"TWO *REAL* GUNS POINTED AT ME": how the FBI raided Anonymous The FBI yesterday executed 40 search warrants around the US to gather evidence on the Anonymous distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in defense of WikiLeaks last year—attacks which targeted Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, and Amazon. And when the FBI comes a-knockin', the whole house starts a rockin'. Ars has seen posts from a private forum in which several targets of the FBI raids offer brief descriptions of the experience, along with the occasional photo of a beaten-in front door. A note of context: "LOIC" here refers to the Low Orbit Ion Cannon, a software tool used in the Anonymous DDoS attacks that can flood a network connection with data. I used LOIC during that whole Wikileaks fiasco. A second account showed a similar level of, err, enthusiasm on the part of the FBI. 6am, door busted down (NOT KIDDING), "FBI FBI FBI POLICE FBI GET YOUR ARMS UP AND DONT MOVE THEM. On sites like Reddit, hearsay was the norm. They started it! Photo by OperationPaperStorm
Home Of Happy Wheels - Happy Wheels Full Version Hello pals. I'd like to continue hosting the flash version of Happy Wheels as long as possible. With the loss of certain ad networks, I'm going to try out a few different ad formats on this site as I continue to attempt to regain some of the revenue that went missing. I'll be making a few minor changes here and there to see whatever works best. Nothing should be annoying. The discord server, which is now official at has been very helpful to me and the game. Though I would prefer to be silent, I feel obligated to say that I am still working full time on the sequel, and it's still reeeeeaally time consuming.
Anonymous to security firm working with FBI: "You've angered the hive" Internet vigilante group Anonymous turned its sights on security firm HBGary on Sunday evening in an attempt to "teach [HBGary] a lesson you'll never forget." The firm had been working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to unmask members of Anonymous following the group's pro-WikiLeaks attacks on financial services companies, and was prepared to release its findings next week. HBGary had been collecting information about Anonymous members after the group's DDoS attacks on companies perceived to be anti-WikiLeaks. The firm had targeted a number of senior Anonymous members, including a US-based member going by the name of Owen, as well as another member known as Q. In addition to working with the FBI (for a fee, of course), HBGary's CEO Aaron Barr was preparing to release the findings this month at a security conference in San Francisco. "We’ve seen your internal documents, all of them, and do you know what we did?
FBI goes after Anonymous for pro-WikiLeaks DDoS attacks The FBI has joined in the hunt for those who participated in the retaliation attacks against companies that cut off services to WikiLeaks, executing more than 40 search warrants across the United States on Thursday, the bureau announced. In what seem to be timed raids, British police arrested five men Thursday morning who allegedly participated in the Anonymous group’s denial of service attacks on Visa, Mastercard, Paypal and Amazon in mid-December. Anonymous was seeking to bring attention to—and punish—the financial-service companies’ decisions to prohibit donations to Wikileaks. The attacks caused no permanent damage, as they simply temporarily overloaded a website with more traffic than the server could handle. But the FBI warned it did not see it that way. The attacks were conducted by the loosely organized ‘Anonymous’ group to show displeasure with the financial-service companies that cut off donations to Wikileaks. Listing image by Stian Elkeland
the simple image sharer Etsy users irked after buyers, purchases exposed to the world What would you do if you registered on a site to buy something, only to find months later that your user account was searchable and your purchases were exposed? That scenario is currently playing out for Etsy users, who are dealing with the fallout from Etsy's decision to roll out a new People Search tool. The site, dedicated to enabling crafters and artisans to sell their work online, has yet to notify its user base of the change that exposes users' real names and, via their profile pages, anything they have purchased and left feedback on. The controversy began last week when Etsy flipped the switch on People Search as part of its effort to make Etsy feel more like a social network. The problem is that, aside from a thread in Etsy's forums (which is almost entirely used by sellers, not buyers), Etsy has not notified users of the change in privacy settings or policy. Even if users haven't entered their full names, their profiles are still searchable by username. Why does this matter?
