The European Parliament’s website fell under a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDOS) on Thursday. The organization classified the attack as retaliation for the shutdown of the Megaupload file-sharing site and anti-counterfeiting trade agreement. Anonymous, a loose-knit group of hackers and digital activists, has undertaken a series of DDOS attacks against government websites and other organizations. The group has also been stirred to action by the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)”]