Re:FBI arrests 16 in Anonymous hacking investigation
by hack_edu on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @08:03PM
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Note: These arrests are connected with the PayPal/Visa/Mastercard DDoS attacks organized by Anonymous/AnonOps, and have nothing to do with Lulzsec/Antisec or any of the major breaches.
Re:FBI arrests 16 in Anonymous hacking investigation
by pyre on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @08:13PM
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> In two other separate indictments, a Sarasota, Fla., man was arrested on
> charges of intentional damage to a protected computer for allegedly
> accessing the Web site of InfraGard Tampa Bay, an FBI partner, in June. The
> complaint alleges that he released instructions on how to exploit the Web
> site.
This seems related to Lulzsec[1], though maybe indirectly.
Re:FBI arrests 16 in Anonymous hacking investigation
by kd0amg on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @11:30PM
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I hear from a user on another forum that a guy on his dorm floor got arrested and had previously bragged about participating in an attack on a group who opposed the food drive in Orlando that got shut down (user hasn't mentioned hearing about involvement in anything else).
Re:FBI arrests 16 in Anonymous hacking investigation
by m0nastic on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @10:25PM
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DDOS is indeed normally conducted by botnets; however, Anonymous uses a tool called LOIC‡ to carry out DDOS attacks.
Unlike a normal DDOS attack, people actively coordinate the attack (ie: it's not automated), and apparently, do so from their own systems.
I suspect a lot of the people who participate either aren't aware of the technical particulars, figure they'll be masked by large amounts of traffic, or just don't care.
Re:FBI arrests 16 in Anonymous hacking investigation
by redthrowaway on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @09:38PM
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How exactly does running LOIC constitute "conspiring to intentionally damage protected computers?" Where's the damage? Does standing in front of a vending machine now qualify as vandalism?
Re:FBI arrests 16 in Anonymous hacking investigation
by lucasjung on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @10:12PM
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IANAL, but I would guess that the actual text of the statute in question extends beyond things that you or I would normally consider "damage." The names given to legal codes are necessarily concise, and therefore sometimes don't fully describe the contents of the code in question.
Re:FBI arrests 16 in Anonymous hacking investigation
by electromagnetic on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @10:39PM
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Its interesting that an FBI bust comes the day after News International had its DNS servers knocked down taking out every News International website.
Given that Rupert Murdoch and his businesses are already under suspicion for bribing police and government officials (and possibly had a whistle blower murdered), why does it feel like one of Murdochs cronies must have a director at the FBI on a leash.
It could be coincidence, but IMO when you have billions of dollars, there's no such thing as coincidence.
Fun fact: a large portion of computer-related busts happen when the Feds catch some low hanging fruit, lean on them, then roll up their accomplices.
Step 1, acquire low-hanging fruit. Check....
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/06/04/infragard-atlanta...
Anyone who is dumb enough to brag about something that can land them in jail deserves to go to jail.
Unlike a normal DDOS attack, people actively coordinate the attack (ie: it's not automated), and apparently, do so from their own systems.
I suspect a lot of the people who participate either aren't aware of the technical particulars, figure they'll be masked by large amounts of traffic, or just don't care.
‡ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOIC
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_0...
Given that Rupert Murdoch and his businesses are already under suspicion for bribing police and government officials (and possibly had a whistle blower murdered), why does it feel like one of Murdochs cronies must have a director at the FBI on a leash.
It could be coincidence, but IMO when you have billions of dollars, there's no such thing as coincidence.
Please don't post conspiracy theories unless you have some sort of evidence to back them up.