Anonymous has declared war on the British Government after the arrest of bristles of its associates in the UK. The organisation apprenticed supporters to hit Government websites with broadcast abnegation of account (DDoS) attacks. The tactic has been acclimated by Anonymous activists with arresting success in the accomplished two months to briefly attenuate the websites of banking institutions or governments which accept criticised WikiLeaks. In the US, FBI agents conducted 40 raids on doubtable Anonymous supporters at the weekend as allotment of an advancing delving into contempo attacks on Mastercard, Visa, PayPal and Amazon.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2011/01/wikileaks-hacktivists-acknowledge-war.html