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Topic started on 4-2-2013 @ 08:52 AM by goou111

Anonymous Leaked Account Data for 4,000 Bank Executives on a Government Website


gizmodo.com
After hacking up government websites last week, and the week before, Anonymous has pulled off another hack to push their agenda of reforming computer crime law in the wake of Aaron Swartz's suicide. This time, they've leaked names, addresses, and other information about over 4,000 bank executives. And they did it all on a government site.
(visit the link for the full news article)


reply posted on 4-2-2013 @ 09:51 AM by Swizzy
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That's the beauty of computer security. There seems to be an antidote to almost everything. Look at countries with very strict internet laws such as China or North Korea. Even people there manage to keep the government on it's feet when it comes to this topic and this is no different to the situation in the western world.

They find a flaw, it gets fixed, they find another flaw, it gets fixed. It's a never ending game and the people in charge of security always seem to be a step behind.


reply posted on 4-2-2013 @ 10:17 AM by NeoVain
Originally posted by Swizzy
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post by Spookycolt



That's the beauty of computer security. There seems to be an antidote to almost everything. Look at countries with very strict internet laws such as China or North Korea. Even people there manage to keep the government on it's feet when it comes to this topic and this is no different to the situation in the western world.

They find a flaw, it gets fixed, they find another flaw, it gets fixed. It's a never ending game and the people in charge of security always seem to be a step behind.


The reason the security experts are always and will always be a few steps behind, is they get a salary. This means they have money to spend, a wife to "cuddle", children to take care of, a house and bills to pay etc. That takes up alot of time.

The hackers are mostly 100% commited to what they do, nolifers with very little money to spend as a consequence, giving them more time to find exploits and dig around on forums/irc with fellow hackers. More time to find the truth and educate themselves then the wage-slaves opposing them.


reply posted on 4-2-2013 @ 01:12 PM by Severin
Originally posted by inj3ct0r
Anonymous is a very evil group. People think they are cool just because they go after the government. But what about the 1000's of people that become victims in the process.
Seriously I can give you many reasons why 'Anonymous' is evil but it will probably break the tnc's.

What groups such as LulzSec and Anonymous do is attempt to stop the average person having a choice at all. In engaging in a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack against a business, so-called hacktivists are not promoting freedom: they are using force to promote their views, and removing the choices other people would have made.

It’s one thing to attempt to convince people to change their view – but there are many ways of doing this. Some of the recent non-violent rallies against Walmart (in response to a sexual discrimination lawsuit) in the US are examples of one, non-dogmatic approach.

Force and coercion do not create freedom – they only create fear, uncertainty and doubt.



Anon is hardly evil, they may stop you from buying the latest 'widget' on the internet for a few hours, but evil

The sensationalist article you linked to was regarding Anon's attack on Paypal and Mastercard etc back in 2011. This DDoS was in direct response to these institutions decision not to allow fundraising for Wikileaks (how things change in a couple of years ) which was probably at the request of Gov.

I like Anon's stance on a lot of things in principle, but when I step back and think about it for a bit I realise that a lot of what they say is idealistic and simplistic at best. For instance, Anon are presently attempting to make DDoS an act of free speech, they liken it to a 'virtual sit-in', this is in itself a dangerous move as its not only Anon who make use of DDoS.

Last year Russia was severely attacked in the run up to the elections - the sites attacked were anti-Putin and it could easily be argued that the originators of these attacks were government backed and sanctioned.

Force and coercion do not create freedom – they only create fear, uncertainty and doubt.
I can think of many governments who've been pushing this particular agenda for years.

BUT when they go for the bankers I'm fully behind them and screw the consequences - they deserve EVERYTHING thats coming their way.


reply posted on 4-2-2013 @ 02:25 PM by purplemer
reply to post by Severin





I like Anon's stance on a lot of things in principle, but when I step back and think about it for a bit I realise that a lot of what they say is idealistic and simplistic at best. For instance, Anon are presently attempting to make DDoS an act of free speech, they liken it to a 'virtual sit-in', this is in itself a dangerous move as its not only Anon who make use of DDoS.


Ddos is a form of peaceful protest. No different than a crowd turning up outside a bank to protest. The only difference being is one is digital in nature and the other analogue. We are now seeing hackers getting longer prison sentences than rapists. Something is wrong.




reply posted on 4-2-2013 @ 02:33 PM by InverseLookingGlass
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yea right. They can't be both incompetent and brilliant. It's got to be one or the other.

I notice that conflict arises often in conspiracy memes.
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