Anonymous Takes Down FBI.gov

http://protestsopa.com/post/16144789949/fbi

by Torba • 15 years ago

114 15 15 years ago

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argv_empty• 15 years ago

Obligatory:

http://xkcd.com/932/

darkane• 15 years ago

It's even worse than that, unfortunately, as it's already being reported (by people that should know better) as a "hack":

http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/19/anonymous-hacks-doj-univer...

dmix• 15 years ago

NYTimes syndicates Venture Beat so it makes sense for that audience at least.

elliottcarlson2• 15 years ago

Please, post something more substantial! If I didn't know better, it would make it look like the actions of Anonymous are directly related to the anti-SOPA protests yesterday and it will only harm us in the end. Yes, there are issues with the megaupload.com take down - but let's not give MSM or the pro-SOPA senators a reason to forget about what was accomplished - and to me a posting on a domain like proteststopa.com with just those screenshots is detrimental to the cause.

(Also - don't take this as me being for or against any of these actions - I just can't help feel yesterday becoming a waste of everyone's efforts.)

Torba2• 15 years ago

Good point! Edit: "Anonymous takes down FBI.gov. This movement by Anonymous is interesting, however it may overshadow the point of the January 18th blackout against SOPA. Some Congressmen may see their actions as positive renforcement for censorship on the web."

elliottcarlson2• 15 years ago

Thank you! I would hate to see someone use this as a reason to convert peoples opinions on SOPA.

molmalo• 15 years ago

You are right. There we go, giving the SOPA supporters, some excellent excuses to picture the Internet as a wild land that needs to be civilized through more laws and control.

When fighting in the politics game, you have to be VERY clever and cold. You don't have to act guided by anger or impulse. Be smarter than them.

gabaix• 15 years ago

I wonder: when did Anonymous prepare this attack?

They are very efficient at pointing LOIC and all other weapons to the targets they want in a couple of hours. Were they waiting for the next event to happen?

braco_alva• 15 years ago

Yes, probably not this specific event, but maybe they were coordinated just in case something happen around the protest that went down yesterday.

Karunamon• 15 years ago

Keep in mind that newer versions of LOIC can be run idly in the background, connected to a control channel on IRC for remote activation by someone else. The amount of "coordination" necessary for a massive LOIC attack is limited to getting someone to download the software and enter the relevant channel information.

redthrowaway• 15 years ago

If memory serves, it's even easier than that: the version currently being distributed comes pointed at the CnC channel by default.

blantonl• 15 years ago

Taking down www.FBI.gov is not that big of a deal. It is almost certainly an externally hosted CMS that is completely independent of any day to day FBI operations.

This is analagous to claiming victory by DDOSing a blog.

alalonde• 15 years ago

That's the point. Notice their message about the stunt. They're not interested in attacking the FBI.

justncase80• 15 years ago

yawn

Anonymous Takes Down FBI.gov

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