For those not aware, a Gossip blogging site committed a mistake that most of us are bound to commit, calling a few hackers "script kiddies". This apparently was in response to fialure of Operation Payback to take any major sites down,  

Well, for their trouble, Gawker's servers were picked in a manner that makes it look like child play! 

Here is what went down http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/gawker-hack-release-notes.html
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with Regards:

Vote Julius Assange as Time 2010 Person of the Year 
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2028734_2028733,00.html