dubbed " operation baylout " , the group claims that hundreds of students are took parts in united efforts to jam the websites of the international federation of the phonographic industries and maqs , a law firm working with the prosecution in the pirates bay case . as of friday evening maqs ' s site read " our website is currently under attack and we have therefore decided to shut it down until the attack ceases . " the band is still coordinator efforts to sabotage the fax posts of the mpaa ' s anti - piracy office and of prosecuting attorney monique wadsted . paul ward of pirate party international denounced the attacks , saying , " while we can ' t condoned these acts , it does showing there is a wealth of feeling that oppose the decisions and actions of this state body .
MAQS law firm employed hundreds of volunteers.