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FBI arrests 16 in Anonymous hacking investigation
- hack_edu 15y agoNote: These arrests are connected with the PayPal/Visa/Mastercard DDoS attacks organized by Anonymous/AnonOps, and have nothing to do with Lulzsec/Antisec or any of the major breaches.
- pyre 15y ago> In two other separate indictments, a Sarasota, Fla., man was arrested on > charges of intentional damage to a protected computer for allegedly > accessing the Web site of InfraGard Tampa Bay, an FBI partner, in June. The > complaint alleges that he released instructions on how to exploit the Web > site. This seems related to Lulzsec[1], though maybe indirectly. http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/06/04/infragard-atlanta-an-fbi-affiliate-hacked-by-lulzsec/ http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/06/04/infragard-atlanta...
- knieveltech 15y agoIt may seem that this is unrelated to Lulzsec but why do you think the feds have a fire under their ass these days? Fun fact: a large portion of computer-related busts happen when the Feds catch some low hanging fruit, lean on them, then roll up their accomplices. Step 1, acquire low-hanging fruit. Check....
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- kd0amg 15y agoI hear from a user on another forum that a guy on his dorm floor got arrested and had previously bragged about participating in an attack on a group who opposed the food drive in Orlando that got shut down (user hasn't mentioned hearing about involvement in anything else).
- redthrowaway 15y agoHow exactly does running LOIC constitute "conspiring to intentionally damage protected computers?" Where's the damage? Does standing in front of a vending machine now qualify as vandalism?
- lucasjung 15y agoIANAL, but I would guess that the actual text of the statute in question extends beyond things that you or I would normally consider "damage." The names given to legal codes are necessarily concise, and therefore sometimes don't fully describe the contents of the code in question.
- GHFigs 15y ago(8) the term “damage” means any impairment to the integrity or availability of data, a program, a system, or information; http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00001030----000-.html http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_0...
- highpass 15y agoI thought ddos was usually via botnets/unaware infected users. The story states such people were willing participants?
- m0nastic 15y agoDDOS is indeed normally conducted by botnets; however, Anonymous uses a tool called LOIC‡ to carry out DDOS attacks. Unlike a normal DDOS attack, people actively coordinate the attack (ie: it's not automated), and apparently, do so from their own systems. I suspect a lot of the people who participate either aren't aware of the technical particulars, figure they'll be masked by large amounts of traffic, or just don't care. ‡ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOIC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOIC
- hendzen 15y agoAll the major LulzSec players have been tweeting all day. I'm doubtful that they caught any big fish.
- electromagnetic 15y agoIts interesting that an FBI bust comes the day after News International had its DNS servers knocked down taking out every News International website. Given that Rupert Murdoch and his businesses are already under suspicion for bribing police and government officials (and possibly had a whistle blower murdered), why does it feel like one of Murdochs cronies must have a director at the FBI on a leash. It could be coincidence, but IMO when you have billions of dollars, there's no such thing as coincidence.
- mtogo 15y agoEven if presented with billions of dollars, the FBI is not efficient enough for this to have anything to do with news corp. Please don't post conspiracy theories unless you have some sort of evidence to back them up.
- natesm 15y agohttp://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iu93n/fbi_raided_my_house_with_a_search_warrant_today/ http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iu93n/fbi_raided_...