I didn't find this anywhere else, but found it interesting:

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"Major Websites Shutdown on Sept 4 Worldwide Hacker Day Pronouncement Major Internet Web Sites shutdown with commercial impact... United Parcel Service(UPS) http://www.UPS.com 16:00 EDT 9-4-2011 National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ 16:04 EDT 9-4-2011 UK Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/ 15:58 EDT 9-4-2011 A hacker group calling itself TurkGuvenligi has declared September 4th, 2011 World Hacker Day. The extent of the cyber attack has not been determined as reports of other downed sites continue. Attacks appear to be DNS redirections. http://www.emergencyemail.org/newsemergency/anmviewer.asp?a=1415&z=29"

The sites appear to be back up now though.

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