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Dropbox (was) down...

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...and these jerks are taking credit for it. Don't know how credible this is:

https://twitter.com/AnonOpsKorea/status ... 1960899585
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Really! What the heck? Has Dropbox suddenly become "the Man?" Aren't there better targets to go after?
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It appears to be a DDoS attack. I assume that security has not been compromised. YMMV. :smash:

http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/10/dropbo ... ms-credit/
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Yeah... why?!
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Lol, and they managed to piss off Anonymous in the process! Idiots! First time I've ever seen Anonymous go after other hackers... but I'm down with this.
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Looks like it was an elaborate hoax according to an update to the article cuttime posted earlier.
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