Anonymous' Target Planned to "Take Down" WikiLeaks

[Natdaprat]

Much respect to WikiLeaks and Anonymous. Power to free speech and freedom.

 

[AnonOperations]

Question: Can you ever imagine Anonymous realising they're wrong and backing down for any reason?

Remember, operation payback? In a way, anonymous backed down and chose a new strategy - Leakspin [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLcUVNee_UI]

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After numerous attacks on the truth spilling platform of WikiLeaks (including the shut-down of its financing) we have already made it very clear that we will fight for Freedom of Speech and a free press.

But we have, at best, given them a black eye. The game has changed. When the game changes, so too must our strategies.

We are now moving forward to phase two of our war on disinformation-terror, introducing: Operation Leakspin.

Become part of the hive and join a fight we can only win with information.

Begin searching through WikiLeaks. Find only the best, least exposed leaks you can get your hands on. Post summaries of them, along with the complete source. Encourage the reader to read more. Make one-to-two-minute YouTube videos reading the leaks. Use misleading tags. Post snippets of the leaks everywhere on the internet.

Remember:

We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.

and I don't think they are performing all those impeccably timed "hacks" randomly and for free. I think it's more likely that Assange might have hired some "personal defense", and there's nothing conspiratory about that.

No and No. Anonymous was definitely not hired and yes they did it for free, for various good reasons.

Is anyone else excited by the prospect of corporate cyber warfare?
It sounds fucking badass.

I am more concerned then excited. Ulitmately, the Goverments have far too much power and care far too little about the people.

You are absolutely right. Listening to that socially inept kid on the BBC, coldblood, made me cringe, it really is about the 15 minutes of fame. And yeh they'll take down anything or do anything to anyone regardless if its a good or bad thing to do.

It made most Anons cringe as well, he broke several anonymous rules and came off as an ignorant cyber terrorist.

Anonymous Rules I am referring to:

Spoiler

Hello, Anonymous. We are Anonymous.

We direct this message to ourself to clarify the importance that we do not allow ourselves to become tainted by personal distinction. Once an individual attempts to act as, or act for, the many, Anonymous is no longer the incoherent machine it is intended to be.

There are no official messages from Anonymous.

There are no official videos from Anonymous.

There are no official representatives of Anonymous.

There is no official gathering point of Anonymous.

There is no official goal of Anonymous.

Anyone attempting to modify these points does so to the detriment of the whole. Anonymous is not your personal army.

One head lacks the power of many.
One head is corruptable.
One head is removable.

Everyone's contribution is equal. Don't be a follower.

Rely on the whole. Be part of the whole. Avoid the one.

The second: If this is fake... I'm laughing my arse off and i'm also impressed with the imagination of whoever made the pdf.

It is not faked. I would even go as far to say the plans have been implemented. Possibly by these companies, or possibly by others. There has been and is ongoing cyber attacks on wikileaks and anonymous. As you can plainly see in the news, they have labelled wikileaks as reckless and cyber terrorist. There has been fake wikileaks cables. They have tried to get Assange done for rape for not using a condom. They have very successful attacked wikileaks reputation and swayed the publics opinion.

HBGary has its claws into a lot of organizations:

>Darpa (Commissions advanced research for DoD)
>CIA, FBI Cyber Division: CLEARANCES Active Top Secret Security Clearance (TS/SCI)
>IARPA, US-CERT, and Top Secret Security Facilities.

You should know this, the only reason Anonymous ever does anything is for teh lulz.

That isn't true, lulz are often included but these people are fighting for freedom of speech and working against censorship.

And even when they do some good, they tend to go a little too far. In this instance, they hacked the CEO's twitter account and used it to post his home address, cell phone number, and social security number.

Anon finds the line and then cross it. In this case, Aaron (CEO of HBGary) tried to destroy anonymous in a brutal way, he was also attacked in a brutal way.

Anywaaayys, they represent a several large cross sections of society, that nobody wants to admit being part of.

I admit to supporting some AnonOperations. If that wasn't already clear enough with my previous post.

How can i support these guys?!

Join AnonOps.irc, irc.anonops.ru. You can join via webchat here: http://anonops.ru/

keep up to date with Anon News:
http://www.anonnews.org/
http://anonops.tumblr.com/
http://anonops.blogspot.com/

Anonymous manifesto: http://truthisrevolutionary.org/news/message-anonymous

I still don't see how Wikileaks made the US look bad. If anything it's just shown the country isn't nearly as bad as most people thinks.

