FBI Executes Search Warrants on 40 Anonymous Members

[WilliamRLBaker]

Gotta love the replies of why aren't they doing other ""things""?

Because you mean to say that the FBI dropped every other case, every other court proceeding..etc and the entire FBI concentrated on just this case right?

 

[Icehearted]

It's cool that DDOS attacks won't be as prevalent as they were in the past, but..

Shouldn't the FBI be tracking down actual criminals?

Why stop child molestation when they could be tracking murderers? Why track murderers when they could be tracking mass murderers? Why track mass murderers when they could be fighting Cthulhu's entrance in to our dimension? I say the full force of all goverment agencies should be tracking down the worst offenders and only those, if the local police can't do it the criminals earned their freedom.

I have firsthand experience with matters of law enforcement and have learned that it is a largely discretionary effort, and many crimes go unanswered (including assault and rape) unless the officer(s) or chief investigator are so inclined to do otherwise. I don't think it unreasonable to conclude that where big money is concerned, criminal activity will receive a higher priority than so-called "actual criminals".

Hell, the police themselves have explained to me very plainly that a reported or even confessed crime doesn't necessarily have to be enforced unless it suits them.



OT: I remember seeing images posted on how to do this on other message boards, and they all claimed the method was totally safe and untraceable. Looks like people were being trolled, not that I would imagine anyone with any sense would listen to anon when it comes to such matters.

 

[Joe Deadman]

Man this seems like more of a job for the police than the FBI.

I guess they must be bored or something.

 

[Isaac The Grape]

Well, i guess no one is Anonymous is safe no more. Can't say i am unhappy, but i think this is a waste of the FBI's time and resources. Ah well, grass is always greener, eh?

Partly because most Anons these days are somewhat lacking in skill and are much to confident for their own good.

Chanspeak version: Most ANONS are NFs. Which is ok. I think that arrested is a cool guy, eh takes shit for skilled Anon's and doesn't afraid of anything.

 

[cerebus23]

Anonymous should have learned to actually be anyonymous when trying this junk.

Real criminals? while they maybe bigger fish to fry out there these guys did pull off some attacks on major commercial sites, and happily bragged about all their antics publicly, they were due for a beatdown.

 

[Rainforce]

40 is still too low as a number....~

although it got a lot more hardcore compared to 5.
I wonder what they're up to, or better, in what extend theyre willing to take actions.
EDIT:

whatever kind of organization that it deems unworthy

more like worthy

 

[Isaac The Grape]

So, the FBI doesn't have enough to do, eh?

I'm glad that the United States have become such an honest and place that the only stuff left investigating by the feds is a bunch of kids running programs they don't really understand.

What a heart-warming story.

You are aware they make a sarcasm font on this board, right? I figure I should let you know, just in case.

I don't think attacking script kiddies is going to help that much.

Pray tell, how does one use said sarcasm font?

!Or are you trying to give us some helpful advice.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Anonymous Dun Goofed and the Cyber Police were called.

I guess he was more serious than we thought.

 

[Isaac The Grape]

Forty? Really? Just forty? You couldn't bring down Encyclopedia Dramatica down with forty LOIC users.

Do you have cakes? Do you have forty of them?

 

[BinaryCrystal]

Can anyone say "brbfbi"?

Forty is better than 0, but for things like DDoS attacks, that seems like an awful lot of people to coordinate.

Personally from my Network Security course, DoS (DDoS) is a very brute, in-flexible method of attack, there are better ones but I can't say anything in fear of incurring moderator wrath (NO PLEASE I LOVE YOU!!), but also because ethics is a part of that course as well.

Anonymous should have learned to actually be anyonymous when trying this junk.

Also I concur.

 

[Rainforce]

They need to teach kids a lesson that you don't step on the government's toes.

uh, "obey the ruler!" ?

 

[Motiv_]

It's cool that DDOS attacks won't be as prevalent as they were in the past, but..

Shouldn't the FBI be tracking down actual criminals?

Why stop child molestation when they could be tracking murderers? Why track murderers when they could be tracking mass murderers? Why track mass murderers when they could be fighting Cthulhu's entrance in to our dimension? I say the full force of all goverment agencies should be tracking down the worst offenders and only those, if the local police can't do it the criminals earned their freedom.

Har har, rather clever. I should've worded it better. Yes, it's nice that they're finally showing Anonymous how "Anonymous" they are, but isn't the FBI for like, bank robbers, serial kills, terrorists and the like? It seems, at least to me, to be a waste of effort to use the FBI just to arrest some dickhead teenagers who have nothing better to do than to "Haxor" webpages by clicking an .exe.

If anything, why not go after those who post child pornography or someone's personal information? Why DDoSing of all things?

It's cool that DDOS attacks won't be as prevalent as they were in the past, but..

Shouldn't the FBI be tracking down actual criminals?

Since when was DDoS not illegal?

These ARE criminals.

They need to teach kids a lesson that you don't step on the government's toes. It isn't just about busting a couple kids, it's reinforcing the notion you aren't safe to do illegal things on the internet and that you can be held responsible for your actions.

That's well worth the resources spent.

And as I explained above, it's not that I condone DDoSing or support anonymous or anything like that, far from it. But to me, using the FBI and "Many international law enforcement agencies" simply to bring down a bunch of kids is like using the Army, tanks and all, to stop a riot.

 

[Throwitawaynow]

I have firsthand experience with matters of law enforcement and have learned that it is a largely discretionary effort, and many crimes go unanswered (including assault and rape) unless the officer(s) or chief investigator are so inclined to do otherwise. I don't think it unreasonable to conclude that where big money is concerned, criminal activity will receive a higher priority than so-called "actual criminals".

That's right a highly publicisized event using means that havn't been cracked down on hard targeted at multi-national companies and government website both of which were felonies resulted in arrests on people that were sloppy and probably didn't take much work.

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I wasn't comparing the two crimes I was saying how ridiculous it is to BE comparing crimes.

 

[Rainforce]

I have firsthand experience with matters of law enforcement and have learned that it is a largely discretionary effort, and many crimes go unanswered (including assault and rape) unless the officer(s) or chief investigator are so inclined to do otherwise. I don't think it unreasonable to conclude that where big money is concerned, criminal activity will receive a higher priority than so-called "actual criminals".

That's right a highly publicisized event using means that havn't been cracked down on hard targeted at multi-national companies and government website both of which were felonies resulted in arrests on people that were sloppy and probably didn't take much work.

I see the point, but that doesnt make the above statement any less right...

 

[Rainforce]

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[thisbymaster]

I wonder if those people can clam that their computers were part of a zombie bot net and that it was operating outside of their control. If anon really wants to become powerful all it will take is a virus to create a nice sized bot net with main servers in some far off country.

 

[Rainforce]

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