Anonymous Strikes Back, Hacks "Internet Security" Firm

[Wtd]

I dont see why people try to "take them down" it always ends up bad.

 

[Erana]

...Did no one ever explain to Western governments what, "Feeding the troll," means, and thus why you shouldn't do it?

By arresting people using DDOS attacks instead of promoting anti-DDOS software/hardware in big companies, they've made this into some "Srs biznss."
There's nothing more Srs than a G-man at your door.

*sighs* We're so desensitized as a culture nowadays, demonstrations of any sort have so little meaning...

 

[Simriel]

Arresting 40 members of anon

Is forty guys willing to squeal like pigs to get out of what their friends got them into. Except, in Anon, there are of course no friends. -

Every member is by the nature of the group anonymous. How can you rat out someone who you don't know?

 

[HentMas]

"They didn't just pick on any company, but we try to protect the US government from hackers. They couldn't have chosen a worse company to pick on."

oh please!, tell me he said "THEY ARE TERRORRRISSTTS I TELL YOUUU"

its hilarious how anyone thinks they can capture an organization of NO ONE and EVERYONE at the same time...

watever, i certainly dont agree with piracy, but this seems preety cool

 

[Dana22]

Anon isn't actually hurting anyone, and they're opposing somebody who's trying to force their 'power' over the rest. I say good show

Are you serious ?

Ok, lets quickly recap Anonymous's "achievements" in this field:

-On March 28, 2008, Wired News reported that "Internet griefers" assaulted an epilepsy support forum run by the Epilepsy Foundation of America.[52] JavaScript code and flashing computer animations were posted with the intention of triggering migraine headaches and seizures in photosensitive and pattern-sensitive epileptics.

-In January 2009 members of Anonymous targeted California teen McKay Hatch who runs the No Cussing Club, a website against profanity.[58][59] As Hatch's home address, phone number, and other personal information were leaked on-line, his family has received a lot of hate mail, lots of obscene phone calls, and even bogus pizza and pornography deliveries.

-On May 20, 2009, members of Anonymous uploaded numerous pornographic videos onto YouTube.[61] Many of these videos were disguised as children's videos or family friendly videos with tags such as "Jonas brothers.

Really noble !

source, wiki.

 

[Kije]

Did anyone else hear that 300 theme song in the back while reading this?

 

[Udyrfrykte]

All this tells me is that people in general need to stop being dicks. And that goes for politicians (especially politicians...), anon and security firms alike.

 

[AnonOperations]

source, wiki.

Yeah, we really need to update that. All of those you mentioned are 4chan / 7chan related - not AnonOps. AnonOps is a separate group that is involved in the wikileaks, hbgary, Tunisia, Italy and Egypt operations. irc.anonops.ru 6667

I'm not sure I agree with advocating piracy and a lot of what the so called "anonymous" group have done. But anonymous is not unanimous and only a minority participate in all operations. I got involved after wikileaks was DDoS'd. I choose to participate in operations I believe in. Anonymous needs to be anonymous when defending wikileaks because of the aggressive way the US is trying to shut them down.

For exampleThankfully twitter did not cooperate)

BBC News also makes clear that the court order will also cover the 600,000 odd followers that Wikileaks has on Twitter. The order asks specifically for names of those attached to selected accounts, user and screen names, and any registered mailing or postal addresses

I feel that in this instances, the DDOSing of corporates who are caving to political pressure in an attempt to silence wikileaks was perfectly legitimate. In light of this, I am glad that Anonymous are anonymous, because in this day David cannot fight Goliath without hiding his identity.

 

[lolnoobzor]

Anon isn't actually hurting anyone, and they're opposing somebody who's trying to force their 'power' over the rest. I say good show

Are you serious ?

*snip*

Really noble !

source, wiki.

Yep, most anons are trolls, or worse, d***s. But what some anons do isn't what all anons do.

What kinda saddens me is how little people understand about how anon works. Then again, I wonder how many of the people claiming this or that preposterous thing about anon are just here for the trollin' =)

 

[-Samurai-]

I can't wait till life bites these stupid kids in the ass.

When the government decides to start pushing ISPs to police their users activities, you can all thank this group of would-be e-vigilantes.

The phrase of the day is; "counter productivity".

Don't be an idiot, governments have been trying to force a complete takeover of ISP's since the internet fucking began, all that's changed is they've now hired PR people who can convince Joe Moron that it's for his own good. Piracy hurts content producers! - apart from the new study in Japan showing that piracy helps DVD sales. Wikileaks is spying on our government! - yes, and the government spies on us, and the tabloids spy on everybody, wikileaks is just evening the playing field. Anonymous are....anonymous, and that's bad! - No, that's very, very good. I may not agree with everything they do, but they're a net-benefit in every term other than publicity for 'net culture.

