Pirate Bay slams Anonymous attack

British broadband provider Virgin Media was forced to shut down the firm's website after the leaderless hacktivist group Anonymous attacked the site in protest to the blockage of access to the Pirate Bay.

As part of what the group called #OpTPB, Anonymous attacked Virgin Media's site after they blocked access to the infamous pirate site. The fact Virgin had no choice given a High Court order doesn't seem to have registered in minds of script kiddy backlash.

Virgin said that the DDoS attack lasted for an hour and the company took the website down themselves.

Representatives of the Pirate Bay criticised Anonymous, saying "We do NOT encourage these actions" and going on say that the site operators supported others 'expressing their views'. They too didn't seem to notice that the block came from the courts rather than Virgin wanting to block the site.

Virgin has stated opposition to blocking of access to pirate sites in the past, reitering that the company "strongly believe that tackling the issue of copyright infringement needs compelling legal alternatives," in a statement following the DDoS attack.

Those alternatives would provide consumers "access to great content at the right price, to help change consumer behavior," Virgin said.

AnonUK's Twitter account responded to The Pirate Bay's criticism, stating they were not in charge of the group concluding "cry more". Kids eh?

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