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Anonymous Shuts Down CIA Site

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Claims responsibility for cyberattack in tweet.

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Anonymous is up to its old tricks again. The hacking group claimed responsibility for shutting down the site on Friday in a tweet that read “CIA Tango down”—a cheeky reference to an expression used by U.S. Special Forces when they’ve killed an enemy. Last month, Anonymous briefly hacked the U.S. Justice Department and FBI’s websites in protest of SOPA, PIPA, and other anti-piracy acts. The CIA had no immediate comment on the latest attack.

Read it at Agence France-Presse