TagsTagsThe FBI has served more than 40 search warrants in the investigation of the cyberattacks against several major financial institutions. 'Anonymous' is finding out how un-anonymous they really are. The F.B.I. investigation is part of a larger international inquiry into a loose confederation of hackers calling itself “Anonymous” that coordinated the ...
Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Internet, Security, Secrecy, DoS Attack, Anonymous, Crime, FBI
The New York Times reports that hundreds of human rights activists, government officials, and businesspeople named in the Wikileaks cables have been warned by the State Department of threats to their safety, and some have been moved to safer locations. The operation, which involves a team of 30 in Washington ...
Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Internet, Military, Security, Secrecy
The Smoking Gun has details on an FBI affidavit detailing part of their criminal investigation of 'Operation Payback', leading to a raid on a Texas business called Tailor Made Services. DECEMBER 29--As part of an international criminal probe into computer attacks launched this month against perceived corporate enemies of WikiLeaks, ...
Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Internet, Security, Secrecy, DoS Attack, Anonymous, Crime, FBI
Floyd Abrams represented the New York Times in the case of the Pentagon Papers, and has a must-read piece today in the Wall Street Journal: Why WikiLeaks Is Unlike the Pentagon Papers. The recent release of a torrent of State Department documents is typical. Some, containing unflattering appraisals by American ...
Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Floyd Abrams, Pentagon Papers, Secrecy
One of the diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks described a meeting between US representatives and Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, considered one of Zimbabwe's brightest hopes for democratic reforms. Well, he was considered one of Zimbabwe's hopes for democracy, until Wikileaks destroyed that hope. Chris Albon reports at the Atlantic: How ...
Here's a screen shot, showing what a small portion of today's DOS attack looked like in the Apache error log:
Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Internet, Security, Secrecy, DoS Attack, Anonymous
After I posted the earlier article about the pro-Wikileaks non-organization "Anonymous" and their attack on the Bank of America website, and called them (with my usual tact) "vigilante morons," the non-organization's hive mind apparently decided to send a message to Little Green Footballs. I happened to be keeping an eye on ...
Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Internet, Security, Secrecy, DoS Attack, Anonymous
And this morning, the non-organization of non-hackers who are everywhere and everyone is attacking the website of Bank of America. It's pretty obvious that these vigilante morons won't be allowed to continue doing this much longer. UPDATE at 12/27/10 11:08:29 am: And now, because I criticized them, 'anonymous' is attacking LGF. Hang in ...
Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Internet, Security, Secrecy, DoS Attack, Anonymous
The software used by the pro-Wikileaks group "Anonymous" to attack Visa.com and other websites is known as "Low Orbit Ion Cannon" or LOIC; it was originally a stress-testing program designed to test how websites perform under high traffic loads. LOIC has since morphed into a DDOS attack tool that can ...
Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Internet, Security, Secrecy, DoS Attack
In the wake of the Great Wikileaks Dump, the US military is making the use of removable media -- thumb drives, CDs, DVDs, etc. -- on devices connected to the Defense Department's SIPRNET network a court martial offense. Maj. Gen. Richard Webber, commander of Air Force Network Operations, issued the ...
Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Internet, Military, Security, Secrecy
Several former editors for Wikileaks have resigned in protest against Julian Assange's top-down autocratic style, and are announcing the formation of a new project: "Openleaks." The pressure on WikiLeaks is increasing. DN.se reveals that several key figures behind the website that publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of sensitive governmental, corporate, ...