A newly discovered software exploit in peer-to-peer file sharing networks could allow a single individual to bring down massive Internet operations by marshaling hundreds of thousands of other systems through “BitTorrent” trickery. The FBI was treating efforts by “Anonymous” and “4chan” as an “unauthorized and knowing transmission of code or commands resulting in intentional damage to a protected computer system” The FBI has already raided a Dallas-based hosting company and copied the contents of two hard drives in connections with attacks on PayPal and a 16-year-old Dutch teen was arrested for allegedly running a chat room.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2010/12/bittorrent-exploit-could-be-used-to.html