Update: Anonymous Hacks Everything For Guy Fawkes Day

[Kyr Knightbane]

Anonymous: Showing the handicapped whose boss here.

Honestly, how do these maggots still matter? Facebook? Nope, still working. But they defaced a bunch of other websites? Sorry... Don't see how that helps anyone.

How about an idea? I've got a perfectly viable target for you Anonymous. How about you try to tackle the most villainous thing you have ever come across? Two evils that you have yet to take down?

Virginity

and

Leaving your MOTHER'S BASEMENT

 

[Something Amyss]

So they took a British holiday and took targets that are American...Yeah. If you're going to do anything on this day, at least try and keep the tradition and attack political targets.

we all live in America

They only know about the holiday because it was mentioned in V for Vendetta. I bet they don't even know THAT took place in the UK.

Not to mention that the holiday is explicitly celebrating the fact that he failed to overthrow the government. The american equivalent would be celebrating king George the third on the fourth of July.

Also the fact that he wasn't exactly doing it to end government or anything, but rather to install the same kind of government with a dude he supported.

Which still isn't that far from the American parallel, since much of the colonies wanted a new King, but....

Aw yeah, potential theft and attacking sites for the disabled.

Not content with attacking governments than they think are oppressing them because they can I guess, Anonymous has taken to generally just being that playground bully of the internet.

Sticking it to the man by attacking random other people the man doesn't even really know or care about.

It's the internet. Random acts of sociopathy are considered heroic acts.

 

[charge52]

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You guys do realize that Anonymous confirmed that was fake right, they never actually made the claim, it was someone else. Tends to be a problem when you're called anonymous, anyone can pretend to be you and no one thinks to check.

 

[Owen Robertson]

Y'know what? I don't care about Anonymous anymore. When I first heard of them years ago I was excited. Interest dwindled when I realized some of the attacks were more about general rebellion or counter-culture than they were about fighting for freedoms. Finally, a friend of mine brought to light the idea that a portion (I'd estimate half or more) of the hackers belonging to this group only use it as a scapegoat so they can get away with breaking the law. They don't really care about the purpose, or they're doing it for the wrong reasons, or they're pussies. Break the law out in the open with credible eyewitnesses, THEN you really believe in what you do.


That last sentence is going to be misconstrued and argued over. I mean to say that if what you are doing is truly just, then you don't need to hide. If you're jailed it only makes your cause seem nobler. It helps ignorant people differentiate between a terrorist and a guerilla fighter.

 

[Owen Robertson]

Most hacktivists don't know what the Hell they're doing beyond the technical aspects. They're either hyper-competent kids in need of a cause and who figured that taking on the tentacled and faceless "MAN" would actually do some good...

Or they're script kiddies looking for an excuse to take shit down and prove how UBER HAXX0R they are because they managed to set up a basic botnet to DDOS a government website. I don't know jack about hacking, and I can do that. All I need is a trip to Astalavista, an antivirus, the F2 key on my keyboard and people who actually will still open unsolicited executable files attached to emails.

One quick rename, and I'm done.

It's just so easy to comfort yourself with the misguided certainty that you're actually attacking a Fascist bastion of pure evil nastiness, when you're probably just doing the equivalent of kicking a grownup's shins angrily when you're three and desperately want some sweets.

It's not legal to brainwash these kids into a paramilitary organization that overthrows dictatorships is it? 'Cuz I've always wanted to try that.

 

[Owen Robertson]

It's the internet. Random acts of sociopathy are considered heroic acts.

I'm going to quote you on that. Forever. It'll be on my gravestone.

 

[FalloutJack]

SNIP

I have two points to make on that:

{1} I wanted to see FB taken down, because I don't like it, so the "You're bloody useless" crack still fits because I never really saw any value in these guys in the first place. That a doppelganger might make the same claim and still screw it up won't actually change my opinion there. It's still epic fails all around.

{2} Exactly how DO you check up on an organization which can't actually check up on itself properly (There is regular internal strife and conflict, after all.) and expect the true and honest answer to indicate yay or nay on the responsibility chart? Since they're so keen to be Alan Moore copycats, they are not above lying and manipulation along with overt attacks. Until Anon goes Batman and literally lays the true culprits at our feet, they're caught on the most slippery of slopes with that damn abominable snowman at the end and F won't make 'em go faster!

