Amazon UK’s website next to the German, Italian and French ones were taken down because they were unavailable to consumers. This event on Sunday night was a consequence of the assumption that Amazon was the victim of a hacking group called Anonymous. Other reasons for attacking Amazon were associated with the online hacking collective’s efforts to answer to Wikileaks postings. Since the whistle-blowing website posted its findings the aforementioned group has targeted various corporate sites.
In comparison to negative assumptions, the reason for why Amazon was taken offline might also stand in direct relation to technical issues associated with much sustained traffic from Christmas shoppers. Overall Amazon seems to be another company next to MasterCard, Visa and PayPal as one of many major sites, which have been impacted by Anonymous.
