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First dump of Anon BofA Documents is up
- mixmax 16y agoWell, not quite: "The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later."
- Osiris 16y agoBoth the main site and the link to the mirror site posted earlier are both offline. EDIT: nm, got through on the coral cache site.
- jarin 16y agoCached version since it's spotty: http://bankofamericasuck.com.nyud.net/03/13/ex-bank-of-ameica-employee-can-prove-mortgage-fraud-part-1 http://bankofamericasuck.com.nyud.net/03/13/ex-bank-of-ameic...
- invertedlambda 16y agoMy browser is giving me a phishing warning for this link?
- fooandbarify 16y agoBecause a phishing page is basically just a mirror. No successful phishing can really occur unless you provide the page with information, though, so as long as you don't fill in any forms or download any weird applets you should be okay. (The linked URL was, when I checked, a legitimate and non-malicious mirror of the original.) EDIT: Obviously a phishing page is not a proper mirror - but they both share the attribute of being very similar to another page, and with "name.tld" as a sub-domain it makes sense that a browser might incorrectly label a mirror as a phishing page.
- bl4k 16y agohaving the words 'bank of america' in the title likely goes towards it being marked as a possible phish
- kronusaturn 16y agoIt's from the Coral Cache, which as far as I know is a legitimate and useful service. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_Content_Distribution_Network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_Content_Distribution_Netw...
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- zaidf 16y agoWait, is this from Anon or Wikileaks?
- georgieporgie 16y agoAnon. Edit: Actually, as I understand it, one guy who claims to be associated with Anonymous.
- burgerbrain 16y ago"one guy who claims to be associated with Anonymous." Which in reality could be snipped to "one guy", and not lose any real meaning.
- GHFigs 16y agoSpecifically, this guy: http://twitter.com/OperationLeakS http://twitter.com/OperationLeakS You can read the whole stream from the 10th to follow how this was put together. It's not really HACKERS ON STEROIDS material; he was contacted by an ex-BoA employee because he ran http://bankofamericasuck.com/ http://bankofamericasuck.com/. Contrast this no-4chan/no-hacking reality with breathless headlines like: "4chan hackers leak internal Bank of America emails" -- http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/13/anonymous-bank-of-america/ http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/13/anonymous-bank-of-america/
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- harshpotatoes 16y agoWhat's the difference? I thought anybody could claim to be from Anonymous, and merely making this claim automatically makes this true.
- davidu 16y agoJust read though it all. So far, this is unimpressive and not really indicative of any serious criminal activity. And here's the torrent: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6241472 http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6241472
- cookiecaper 16y agoI seriously hope that there's a lot more stuff coming out, because this would be a truly useless thing to spend the rest of your life in court, litigation, judgments, repayments and debts, etc. for.
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- redthrowaway 16y agoIf you think there's a uTorrent 0day being used, use a much smaller client. uTorrent may be dangerous because anyone looking to compromise the most people possible would use it as a vector, but even transmission should be fine. At any rate, I'm perfectly happy to trust what anon is putting out, having spent significant amounts of time hanging out in IRC and chatting with those involved. I haven't seen anything that makes me suspicious, and I'm not the most trusting type when it comes to random people on the internet. edit: My comment makes no sense now, but it was originally in regards to concern expressed that Anon's releases could contain malware.
- trotsky 16y agoI'm going to revisit the situation in the morning, I just need sleep. I didn't intend to cast aspersions on anon.
- redthrowaway 16y agoNo, by all means, you're right to be cautious. I'm just saying I don't think there's anything to worry about.
- phoenix24 16y agoThe website seems to be already overloaded with traffic. I get "503 : Service Temporarily Unavailable"
- sixtyby3 16y agoTry refreshing the page. I've gotten the images to load by opening it in multiple tabs. Usually one of those requests will go through. But it also means overloading an already overloaded server with more requests.
- fooandbarify 16y agoI opened the page with the intention of mirroring it, but I decided there was not any information worth spreading.
- wbhart 16y agoI thought BoA bought up all these domain names. How does anonymous have it? How can we verify this is legit? The primary domain is registered to James somebody, email address Nope@gmail.com, which doesn't exactly look like valid info.
- shadowpwner 16y agoSee the reddit link up above. I don't see anything wrong with the email nope@gmail.com.
- haribilalic 16y agoIt's not a valid Gmail address. Gmail usernames are between 6 and 30 characters (excluding periods).
- shadowpwner 16y agoI know, but if they were linked to anonymous, wouldn't they want anonymity?
- fooandbarify 16y agoThis is just a disgruntled former employee complaining about the common (legal) business practices of large corporations. Am I missing something?
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- flashingleds 16y agoThe presentation threw up some suspicion alarms (in a similar way to the Journal of Cosmology for the recent meteor paper), it reads like some kind of weird stream-of-consciousness. I guess I'll reserve judgement until somebody a) I've heard of b) presents it logically.
- bgentry 16y agoNothing to see here. Hopefully this is just setting the stage for what's about to be released, but nothing in this first batch is in any way shocking or concerning.
- ibejoeb 16y agoThe trail stops as soon as the internal confrontation begins. If it's real at all, how are we to know that it didn't end there? It's just not thorough. This better be just the tip, because I think it's more damaging to the credibility of this leaker than anything else.
- tuhin 16y ago503: Service temporary unavailable!
- efnx 16y agoJust keep hitting refresh.
- corin_ 16y agoYep, that's the best solution when a website is going offline due to high traffic. Keep kitting refresh.
- josefresco 16y agoDon't forget to use multiple machines from different networks. You never know when it's going to come back online and you want to be fist in line!