Wow, that last one kinda' got away from me. I assume that all made some kinda' sense?

 

[Thaluikhain]

Let's all wait for the next round of panic over draconian anti-hacking measures some government is about to pass for no adaquately explained reason, shall we?

 

[WouldYouKindly]

umm...why? no wait I'll just say ...okay?

maybe they should target EA and Activision lol...

As annoying as those two are, I'd prefer it if they took down or defaced say, the World Bank website. Maybe go after the PNAC website next. I won't be so passe as to say they should go after Fox or newscorp, but shutting down Russia Today would be funny. Finally, for shits and giggles, Haliburton.

Seriously, if you want to support the cause of freedom through cyberspace, go big or go home and physically do something.

 

[marurder]

Yes, because the QLA Quality Lifestyle Alliance (Disabled peoples website) deserved to be hacked...?

Wait what?

Anonymous = supporters of eugenics = Nazis?

Anon are Nazis now?

 

[IamLEAM1983]

It's not legal to brainwash these kids into a paramilitary organization that overthrows dictatorships is it? 'Cuz I've always wanted to try that.

Sadly, no. It isn't.

Besides, a lot of African paramilitaries are so similar and generic that taking one down just leaves room for the other. The "Invisible Children" idiots who wanted to overthrow Joseph Kony in a completely misinformed attempt at online activism ended up having to support Uganda's elected officials - which aren't in any way better than Kony's forces.

As for North Korea? Why bother? Their tech is obsolete and they basically act the part of the little yipping Pomeranian who thinks it's so tough when it ambles up to you and starts growling that any attempt to hack their networks is more likely to stick South Korea in trouble than anything else. SK is widely known for acting apologetic towards its northern little brother, because they do remember that Korea used to be unified. A lot of South Koreans know people in the north, so they'll never go "YEAH, FUCK 'EM UP!" like most other countries seem to be inclined to do.

Until Anon goes Batman and literally lays the true culprits at our feet, they're caught on the most slippery of slopes with that damn abominable snowman at the end and F won't make 'em go faster!

I'm sorry, but I just had to.

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"I am going down the snow
I don't even know which I go
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I like to ski.

I like to ski
I can ski free
I can ski free..."

It's such a ridiculous ear worm.

 

[MetalMagpie]

So should I change my Paypal password and should I be really concerned that they hacked Paypal?? Also why would they hack Paypal?

Update on the story says that they didn't actually hack PayPal. So no need to worry.

 

[SonOfVoorhees]

Well they protest freedom of speech by stopping others freedom of speech. Guess they dont understand irony at all. lol

Also, wernt they meant to be taking down Facebook? Yeah, didnt happen, nor last year. They need to give up and go home.

 

[General Vagueness]

So, it appears people are not happy with this. Hooray!

I wouldn't mind if they went after their old targets of oppressive banks or people trying to regulate the internet (which is what they are supposed to be protecting) but this is just vandalism. Not worthy of the Anon name.

Anonymous is not, and never has been, a group of "Hacktivists" despite that being projected onto them. Anonymous has always presented itself as a force of unpredictable chaos. Before all of the so called "hacktivism" you should take a serious look at what they did, a lot of which was NOT nice and justified by the famous "for the lulz" explanation.

While Anonymous has thrown down for internet freedom related causes, which I always suspected because crackdowns could very well affect their own brand of chaos, it's done far more than that.

To be honest the eclectic collection of targets aimed at here is what you should expect from Anonymous, don't let the exceptions, as famous and popular as they might be, interfere with your understanding of the entity your dealing with.

I'll cut it there but I agree with the whole post, and I'll add that Anonymous doesn't have an official press arm or an official anything.

 

[Strazdas]

So that explains why i couldnt check my mail at work, as i did nothing but work on 5th

supporters of eugenics = Nazis?

 

[The White Hunter]

Umm.... Yay? Fight for the people... I guess?

I feel so empowered now.... I think?

Yeah I feel really empowered by the potential theft of paypal account information, Nice one anonymous, I now dislike you very much.

Don't wory,ude. I think I'm as confused as you are right now.

If I lose moneys from paypal thanks to anonymous I'ma have to find a way of kirb-stomping some bitches > >

I don't have much as it is.

Wankers.

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