This post is an excerpt from Brief.
Less than an hour ago, the Twitter account weeted its intention to take down Amazon.com with its LOIC application, the software designed to launch Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, as directed by the group of hackers known only as "Anonymous." The group's "Operation Payback" campaign has already hit websites like MasterCard and Visa in recent days, successfully taking the sites offline for hours.