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- redthrowaway 16y ago>I just don't find it credible that after making people wait for these, the leaker couldn't take the time to rewrite the explanations for who he/she is and why he/she is leaking these documents and resorts to screenshots of 4chan posts. What? A) there was a fairly lengthy record of why this person was doing what they were doing, and B) that's a mail client, not 4chan.
- radicaldreamer 16y agoYou're right. I wasn't paying enough attention and didn't read the screenshots in full because the server is swamped. I'm interested in Part 2 honestly. Zerohedge.com seems to think these are a big deal and has theorized that this is one reason that BoA has recently moved to split it's mortgage operations from the rest of it's businesses.
- redthrowaway 16y agoKeep in mind these are from Anon, not WikiLeaks. The big dump that WL is preparing is yet to come. This is just a single ex-BoA employee releasing emails that they had bcc'd themselves because they were concerned about the illegality of what was being asked. This is only part 1 of the release, and the ex-employee also said they had much more, but had to keep some for "insurance". My understanding is that this is a fairly pedestrian example of just one incident of fraud (cooking the books so as to remove records of foreclosures), with more to come.
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- korch 16y agoAt the very least this might turn up a stone that was overlooked. Think like a detective. Instead of looking for further evidence, maybe all we have to do is wait for any involved parties to make a mistake, and flub up their story, evidence trail, you name it. When the spot light is on look for who is moving towards the shadows. Then the shit really can hit the fan. How fast can you say bank run?!
- ericmsimons 16y agoI feel like this wasn't a great time to announce the BofA leaks with Japan in absolute chaos...they would have had better impact in a few weeks.
- yardie 16y agoWhy not? It's not like the US SEC is pitching in with JDF and the Red Cross. Hopefully, they start and investigation now and in a few weeks, or months, charges will be brought. I'm fairly certain people can handle more than disaster porn at any given moment.
- icegreentea 16y agoNo, they can't. Or at least, the US mass-media can't.
- ericmsimons 16y agoI'm sure people CAN handle it, but if everyone wasn't flipping out about Japan (for good reason) there would probably be a lot more emphasis on the BofA stuff. Ex: Go to CNN.com. What's splashed all over the front page right now? Can you find even one link to an article about the BofA leak?
- aidos 16y agoAny idea why most of the images are in the uploads/2011/01 folder and some are in the uploads/2011/03 folder? Probably nothing of course...
- DCoder 16y agoDraft post was written back in January, probably, and the files in /03 were only added recently. Wordpress can split uploaded files into this folder structure automatically based on upload time.
- aidos 16y agoBut that's the bit I find strange. The datestamps in the images would suggest that the conversation took place recently (march). The wordpress splitting suggests this is not the case.
- DCoder 16y agoWell noticed! I wasn't able to look at the images earlier (at work), but at least this image http://bankofamericasuck.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/boa10010.png http://bankofamericasuck.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/boa1... is interesting - the email is timed March 11, but it's in the January folder. Wordpress doesn't let you upload new versions of the same image, so it can't be that... Which makes it look like a pre-scheduled hoax?
- aidos 16y agoWeird, no? Could be the timestamp on the server wasn't correct when the content was uploaded or something, but what are the chances of that?
- shareme 16y agoLet me explain something: I used to work as a jr accountant when my 2 year degree in CS and Business was first granted for a Home Health firm non profit that received funds from the state and federal governments. As it was explained to me at the time by a lawyer when I discovered some financial fraud with those state funds at the firm I was employed by..you cannot keep it a secret and expect the state not bring a case against you when they find out as its criminal activity. This ex BOAf employee is damned if he or she does or not as the state might bring a case against the ex employee when they discover the criminal activity or BOAF makes his or her life hell when they are exposed.
- tybris 16y agoThe public already knows banks are evil. If you have evidence, go to court.
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- S_A_P 16y agoIf the allegations that BOA destroyed this guys life and made him a "terrorist" are true, then that is sad. However, I dont know that I can trust the motives of someone who would still be working there if they hadnt personally attacked him. Maybe there is a link- I couldnt see all of the screenshots to be sure. But the emails I saw were a bit paranoid sounding for me.
- binarymax 16y agoMade it half way though and the server went cold. Is there a text transcription of the email screenshots anywhere?
- some1else 16y agoI guess this explains the frantic "Bank of America Sucks" domain purchases. http://www.businessinsider.com/wow-bank-of-america-bought-sucks-and-blows-urls-for-like-everyone-at-the-company-2010-12 http://www.businessinsider.com/wow-bank-of-america-bought-su...
- rst 16y agoDetail on what's being alleged here: http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/03/wikileaks-whistleblower-charges-bofa-of-engaging-in-large-scale-force-placed-insurance-scheme-with-cooperation-of-servicers.html http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/03/wikileaks-whistleblow... In outline: banks were supposed to be funneling mortgage payments to holders of bonds backed by the mortgages. But they were (allegedly) siphoning off some of that money for themselves or their cronies --- nominally in the form of ludicrously overpriced premiums for insurance policies against default. This would be legally actionable if it held up, and there have been consent decrees in the past.
- jedsmith 16y agoYet by burying that in the middle and near the end, bookended on both sides by what can be perceived as whining by an ex-employee, "OperationLeakS" has basically made it cakewalk for Bank of America's PR to deflect this. I halfway hope that Wikileaks is using Anonymous as a smokescreen and has given them a little bit of info so that BoA can burn their PR on them, then the supposed hard drive that is referenced again here actually comes out later.
- levigross 16y agoThe documents may be up but that site keeps on going down.
- hollerith 16y agoSo why screenshots of an email client instead of the emails themselves? I fear that OperationLeakS probably cannot imagine how screenshots can be forged, so he believes them to be more authoritative than emails.
- scottkrager 16y agoThey need to remove all ads from this domain, otherwise BofA can easily take the domain for trademark infringement.