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Protest Against NATO: Chicago Police Website Attacked by Anonymous

  The website of the Chicago Police, chicagopolice.org, and the one hosted on the cityofchicago.org domain have been taken down by Anonymous hackers operating under the AntiS3curityOPS banner. They’ve published a YouTube video to celebrate  the occasion, but it has been removed since. Mashable took a peek at the video before it was removed. Apparently, the attack is related to the NATO protests taking place these days. “While this has come to no surprise, the NATO protests are already reaching a boiling point. As tonight we have already witnessed the Chicago Police Dept sending out a request for two water cannons deployed on Michigan Avenue, which the protesters briefly were able to close off the street completely,” the hacktivists said.  “Just a few moments ago we witnessed cops on horses seemingly all too content with the destiny that has turned their hearts cold, trampling over protesters trying to intimidate,” they added. The hackers en...