Cyber-War is upon us..

So, here is a little background in to what has led us to where we are today.

The US government had recently made an attempt to introduce a few bills that would ultimately change the face of the internet. These bills are known as PIPA and SOPA. Though it appears that these bills have been set forth to protect the intellectual copyrights of licensed products floating around the internet and being pirated, the reality is that these bills were just another attempt to take away the rights and freedoms of the citizens of the country in "lieu of security."

Unfortunately, post 9/11, the world has taken a significant turn. People from around the world have been forced to give up various levels of privacy in an attempt to promote safety and security. Is the world any safer than it was pre-9/11? Maybe. Has it come at a cost? Absolutely! These two bills that were on the verge of becoming law, were just one more avenue to give the governments more access to our freedoms, and consequently revoking our rights.

So, fast forward to the week of January 16th/2012:
The FBI took down the popular file sharing site known as megaupload.com. In line with this, they arrested several people associated with this site (if you go to the site today, you will find a notice by the department of justice "explaining" the seizure of the site.

Almost immediately, the hacker group known as "Anonymous" took action against the DOJ (Department of Justice) as well as the FBI, and several other sites by launching a cyber-attack against their websites, ultimately rendering them inaccessible.

This all came at the same time as the republican presidential debate, where the candidates all made mention of their opposition against the bill (SOPA). Following this, and all the other events that transpired, the bill was taken off the table - for now.

Now that is the short end of the background to what has begun at the beginning of 2012.