Could Anonymous really shut down the internet?

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posted on 2024-07-11, 18:30 authored by Philip BranchPhilip Branch

In a statement posted online last month, hacker collective Anonymous announced plans to shut down the internet. Yes, you read that right. Operation Global Blackout, planned for March 31, is apparently a protest against 'SOPA [Stop Online Piracy Act], Wallstreet (sic), our irresponsible leaders and the beloved bankers who are starving the world for their own selfish needs'. So how serious are these threats?

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