Anonymous Strikes Back, Hacks "Internet Security" Firm
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Well let's see, they broke into their website, replaced it with their own, and infiltrated and published all of the private emails of the company.Phyroxis said:
What part of this is "not hacking"?
I like how you think hunting down these hackers is a waste of time, while also saying we should expend resources searching for a corpse.joebear15 said:
And calling people (like me) who just work for a living heroes is insulting to people who are, y'know, actually heroes. That's a word that gets thrown around far too much. It seems every soldier who set foot in Iraq/Afghanistan is automatically a hero. Now you are calling me a hero because I hold down a job as an IT tech...shakaar9267 said:
And on your specific point who says Anon don't work for a living. I suspect many of their number are working IT professionals. Who says anon makes money from ID theft. Can you explain just how Anon could possibly make money in any cohesive way? I am sure there are Anon's who are criminals of various types, some work, some are kids, some have kids, some are students - your family doctor could be an anon. Want to talk heroes... for all we know a real, genuine one like L/Cpl Beharry (Victoria Cross Recipient) could be an anon.
Don't be silly. 'Social engineering' is a pretty impressive hacking skill given that it can get around any software security, no matter how good.Krion_Vark said:
Security is only as good as it's weakest link. And the weakest link, 9 times out of 10, is the people working at a company.
Why go through the time, effort and difficulty of finding and exploiting a security flaw, when you can convince someone working at your target to hand you the keys?
Or, to give a different example, why try and cut your way through a safe with a blowtorch, if you know how to get someone to give you the key to open it?
dude, if Bin Laden was actually dead, his body would have been prepared and carried through the streets of Baghdad, being hailed as a martyr. We don't need to find a corpse, we need to find a man. Also, I say the FBI should just give up on both counts.joebear15 said:
Constructive post. Ive honestly never seen the "If you dont like X, Don't Y" before. I see where it addresses the fact that posting articles about fools and morons makes it seem like being a fool and a moron are a good thing, worthy of being lauded and/or followed.KidTheFat said:
Its good that you didnt choose to attack what I typed, and kept your focus on what my over-arching point was. Sometimes it seems as though people lose track of whats really important so that they can focus on things like their ego, or e-go as it would be.
Keep up the good work!
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Most of it. Hacking was getting and spoofing the initial e-mail. The rest was social engineering and childs play. Any middle-schooler can make a web page or a torrent.danpascooch said:
I'm not saying they didn't do a lot, I'm saying that calling it hacking is downplaying the other skills at work here.
It wasn't exactly a page long post, and I was addressing the points you made not the grammar, choice of words, or any other meaningless crap.joebear15 said:
You sure you know what nitpicking means?
They are, indeed, morons and fools, but the article is not an attempt to make them appear as heroes. The article is written in such a way as to keep readers interested, and it is about something that many people find interesting because they want readers to come back to this site often. Most websites make money from advertisements and the more readers come back, the more those advertising spaces are worth. So once again, if Anonymous is not interesting to you, stop reading the article, because you are only generating more views and making it worth more money.mythgraven said:
This made me chuckle, a DDoS attack is just annoying and at best inconveniences a company's IT department for a few hours. This on the other hand, this is a giant middle finger to the entire company and in my book is some pretty epic trolling.
In my opinion, fire that system admin that just up and sent the passwords to them based on a convincing looking e-mail. That's their weak security link right there. Of course that's always the weak link when a big company gets hacked, human stupidity.