They may not be revelations but it is providing evidence of these things. Which is exactly what is needed before actions can be taken against those responsible.

Suleiman: The CIA's man in Cairo [http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/02/201127114827382865.html]

Classified Cable Proves US Ok?d Saddam?s Kuwait Invasion [http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/01/31/cong-ron-paul-classified-cable-proves-us-okd-saddams-kuwait-invasion/]

The WikiLeaks Iraq war logs have caused the UN to urge for a full U.S. torture investigation.
http://af.reuters.com/article/zimbabweNews/idAFLDE6AF1DR20101116 [http://af.reuters.com/article/zimbabweNews/idAFLDE6AF1DR20101116]

WikiLeaks ended the corrupt rule of the Arap-Moi family in Kenya.
http://habarizanyumbani.jambonewspot.com/2010/07/26/wikileaks-founder-on-kenya-corruption-and-more/ [http://habarizanyumbani.jambonewspot.com/2010/07/26/wikileaks-founder-on-kenya-corruption-and-more/]

WikiLeaks detailed December 2006, the bloodiest month in Iraq's war, with 103 civilians dying every day.
http://www.iraqwarlogs.com/2010/10/15/bloodiest-month/ [http://www.iraqwarlogs.com/2010/10/15/bloodiest-month/]

WikiLeaks has shown how US-funded Iraqi militias switched their allegiance to Al-Qaeda.
http://www.iraqwarlogs.com/2010/10/22/sons-of-iraq/ [http://www.iraqwarlogs.com/2010/10/22/sons-of-iraq/]

WikiLeaks revealed how Iran devised suicide weaponry for Al-Qaeda use in Iraq.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/8083016/Wikileaks-how-Iran-devised-new-suicide-vest-for-al-Qaeda-to-use-in-Iraq.html [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/8083016/Wikileaks-how-Iran-devised-new-suicide-vest-for-al-Qaeda-to-use-in-Iraq.html]

WikiLeaks revealed allegations of U.S. troops abusing Iraqi prisoners even after Abu Ghraib.
http://www.iraqwarlogs.com/2010/10/23/secret-files-reveal-allegations-of-prisoner-abuse-by-american-troops-after-abu-ghrai/ [http://www.iraqwarlogs.com/2010/10/23/secret-files-reveal-allegations-of-prisoner-abuse-by-american-troops-after-abu-ghrai/]

WikiLeaks has revealed how scientists manipulated global warming research data in order to make it seem more consequential.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/6619796/Climate-scientists-accused-of-manipulating-global-warming-data.html [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/6619796/Climate-scientists-accused-of-manipulating-global-warming-data.html]

WikiLeaks has revealed how Israel Intentionally Kept Gaza on Brink of Economic Collapse
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20027345-503543.html

 

[the1ultimate]

Lol, I agree about the the emails. It would be simpler for anonymous to hack an incompetent security firm than forge a bunch of email (unless the emails all look like imageboard posts).

Whether or not they had a goal, it seems anonymous are the good guys this time.

 

[AnonOperations]

For those that didn't look at the wikileaks response pdf.

Here are some keypoints in their plan to destroy or discredit wikileaks.

 

[Mumorpuger]

Let's not forget that Anonymous wasn't trying to be heroic, they were doing what they always do. The fact that this plan to take down WikiLeaks was discovered among the emails released is really just a bonus, which can be used to paint Anonymous in a positive light.

 

[agnosticOCD]

I love how some of the most important business' in America are quickly beginning to look as if they are some mystical, dark and evil corporation. Funny.

Well, they're not exactly dark and mystical... but yeah. Corporatism is a virus in the Unites States, and sadly this is being mistaken for a free market by both leftist groups, conservatives and liberals (basically everyone). Lobby here, lobby there, raise tax on other businesses so this business can have a foothold as a monopoly, it's not hard to do that, and it gets you the most profit if you boot-lick the government.

 

[The Hairminator]

Attacking PayPal is just plain silly

Sure, it's pointless and serve only to hurt innocents. But then we must ask ourselves if we really want to use the services of such a company, who freeze accounts for 100% political reasons?

