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Well, at least nobody can accuse them of not having a sense of humor; from their status page: "We now join the ranks of MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, et al.—an excl

• coderdude 16y ago
  That's just the owner of 4chan, who I doubt condones the attacks his community performs on other sites. This status page doesn't represent how the channers feel about not being able to access something they want to access.
  • nakkiel 16y ago
    I like your emphasis! I will never ever tell my story enough of how I was in a really sad story in a developing country, badly in need of (a lot of) cash and ended up borrowing what is here several months worth salary from a local friend to settle the issue because I couldn't withdraw from ATMs thanks to Anonymous. That is the day I truly realized there was at least one person I could ask anything, so I'm not too mad at them. Well maybe that's because I put myself into that situation too :)
    • quadhome 16y ago
      When did Anonymous disable an interbank network?
      • electromagnetic 16y ago
        Interbank network? Have you been to some of the rural dumps in North America or Europe that are modem based? I even saw one in rural France that used a web interface and kept 404ing people.
      • nakkiel 16y ago
        That's a very good point! I actually have no proof that they were the cause of the problem. I assumed it was them because it happened at the same time and I remember a news saying that Visa and MasterCard services were disrupted.
        • bajsejohannes 16y ago
          As far as I can tell, they only disrupted their web pages.