FBI closes MegaUpload

The Federal Investigation Bureau (FBI) yesterday announced the closure of the popular download page MegaUpload for an alleged crime of hacking and the arrest of four of its executives, including its founder, in New Zealand.

The authorities accuse MegaUpload to be part of "a criminal organization responsible for a huge network of hacking world" which has caused more than $ 500 million in damage to the rights of author.

The FBI has pointed out that the operation revealed yesterday has no connection with the draft law anti-piracy soup, promoted by the U.S. Congress, and which in turn caused the "blackout" yesterday multiple pages to protest alleged intention to "censor".

The operation began two years ago and a grand jury in Virginia approved the police action two weeks ago, although it was not revealed until yesterday.

Declaration in its statement, the FBI States that u000aThis operation "is among the biggest criminal cases against author's rights carried out by us and directly attacks the improper use of a repository of public content, distribution to commit and to facilitate the crime against intellectual property".

For the moment, they have arrested four people in Auckland, New Zealand, and have been rounded up in the United States and nine other countries, including Holland and Canada, which have been seized from 50 million in active computer.

Among those arrested, contained Kim Smith, also known as Kim Dotcom, founder of Megaupload, portal has 150 million users registered.

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the website of the Department of Justice of the US and Universal Music producer, among others, have been out of service during the Thursday afternoon before the Group of Anonymous software activists block them in protest by the closure of u000aMegaupload by the FBI.

Assumptions Anonymous partners have ensured in the social network Twitter that the fall of the portals is his work and baptize the piracy of these pages as a "Reprisal operation". They have also limited the access to the website of the American Association of recording industry association of Chiefs of police of Utah and the registration of intellectual property page.

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