 

[Beastialman]

Well, hurray for Anonymous! I'm also glad I don't have an account at Bank of America, 'cuz otherwise I would have closed it. I'd hate for a bank to finance stuff like this with my money.

I have a bank of america account with exactly $5.23 in it, they have sent me probably hundreds of dollars of paper and ink worth of bank statements and advertisements i've shredded.

It's great.

Oh you. Get them to send you a pre-paid self address envelope and attach it to a metal box full of bricks and lead.

 

[Trolldor]

Unless anonymous had solid evidence that this was happening, then no they aren't 'looking more heroic'.

Anon aren't heroes, nor are they villains. Anon aren't anything or anybody. Anon is a gloop where individual bits of gloop can branch off and do their own thing before assimilating back in to the big pile of gloop.
Occassionally part of that gloop does something noble, most of the damn it's just an arse.

 

[AnonOperations]

Anonymous Claims Possession Of Insidious Stuxnet Virus
Binaries for Stuxnet - i.e. the EXE/DLL files.
http://blogs.forbes.com/chrisbarth/2011/02/11/anonymous-claims-possession-of-insidious-stuxnet-virus/

 

[littlewisp]

This is getting bizarre, and going towards a place I really don't want to exist. Nothing to do but sit back and watch, I guess.

 

[Neferius]

I'm not vary familiar with Anonymus, but i get the idea that they don't attack people without good cause(and no-one gets directly physically hurt by their "attacks". so that's a huge improvement over the "Suicide bomb/hostage/Massacre" versions of political attacks)

My stance on WikiLeaks is this: If you don't want people to know about it, then you shouldn't be doing it.

I recently learned that Sweden (my country of Citizenship) is a rare exception when it come to the government and how it deals with "Secret Files". Apparently, unlike most other countries, the Swedish governments leaves all government files public (I suppose active military information is locked away for the safety of the troops), and any citizen has the right to request to see files concerning the government. When such a request is made, a board is available to determine if the information in the file would lead to endangering someone's life if released. If not, then the citizen is free to view the file. If determined that relasing the file in question would endanger someone, then it is stamped "secret", but only temporarily. I forget what the maximum amount of time is, but it's not decades, probably not even years. It can always be renewed after it expires, it would go through the same process.

Apparently, most countries do the exact OPPOSITE! Ever heard of Honesty and Transparency? Or Civil SERVANTS?
The citizens of any country are the Lord/Lady of the mansion, the government is the maid/butler/cook/driver/gardener/guard, and can be easily replaced if they do not do their jobs properly.

Then-again some stubborn servants who have been around for more than 30 years, during which time they have done an execrable job performing their duties to the Household, after being asked to leave resolve to chain themselves in the basement for 18 days while their Family makes-off with the jewels and silverware. Then they mysteriously slither away leaving the first-hand to deal with the repercussions :-/

Can you guess who I'm talking about?

 

[Neferius]

Unless anonymous had solid evidence that this was happening, then no they aren't 'looking more heroic'.

Anon aren't heroes, nor are they villains. Anon aren't anything or anybody. Anon is a gloop where individual bits of gloop can branch off and do their own thing before assimilating back in to the big pile of gloop.
Occassionally part of that gloop does something noble, most of the damn it's just an arse.

And you have now perfectly summarized an accurate description of the Human Race

 

[godofallu]

My government is so corrupt it makes me sick.

Anonymous and Wikileaks have found a way to prick the beat with a tiny needle.

It won't do anything, and in the end all of them will be jailed or killed. Still it's interesting to see them fight back.

 

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[AnonOperations]

So many questions. Is Assange in contact with any members of Anonymous?

According to the Intel released by Aaron Baar, a top Anonymous member is working for Wikileaks. But you can't trust Aaron.

Why hasn't the government of the US shut down 4chan or /b/ yet?

Anything illegal posted on /b/ results in permanent bans and sometimes investigations by the FBI.

Who are the Anonymous members? Where are they? What reasons do they have for Anonymous' actions?

Read the anonymous manifesto for answers to that: http://truthisrevolutionary.org/news/message-anonymous

 

[blue spartan 11]

This is not going to end well fo Palantir and Berico.

 

[Ninonybox_v1legacy]

Anon....i salute you once more.

 

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[Sandytimeman]

Oh man this is like a great Cyberpunk novel. Someday this will be made into a movie and it will be epic.