Anonymous Members Arrested for Performing DDOS Attacks

[teh_Canape]

this seems apropiate


looks like Anonymous is starting to get sloppy

edit: I put the link wrong on purpose, now it's fixed

 

[Not-here-anymore]

Though I've never posted on 4chan it still kinda irritates me that NO ONE understands what "anonymous" is. It's not a group, or a team of hackers. It's a state of being. And not in some spiritual douchey way. It's in the way that anyone you cannot identify is considered anonymous, like the unknown author of a quote. When people call themselves anonymous, they're using it in the literal term. Of course as soon as people know who you are you loose the "prestige" of being anonymous.

OT: This is not hacking... these are just script kiddies running programs from home. Attacking major corporations without using a proxy is pretty dumb....

Exactly what I was going to say, but better worded than I would have managed. Congratulations!
Actually, I'll got to dictionary.com to explain it:
"of unknown name; whose name is withheld: an anonymous author."
That's it. Not a cyber-terrorist group, not a faintly malevolent group of people in favour of freedom of speech on the internet. Anyone and everyone is anonymous. Enjoy it!


Pro-anonymous as in not being subject to identification for everything I do online, against those who abuse said anonymity to cause damage to other people

 

[Labcoat Samurai]

Though I've never posted on 4chan it still kinda irritates me that NO ONE understands what "anonymous" is. It's not a group, or a team of hackers. It's a state of being. And not in some spiritual douchey way. It's in the way that anyone you cannot identify is considered anonymous, like the unknown author of a quote. When people call themselves anonymous, they're using it in the literal term. Of course as soon as people know who you are you loose the "prestige" of being anonymous.

Until they capitalize it, right? I mean, Anonymous is an all volunteer mob, essentially, and like any mob, it has to have organizers or it just mills about destroying indiscriminately.

Whatever else you might say about these DDoS attacks, you can't say they were indiscriminate.

 

[Azaraxzealot]

and people said that you cant police the internet?
HA! justice is served!
they should be thankful they are not getting Crackdown justice on their asses. imagine that wont you?

 

[JoJo]

Their fault for hacking. They broke the law, and caused trouble for legitimate companies, I hope they are at least fined for this. No one is above is the law.

 

[Delusibeta]

and people said that you cant police the internet?
HA! justice is served!
they should be thankful they are not getting Crackdown justice on their asses. imagine that wont you?

It's less "policing the internet" and more "being dumb enough to not run through at least a few proxies before you DDoS someone". And then, as everyone who has played Uplink knows, it's probably a good idea to clean up the logs of said proxies at some point.

 

[Amalith]

Though I've never posted on 4chan it still kinda irritates me that NO ONE understands what "anonymous" is. It's not a group, or a team of hackers. It's a state of being. And not in some spiritual douchey way. It's in the way that anyone you cannot identify is considered anonymous, like the unknown author of a quote. When people call themselves anonymous, they're using it in the literal term. Of course as soon as people know who you are you loose the "prestige" of being anonymous.

Until they capitalize it, right? I mean, Anonymous is an all volunteer mob, essentially, and like any mob, it has to have organizers or it just mills about destroying indiscriminately.

Whatever else you might say about these DDoS attacks, you can't say they were indiscriminate.

Except, you see, it DOESN'T have organizers. And it DOES just mill about destroying indiscriminately. Anyone who feels like it just logs onto 4chan, posts a "hey we should totally do this, you guys in?" thread, and if they're lucky, Anonymous has just struck again. It's a bunch of almost entirely unrelated events and people using the same name. It seems to follow a pattern because most of the posts end up under the fuck off that's stupid reply, and only the motivated ones go anywhere.

