The attack wasn’t popular amongst the majority of Anonymous members. Many thought that the attack would create bad press for the Occupy Wall Street movement. They also might have realised that the takedown was going to be sort of sad. [Chicago Tribune]
BenDTU
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 10:14 AMNo doubt there are anons out there hailing this as some sort of amazing victory, nonetheless.
brad
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 12:32 PMbunch of dickheads. what are they? like 6 years old or something? oooo i can ddos and take a website down. way to be an hero douche bags!
tell the world when you do something of significance. like, taking down the actual nyse ffs!
Daniel
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 10:09 PMWell look at your comment – you’re getting pretty angry by the looks of things, so it must’ve worked in some form.
logical
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 9:16 PMOMG A LEGION OF 13 YEAR OLD NOW RUN NEW YORK
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES