Anonymous Hacks Japanese Government Websites against Anti-Piracy Laws in Japan. Japan’s legislature has approved a bill revising the nation’s copyright law to add criminal penalties for downloading copyrighted material or backing up content from a DVD. The finance ministry’s website was hacked on Tuesday, with messages opposing the stricter copyright laws posted on a number of its pages. The sites of Japan’s Finance Ministry, Supreme Court and political parties DPJ and LDP – are now back up. The new law outlines jail terms for those who download copyrighted content.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2012/06/anonymous-hacks-japanese-government.html