WikiLeaks

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Re: WikiLeaks

And now "Operation Payback" is threatening to attack the EFF... this is what happens when 4chan attempts "cyber vigilantism":

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives...foundation.php

[Thorn]

Re: WikiLeaks

So far, many Assange's fanboys have displayed the emotional maturity of a bunch of 3 year-olds, and are doing more to harm the public opinion regarding the idea of a whistle-blower site in than any government could do.

The DDoS'ing seems to be both largely ineffective and pretty stupid to begin with, but a big problem with the current situation is the way it's being portrayed in the media. Much of the coverage hasn't been "Assange's supporters are DDoS'ing Visa, et al" but rather "Hackers are DDoS'ing Visa, et al". It's just making another black mark for all of us in the eyes of the public. I just hope that the backlash isn't too severe.

[noid]

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Man, yesterday's attacks were super effective. I woke up this morning to find a world without Paypal, Visa, or Mastercard. The buildings are gone, none of the cards work, their internet presence is gone..er..wait..the opposite of that, everything is where its supposed to be and its business as usual.

DDoS'ing is the Dane Cook of 'hacker attacks'

[willasaywhat]

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Tell me, Mr. Anderson... what good are those sites... if you're unable to pay?

[streaker69]

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But nobody has really cared yet, because the root reason the internet still exists is going strong. No one has dared touch the p0rn sites yet.

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And now they're DDoSing PayPal. THE INTERNET IS ANGRY

[number006]

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Doea anyone know if Wikileaks or anyone has gotten a copy of the FCCs proposed Net Neutrality rules, which I understand they hav enot disclosed yet?
http://blogs.forbes.com/elizabethwoy...lity-proposal/

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A Swiss bank, PostFinance, recently froze one of Julian Assange's accounts. The result? Operation Payback launched a DDoS against their site, taking it down

And now Operation Payback is getting DDoSed themselves: http://anonops.net/

Pretty soon I'm going to need a chart to remember who's DDoSing who.

Also, "th3j3st3r" posted a video of his "XerXeS" DDoS attack

EDIT: And now mastercard.com is down following another DDoS attack

[willasaywhat]

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Unfortunately, I am not at liberty to comment or give my opinion, but I do have one.

Winston Churchill's famous quote has continuously come to mind over that past few weeks though:

Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains.

[Thorn]

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This movie gets better every day. Just sayin'. If he escapes using an S-64 Aircrane to lift a bus I'll eat my hat. David Anders, who played Julian Sark in Alias, should get a stab at the role. $5m in donations? We could make that in an hour with this over dramatic gold.

But is the role that of hero, villain, anti-hero or just some sort of media-whore putz? Even a lot of WikiLeaks fanboys don't seem to be too sure.

[willasaywhat]

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This movie gets better every day. Just sayin'. If he escapes using an S-64 Aircrane to lift a bus I'll eat my hat. David Anders, who played Julian Sark in Alias, should get a stab at the role. $5m in donations? We could make that in an hour with this over dramatic gold.

[theprez98]

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Julian Assange arrested

Unlikely that he won't be able to post bail, but then his movement could be severely restricted.

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A Swiss bank, PostFinance, recently froze one of Julian Assange's accounts. The result? Operation Payback launched a DDoS against their site, taking it down:

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/201...wt&twt=nytimes

Operation Payback, a group of Internet activists and hackers, took credit on Monday for crashing the Web Site of a Swiss Bank hours after it froze an account set up by the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange.

Writing on Twitter the group called on fellow hackers to attack the PostFinance.ch site and within minutes it was knocked offline.

Earlier on Monday, the same group of activists said they attacked PayPal, which froze a WikiLeaks account three days ago.

[theprez98]

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The thought that a single Senator could just call up a multi-billion dollar corporation and get a customer shut off like that just seems like such a ridiculous notion in the first place, yet it meets the "us against the Man" conspiracy theories that propel this religious-like fervor for Wikileaks. The claim is that the rape allegation against Assange is part of this U.S. conspiracy against him--somehow though I missed the diplomatic cable that discussed this conspiracy.

I've talked to a lot of people who share a view similar to this: "I generally support what Wikileaks is doing, but not how they're doing it." I read last night where someone said something to the notion of : "I'll fully support Wikileaks when Julian Assange is no longer in charge." I think a lot of people would agree with these things.

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Possession of classified materials by unauthorized persons is a violation of the Espionage Act (18 U.S.C. § 793-794). By hosting Wikileaks' cables, Amazon would be complicit in violating the law. It's a simple decision, Wikileaks likely violated Amazon's terms of service and has nothing to do with "censorship" or "free speech."

It looks like Amazon is claiming it's a ToS violation for WikiLeaks hosting material they don't own. They're further claiming Lieberman is just grandstanding and had nothing to do with their decision.

It also appears some former WikiLeaks members who grew dissatisfied with Julian Assange and his cult of personality are forming their own independent whistleblowing site.