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"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." – Thomas Jefferson

In a brief moment of feeling a little bit more like a "Hacktivist" as well as generous, I will help to educate those of you on last nights events, and what really happened.

The attacks against the U.S. government web servers, as well as the RIAA, MPAA, and French Copyright Authority, are being called hacks. This is simply not true. The attack was called a "DDoS", or rather, a "Distributed Denial of Service" attack. This is simply many people flooding a web server with requests until it becomes unreachable by anybody because they become overloaded.

Why does this matter? It matters because while being a simple (albeit large scale) attack, it was effective. It also matters because now, everyone is aware of Anonymous, and the issues at hand with SOPA/PIPA. Many are outraged. The good news? Due to the nature of the simplicity of a DDoS attack, the next time something like this happens, you can participate without needing any knowledge of "hacking". And you should. We all should.

For legal reasons I cannot explain the procedure here, but anyone with questions might want to google “LOIC”. Last nights attack was the largest in history, but if SOPA is passed, it will be so much worse. I guarantee it.

We are anonymous. We are legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.