The Anonymous hacking collective has pledged to bring down the website of Intel in protest at an anti-piracy bill that would permit the US government to strengthen security networks against cyber-attacks.
Anonymous called its members to launch a Distributed Denial of Service attack against the computer firm, but the company's website appeared to be still online.
With a video posted on YouTube, the collective announced Phase Two of Operation Defense, an initiative to fight the proposed Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (Cispa), which has already drawn criticism from advocates of internet privacy and security experts.
"Phase I of Operation Defense is running smoothly," says the video. "We've managed to disable most of our targets. Our targets include any corporation involved in the support of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act and those who were responsible in creating it."
