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"Anonymous" successfully took down the RIAA's Web site via a DDoS attack on Friday, although the attack was launched an hour later than expected.

The group, which also advertised its actions on the "/b/" portion of the 4chan.org bulletin board, managed to take down the site within five to seven minutes.

"Anonymous" announced their intentions to take down RIAA.org and RIAA.com earlier this week, after Lime Wire shut down the LimeWire peer-to-peer service following a court order. The RIAA later chimed in, claiming that the site broke the law. Numerous alternatives to LimeWire are still available, however.

The Anonymous users signed on to the Low-Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) tool, and began trying to access the RIAA site at 5 PM ET, instead of at 4 PM as the organizers originally planned.

The site originally used the Operation Payback site to coordinate the attack, but shifted the site to another domain on Friday.

"[W]e started with Denial of Service attacks; we started the protest of the future by targeting websites of lobbying groups and law firms that abuse copyright law. We simply will no longer be ignored," the site said.

PC Mag has the details HERE!