ebsites owned by the Federal Trade Commission and the Bureau of Consumer Protection were hacked on Thursday night and have taken down, the FTC confirmed Friday.
Members of the Anonymous group originally announced the hack on Thursday night, and a log of the attacks was posted to the Pastebin site. The Pastebin post was authored by "Anonymous AntiSec"; AntiSec is usually considered to be a joint effort on the part of Anonymous and the LulzSec hacker group.
An FTC spokeswoman confirmed the hack on Friday morning.
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