Anonymous 'goes nuclear' in Megaupload revenge attack...

THE SHADOWY Anonymous collective is congratulating itself this morning after a "thermo-nuclear" hacking operation which took down a host of US government and entertainment websites overnight in revenge for the closure by authorities of file-sharing site Megaupload.

But cooler heads are warning yesterday's attacks might have destroyed in one fell swoop public support for the 'blackout' campaign against two restrictive new anti-piracy laws being debated in Congress.

CNN reports that Megaupload is accused of "massive worldwide online piracy of copyrighted works" costing the entertainment industry $500m in lost revenue. The US Justice Department said yesterday that 20 search warrants had been executed in eight countries and that approximately $50m in assets had been seized. Megaupload's co-founders Kim 'Dotcom' Schmitz and Mathias Ortmann were arrested in Auckland, New Zealand. Full story...

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