 

[samsonguy920]

I am a fan of anything robin hood, but everything I hear about Anonymous amounts to a bunch of petty bs.
It's about the same as Robin and his men putting potholes in the roads through Sherwood Forest in their part against Prince John's taxation acts.
If you really believe in something, and want to do something, don't penny ante your actions. If you are too afraid of the consequences of getting caught, then you don't truly believe in what you are doing. Better to just quit and find something worth doing with your life.
This goes the same for Assange. "Oh, lookee what I found out, let's share it with everybody because it is the right thing to do!"
It isn't the right thing to do all the time. There are legitimate reasons corporations and governments keep things secret. Revealing everything can put many people at risk of many repercussions including threat of life. That is not anybody's right to do for it acts against another person's right to privacy and self-preservation.
As for those caught, my money is they are in for a long time in small rooms getting grilled by Scotland Yard's finest for more details in the organization outside of anything electronic. I think we can expect a few more arrests to happen and there are already some names being posted on Interpol.
The Internet is an information gateway, and can be a valuable tool for anyone seeking to better themselves or those things they believe in. It is not the means for cheap attacks and defacement. Not without a truly legitimate result being looked for that aids those people who can't help themselves.

 

[killamanhunter]

I say we should have a hacker war! First attacks should be placed on Encyclopedia dramatics and 4chan and move out from there.

 

[bob1052]

and people said that you cant police the internet?
HA! justice is served!
they should be thankful they are not getting Crackdown justice on their asses. imagine that wont you?

It's less "policing the internet" and more "being dumb enough to run through at least a few proxies before you DDoS someone". And then, as everyone who has played Uplink knows, it's probably a good idea to clean up the logs of said proxies at some point.

Something I'm actually curious of. If the traffic you are sending out can cause issue for the targeted website, wouldn't it cause issues for any proxy you are using?

I say we should have a hacker war! First attacks should be placed on Encyclopedia dramatics and 4chan and move out from there.

4chan actually did get hit a few weeks ago.

 

[thirion1850]

Hackers? Lol. You mean script kiddies. Both sides are becoming more lame by the moment.

 

[Svenparty]

I'm really surprised the person that designed it didn't hide users IP addresses. Hidden Troll in Anon?(Apart from the ones trolling others)


It worries me because although they may think they are being anarchistic or whatever they are slowly giving governments the power to control the internet.

 

[Delusibeta]

I say we should have a hacker war! First attacks should be placed on Encyclopedia dramatics and 4chan and move out from there.

4chan actually did get hit a few weeks ago.

Isn't 4chan under constant DDoS, or something? Distinctly remember hearing something along those lines.

It's less "policing the internet" and more "being dumb enough to run through at least a few proxies before you DDoS someone". And then, as everyone who has played Uplink knows, it's probably a good idea to clean up the logs of said proxies at some point.

Something I'm actually curious of. If the traffic you are sending out can cause issue for the targeted website, wouldn't it cause issues for any proxy you are using?

Generally speaking, in DDoS attacks it's not what's in the traffic that's the problem, but rather the amount of traffic. So, if a handful of DDoSers use a specific proxy, as far as the proxy is concerned that's just a handful of machines. Likewise, if a handful of DDoSers use a different proxy, that proxy only sees that handful of machines. Meanwhile, the target website sees all of those machines (or, more specifically, lots of traffic from these two proxies).

 

[Char-Nobyl]

You know, there was a time when 'hacking' was actually something that took skill. It still does, mind you, but the word 'hacking' has become so watered down that anyone can be labeled a hacker if they've ever used a computer.

 

[Fuselage]

If you are DDOS-ing without a proxy your deserved to get shown to the Party Van.

 

[ThatLankyBastard]

Spoiler: They were backtraced by the cyberpolice?

I agree completely

 

[Bob_F_It]

Seems Anonymous needs renaming. That's what made them think that they're so powerful, that internet anonymity put them beyond the reach of the law. These arrests nicely show they're not all they're cracked up to be. (The facts that they've never achieved anything and have lacked the effort to do bugger all recently factor into it too.)

 

[MarsProbe]

Serves them right for hacking or whatever it was they were doing. The fact that the people arrested happen to be "members" of "Anonymous" makes it all the sweeter.

Hopefully some jail time in an overcrowded prison will be on the cards. I hope they drop the soap....