Anonymous Strikes Back, Hacks "Internet Security" Firm

[AnonOperations]

Some of the DDoS protesters that were arrested have already been released. These people were taking part in a protest, they are not criminals doing this for money. I don't understand some of the hate people give them.

The laws regarding DDoS were likely put in place because criminals use botnets to DDoS big money making sales sites in extortion schemes. This type of denial of service attack often goes on for days or even weeks.

It is unlikely that these short DDoS attacks resulted in any serious monetary loss. Just like they already have with some, they will try and track people involved in the protest and make an example of them. It all comes back to the governments of the world dislike of the leaked wikileaks cables.

The fact that so many people stopped dealing with the companies after this and that so many news articles were made about the companies stopping business with wikileaks because of the DDoS attacks. Now that would cause some monetary loss. For those that don't know, this was the point in the DDoS attacks - to draw attention to what the companies did to wikileaks. Eg. Paypal freezing a whole bunch of wikileaks donations. This money was promptly released after the attacks.

People were also asked not to use master card and visa for Christmas shopping, as well as close their paypal account.

 

[FROGGEman2]

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

They don't need to catch them all, they just need to show what happens to the internet tough-guys they DO catch. Which is likely, as I said, a ***** in jail. Weak computer geeks vs hardened jail criminals? Yeah, that should be freekin hilarious.

You have to understand a few basic facts, here:

1) DDoSing is not a gaol crime
2) Very few Anonymous members have ever been caught
3) This isn't a big deal- no one gains much if they're taken down, and they logically they won't be
4) Nationalism is fucking stupid
5) The people who participate in this level of hacking are very good at what they do

So yeah, calm your horses, mate.

 

[Carnagath]

Why do these people use the title "Anonymous"? They'd really like to associate themselves with the steaming pile of underage "trolls" and camwhores that comprise 99% of Anonymous in 2011? As for the attack, hurray for fighting a lost battle, they are romantic little souls and that's nice.

 

[Awexsome]

They may be criminal bastards... but they sure are hilarious criminal bastards.

 

[AnonOperations]

Why do these people use the title "Anonymous"? They'd really like to associate themselves with the steaming pile of underage "trolls" and camwhores that comprise 99% of Anonymous in 2011? As for the attack, hurray for fighting a lost battle, they are romantic little souls and that's nice.

Anonymous is a name that fits well and has been used for a long time. It is not going to be changed any time soon just because of some lame 4chan pranks. In time, people will understand that this group is separate to 4chan.

 

[Rofl-Mayo]

Anonymous always manages to keep me entertained. I'm on Anonymous' side here though.

 

[DVS Storm]

This is just hilarious. I don't support Anonymous in any way but there is just something very ironic in the attack. I wanna see what happens next.

 

[PurpleSkull]

Oh bringing in the country again? He can't protect the united states, because the united states chose to hack his company.

I'd be concerned if they actually hacked into the FBI or something and REALLY compromised the security of the nation, but this is just a greedy private company. PROTIP: Having "federal" in their name makes them as much federal, as having "democratic" in "DPRK" makes north Korea a democracy.

Also, Anonymous is not a single entity, nor is it even a group. It's an idea and a common banner random people gather around to fight for a cause. So far i like what they're targeting.

 

[Kroxile]

Internet Superheroes, I salute you.

 

[AnonOperations]

Also, Anonymous is not a single entity, nor is it even a group. It's an idea and a common banner random people gather around to fight for a cause. So far i like what they're targeting.

Well said.

 

[instantbenz]

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

They aren't too good at what they do if they were too good they wouldn't of had to trick someone into giving them the password they would have been able to get it only through their programs.

why work harder than you have to? getting the passes was just easier.

I'd rather take a car from one side of the state to the other than walk it.

 

[AnonOperations]

Just another example that the best 'hackers' do not just use code, but social engineering.

Remember Kevin Mitnick?

 

[Zipa]

Anonymous are hilarious, I admit I have to side with them on sticking up for freedom of the internet though I don't go for their whole obsession with porn.

 

[Bobzer77]

The Escapist becomes so conservative when an Anonymous news post appears.

 

[AnarchistAbe]

Nowhere did I say American prison. Federal was a bad choice of words, but prison nonetheless. I just don't think scumbags like those in Anonymous should enjoy any of the luxuries that those not imprisoned enjoy.

I'm not entirely sure you understand what is going on here...

I understand just fine. I really do not like Anonymous, or what they stand for. They are self-righteous cowards who hide behind the veil of internet anonymity. They are criminals, hacking the people who are trying to make them accountable for their actions.

 

[chinangel]

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

Won't happen. Anonymous' strength is in the fact that they are just a global network of people. They have no meeting place, not really. So you can't really target them. Y ou just kinda have to get lucky.

 

[Iwana Humpalot]

Haha, nice one anonymous. But this seems to be a fight you can't win. Eventually FBI is going to catch them, or then they need to hide pretty nicely and stop doing these hacks. Sad but true

 

[sleeky01]

Anonymous Strikes Back, Hacks "Internet Security" Firm

How did Anonymous pull it off? Through a combination of hacking knowledge and simple chicanery. The group broke into HBGary's email server, and then used an email that looked like it came from the company's cofounder Greg Hoglund to convince a system admin to divulge passwords.

*Blink* Really? All it took as alittle social engineering?

Kevin Mitnick was doing crap like this 30 years ago:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick

You would think people would have learned by now.

 

[The Funslinger]

I don't like anonymous purely because they expect the right to piracy, and yet still expect the game/movie/music industries to keep going.

Anonymous at this point are pathetic
Seriously, it's just a sad group of 13 year olds with a few 34 year old basement dwellers with IT skills.
So now they've gone and done something directly against security and such. I can't wait to see them legally ***** slapped.
How have they even lasted this long, anyway?
Only because they spread like an infection, making yet more 13 year olds think it's cool to be a racist cyber-pirate.
Losers, I say! Although there must be a lot of bewildered jackasses to not have learned how to protect websites more effectively.
Even national security apparently can fold before anonymous
So why the hell hasn't someone owned them at this point?

Admittedly there has been some good stuff, like the guy with the starving dogs who got paypal donations, but that wasn't exactly anonymous. It was just a couple of nice guys on imageboards.

 

[The Cake Is Annoying]

...but he reacted the same that Gene Simmons did [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/104513-Gene-Simmons-Declares-War-on-Anonymous]:

Bull! Everyone know's Anonymous are extinct, Gene Simmons stopped them because he has spent decades patiently researching the causes, effects and dynamics of loosely tied collective behavior patterns of individuals at micro and macro levels of socia- ... wait... hang on...

No, no he didn't. He just mouthed off when a bunch of have-a-go pizza chewers made a fool of him. He didn't know where to begin so he talked smack and then... didn't do anything.

"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."

That man's over-confidence is only matched by his company's insignificance. Its only real credibility came from its competence and now that is shot to hell; its biggest delusion is that enough people will still be over-confident in its performance that it will still be worth something.

No company that values security would trust such a blowhard who has been so publicly humiliated by a flock of giggling geeks. The best he can do is just by some curtains and a dog and hope they don't decide he also likes pizza.