Operation Payback is an operation which is inflicting co-ordinated attacks on opponents of Internet Privacy. This is mainly a reaction after shutting down of popular file-sharing site, Megaupload.
Anonymous is mainly causing DDoS attacks. They are defacing high-profile websites as well. FBI and Department of Justice websites have fallen victim to Anonymous's attack previously. Anonymous has released a video regarding this as well.
A huge number of hackers are involved in this operation. A lot of sites have been either defaced or shutdown. The hacked sites consist of a number of Government sites as well.
The list of hacked sites has been posted in Pastebin.
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