Right. Because hacking(and I use that term loosely here) into an account and posting someones personal information on the internet is always a good thing. It totally doesn't have the potential to ruin an innocent persons life or anything. These kids are just adding fuel to the fire. They're only proving that the internet needs to be policed, because they can't seem to use it for anything other than illegal activities. They're hurting their own "cause", and it doesn't take a genius to see that.

 

[Bretty]

IMO the best option is to leave it alone, and bust who you can when you find them. Going after them when they are in a "vegetative" state only inspires more dick-headery and leads to things like this.

No, the best thing is to find them in spite of their attempts to remain anonymous, punish them severely for whatever crimes they've committed, and leave them as examples to others of their ilk. Just leaving them alone won't work because asshats of this nature will always seek out new victims to alleviate their boredom. They're like bullies, and being nice or ignoring them just won't work.

Frankly I don't think Anonymous is half as good as they're puffing themselves up to be--they're just a bunch of disorganized jerks, after all. They just took advantage of employees that got too complacent for their own good. But the most ridiculous part of this how they're also acting like they're upholding some grand cause or something. They're not. They don't stand for anything at all, except for their own whims and petty acts of spite, and anyone who believes otherwise needs a serious reality check.

This company thought it found a way to make a name and money... instead they found a fight. Something tells me they will be changing direction soon enough.

I wouldn't bet on it. And furthermore, if I want someone to defend my "Interwebz Rights" or whatever, it's not going to be these Anonymous pricks. I don't want them and I don't need them. Besides, their definition of freedom is suspect in the first place, given how they'll do their script kiddie BS on anyone who dares to speak out against them or whatever political demagogues Anon has decided they like.

Crossing for my fingers for more Anonymous arrests, hahaha!

Because between you and them, they sound like the Pricks? Your argument is that of a petulant child.

 

[addeB]

Yay, go hackers! Hackers are this generations rockstars xD

 

[ReiverCorrupter]

The FBI are nubs. The NSA is the one with the supercomputers and all the hackers. If Anonymous was bad enough to grab the NSA's attention, they would be destroyed very quickly. But they aren't because they're just a bunch of kids having fun. The NSA is too busy dealing with Russians and Chinese. The Russians are apparently the best.

 

[XaoTIKn]

Ahahaha. Total Win. Go Anon.

 

[AnonOperations]

Right. Because hacking(and I use that term loosely here) into an account and posting someones personal information on the internet is always a good thing. It totally doesn't have the potential to ruin an innocent persons life or anything. These kids are just adding fuel to the fire. They're only proving that the internet needs to be policed, because they can't seem to use it for anything other than illegal activities. They're hurting their own "cause", and it doesn't take a genius to see that.

Anonymous have got almost all good press from this so far.

Aaron had already declared war on anonymous. In private emails he was shown to be getting very angry and has been trying his best to bring anonymous down. Anons have discredited his intel and destroyed his reputation, making him untrustworthy. There was a method to this madness.

I have heard rumors his companies network was the home of the j3st3r.

 

[TerribleAssassin]

I called on the FBI article.

Like I said, they'll always be one step ahead, there's no way you can bring down the entire anonymous organization.

 

[liveslowdiefast]

god i love anon, they make me laugh!

 

[HentMas]

Pretty sure Government's have already done just that...this particular stunt by Anon members was in retaliation for that very thing. What's funny is, do they not realize the more they make themselves visible to the Government, the more their members are going to get picked off one by one?

But seriously though, what's going to be cool is how these dumbasses are going to get turned into someone's ***** in Jail. Jail-house rape, now that's funny.

thats just the thing, they can pick off "one by one" but seen that there are a lot of guys out there, i dont think they can pick them all

its not an "organization" there is not a single group of people behind this things, and there are people that just for the hell of it do it and disapear, and if they realize the gov is getting closer, the ones that get scaret will leave, and the others that were just "watching" might take their places, its going to cost a lot of money and time to try to "catch em all", and even though the "movies" show a lot of Sci Fi regarding internet security, the reality is far from those things

anyway, those are my oppinions

 

[SenseOfTumour]

THis is the same problem as piracy, sure you can nail some single mother for 15 million bucks in fines, and woo to you, she's been put of piracy. However, the few million other people downloading think 'well, that's terrible, but....odds of five million to one, I'm off to get some more movies!'

Same deal here, arrest a dozen Anon types who didn't cover their tracks, or more likely, arrest a dozen clueless people who had their net hijacked by Anon types. the tens of thousands in Anon will just go 'well, that sucks to be them, still, thousands to one chance of them catching me, lets carry on!'

 

[derelict]

wow anonymous really needs to be taken out there too dangerous and too good at what they do

Actually most "security firms" are on the side of pathetic shared by vaporware and other such things. People can handle their own security needs online, its not like they have to hire guards to stand over their corner of the internet. The fact that these wastes are paid is a joke anyway. Good to see someone (group of someones, really) finally pointing out what a joke security firms are. About the same as having insurance for a car you never wrecked, but insurance actually pays off if something bad happens.