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Anonymous Hacks: Who's next?

Anonymous Hacks: Who's next?

Asked by: growthy in Technology » Internet
Settled on 01/04/2011 22:02 Settled by Super Userkruijs
Winning option:her government-owned website Pro-WikiLeaks hackers bring down Tunisian government websites

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/01/03/pro-wikileaks-hackers-tunisian-government-websites/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nakedsecurity+%28Naked+Security+-+Sophos%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Predictions
Another banking or processing company
10.4% →
U.S government-owned website
13.9% →
Swedish government-owned website
13.9% →
U.K government-owned website
3.5% →
Other government-owned website
Other government-owned website
8.0% →
Anything goes
(not listed above)
13.0% →
None
None
Nothing happens until suspension date
37.3% →

Background

'Hacktivist' group Anonymous, linked to message board 4chan, has led online assault against MasterCard and Paypal websites.

The MasterCard website was forced offline for several hours today, following an online assault led by a shadowy group of hackers protesting against the card issuer's decision to block payments made to the WikiLeaks website.

The "distributed denial of service" attack was apparently orchestrated by a "hacktivist" group calling itself Anonymous, which has in recent days temporarily paralysed the websites of Post Finance, the Swiss bank which closed WikiLeaks frontman Julian Assange's account, and the website of the Swedish prosecution office.

But who, or what, is – or are – Anonymous?

A 22-year-old spokesman, who wished to be known only as "Coldblood", told the Guardian that the group – which is about a thousand strong – is "quite a loose band of people who share the same kind of ideals" and wish to be a force for "chaotic good".

There is no real command structure in the group, the London-based spokesman said, while most of its members are teenagers who are "trying to make an impact on what happens with the limited knowledge they have". But others are parents, IT professionals and people who happen to have time – and resources – on their hands.

The spokesman said Anonymous plans to "move away" from DDoS attacks and instead focus on "methods to support" WikiLeaks, such as mirroring the site. "There's no doubt in [Anonymous members'] mind that they are breaking [the] law," he said of the latest attacks. "But they feel that there's safety in numbers."

Anonymous refused to say whether it would target government-owned websites next, but warned: "anything goes."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/08/anonymous-4chan-wikileaks-mastercard-paypal

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   Super Userkruijs

Anonymous attacks Tunisia: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali offline

A portion of 4Chan's denizens have taken it upon themselves to attack Tunisian government websites.

The attack follows a decision by the Tunisian government to block access to WikiLeaks cables. Given the widespread use of censorware technology in Arab nations, we strongly suspect the Tunisian government is not alone in making this move, but it seems to have become the focus of a DDoS assault, which unsurprisingly floored targeted websites including those of Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and the government's official website. Net security firm Sophos reports.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/04/anon_tunisia_ddos_attacks/

   Maikranz

Are DDoS attacks count as hack?

   Super Userkruijs

Amazon hit by web service failure

The European sites of web retailer Amazon were temporarily offline on 12 December, amid ongoing threats against major sites by pro-Wikileak activists.

British, French, German, Austrian and Italian sites were down for about 30 minutes on Sunday during a peak pre-Christmas shopping period.

A group of cyber activists, Anonymous, is hitting firms that withdrew services from whistle-blowing site Wikileaks.

Amazon said the outage was cause by "hardware failure" and not an attack.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11980125

   Shipov

wonky, its not the same Anon. I think they used the very same faces, but different identity IMO.

   snowchild

@purple_mary yeah I hear u :)

   wonkydonk

is not that Anonymous same as scientology protest?? i remember that face in scientology protests probably 2 or 3 years ago. maybe im wrong.

   purple_mary

I'm getting sick hearing such "London-based", "Sydney-based" , "LA based". Wake up! there are no bases.

   Super Userkruijs

Twitter account of the Anonymous Operations has been suspended:
http://twitter.com/#!/Anon_Operation/statuses/12620181117337601

   Super Userkruijs

Visa Down, Facebook Next?

Taking down Facbook (sic!) would be the ultimate coup d’etat for an anarchist hacker group. To watch the progress of Operation Payback, follow their Twitter page, which should have more announcements soon.

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/39928/visa-down-facebook-next/

   Super Userkruijs

Operation Payback: Facebook BANNED Our Page

Anonymous, an activist hacker group that has been disabling websites in a show of support for WikiLeaks, claims that Facebook has just banned its page.

Anonymous tweeted via its "Operation Payback" Twitter account, @Anon_Operation, "FACEBOOK JUST BANNED OUR PAGE," with a screenshot of a notice from Facebook that its page, "Operation Payback" was "removed for violating our Terms of Use."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/08/operation-payback-faceboo_n_794076.html

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