Anon pwns HBGary Federal UPDATED w/PRESS RELEASE Like Barr's previous statements to FT, the entirety of his research is not only terrible, but in many cases less informative than is the public record. The entry on me, for instance, is entirely inaccurate despite the fact that I have not been a clandestine participant since coming out of the closet months ago. As noted by Bernard Keane, the situation is rather hilarious. Here are the 60,000 e-mails that were acquired today. I'll be posting additional updates and materials here over the next few minutes. In conclusion, lol. ANONYMOUS PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Distribution February 7th, 2011 Recently, the head of internet security firm HBGary Federal, Aaron Barr, sought to elevate his investigation of the Anonymous movement by providing the Financial Times with what he claimed to be accurate and useful information about those who allegedly drive our activities. Within hours of learning this, Anonymous infiltrated HBGary Federal's network and websites. Anonymous does not have leaders.
It's finally possible! Silicon Valley Congresswoman: Web seizures trample due process (and break the law) At 9:30pm PST on February 11, US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seized the domain mooo.com. They ordered the domain name's registrar to redirect all traffic headed for mooo.com to a government IP address, one which displayed a single stark warning that the domain name had been seized for involvement with child pornography. But the mooo.com domain name was shared between 84,000 sites; every one suddenly displayed the child pornography warning. One outraged user took to his blog to tell ICE to "get out of my Internet. Mooo.com had been seized as part of ICE's Operation Protect Our Children (the better-known Operation: In Our Sites targets piracy and counterfeiting). Rep. Espinel insisted that "due process" was built into ICE's operations, which simply applied seizure law used in narcotics and other cases to Internet domains. Lofgren wasn't appeased. Nevertheless, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has promised that COICA will become law this year. Rep. Rep.
HBGary leaked emails Type: Other > Other Files: Size: 4.71 GiB (5053424159 Bytes) Uploaded: By: Anonymous Seeders: Leechers: Comments Info Hash: (Problems with magnets links are fixed by upgrading your torrent client!) Greetings HBGary (a computer "security" company), Your recent claims of "infiltrating" Anonymous amuse us, and so do your attempts at using Anonymous as a means to garner press attention for yourself. The nightmarish hybrid taxidermy that could land 'Franken-artist' in jail By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 06:44 GMT, 19 December 2011 Like a modern day Dr Frankenstein, Enrique Gomez De Molina creates hauntingly stunning hybrid sculptures made from the stuffed parts of dead animals. But it is his beloved mythical creatures that could land the Miami artist in jail for up to five years and see him forking out $250,000 in fines. De Molina uses the parts of once-living animals and merges them together to create strange beings, one example features the head of two swans on the body of a goat and another shows the head of a squirrel meshed with a crab. Mythical: The surreal sculptures feature a doubles head swan on the body of what appears to be a goat Creepy: This otherworldly piece is created with the head of a screaming squirrel and the body of crab Nightmarish: This taxidermy Sculpture called the McSparboe Salmonella is a mix of a rooster and a goat Weird: In this strange example De Molina merges a goat's head and hooves with the body and tail of a skunk
whaat New music: Disclosure – Carnival Band of brothers ... Howard and Guy Lawrence, aka Disclosure. Photograph: Michaela Letang. Disclosure hail from south London and are brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence. The appropriately named Carnival is a delirious slice of garage rhythms and looping vocal samples, which starts like every other blogged about song made in a small studio – that vinyl hiss, those echoey vocal riffs, that drum clap – but soon transforms itself into a rapid-fire sonic experiment. Rapid fire ... Carnival / I Love That You Know is released by Transparent on 13 June.
Cell Phone Guide for Occupy Wall Street Protesters (and Everyone Else) Occupy Wall Street has called for a global day of action on October 15, and protesters are mobilizing all over the world. In the United States, the Occupy Wall Street movement has already spawned sizeable protests in New York, Washington DC, Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland, Austin, and other cities. Several of these movements have faced opposition from their local police departments, including mass arrests. Protesters of all political persuasions are increasingly documenting their protests -- and encounters with the police -- using electronic devices like cameras and cell phones. The following tips apply to protesters in the United States who are concerned about protecting their electronic devices when questioned, detained, or arrested by police. These are general guidelines; individuals with specific concerns should talk to an attorney. 1. Think carefully about what’s on your phone before bringing it to a protest. Password-protect your phone - and consider encryption options.