The rogue hacktivist movement Anonymous is apparently breaking out the Low Orbit Ion Cannon again for a reprise of the Operation Payback campaign. The RIAA is seeking trillions of dollars in damages from the P2P file-sharing network LimeWire for facilitating copyright infractions. The success of an attack largely depends on the operation organizer’s ability to publicize and gain crowd-sourced participation for the attack “hive” Anonymous had previously targeted the websites of PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, PostFinance Bank, Amazon, Bank of America and others who had halted business relations with WikiLeaks.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2011/03/riaa-targeted-by-anonymous-operation.html