Anonops #5: Anonymous en de MO-revoluties

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ern_malleyscrub about an hour ago
Well, I realise now how wrong I've been. Hackers bad, Bible good. Okay. Thanks Hate Mongers.

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Op zondag 20 februari 2011 11:12 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:
Westboro Babtists hebben er zin in!

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by February 20, 2011 2:00 AM EST
Let me be VERY clear - this does not originate with Anonymous, and hopefully Anon will continue to ignore them.

The Anon website which "announced" this uses free posting. This was posted by WBC.

Again - the letter from "Anonymous" to WBC was posted by WBC themselves. And within an extremely short time there was a "response", challenging Anon to come.

This is a publicity stunt by WBC. They hope triggering an attack with Anon will bring them cred. Or at least the Streisand Effect.

Please don't help WBC with this horrid attempt at publicity. Don't buy in, don't let others buy in, and do be disgusted at the lengths Phelp and co. will go for face time.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/feb/20/wikileaks-baer-tax-avoidance-hbgary

In January 2008, someone uploaded to WikiLeaks a cache of documents, including hundreds of pages of internal correspondence of a major Swiss bank, Julius Baer. On closer inspection, the cache appeared to show that large amounts of money – sums ranging from $5m to $100m per person – were being, er, shielded in the Cayman Islands from tax authorities in various jurisdictions.

It was all, of course, perfectly legal: wealthy people put capital into trusts based in the Cayman Islands. This allows them lawfully to avoid paying tax on profits from investments, because legally those profits belong to the trust which, as a Cayman "resident", itself pays no tax. But the trustees can distribute money to the trust's beneficiaries, who may be residents of the UK and indeed, for all I know, pillars of society or even members of the Tory party.

Legal it may be, but mostly these folks don't like knowledge of their ingenious wheezes to enter the public domain. It's so vulgar, don't you know. And the banks that handle their money like it even less. So Julius Baer went apeshit about the leaks. Its lawyers persuaded a judge in California to shut down wikileaks.org and that, it thought, was that.

You can guess what happened. In no time at all, mirrors of the WikiLeaks site popped up everywhere. The First Amendment crowd in the US started taking an interest. Suddenly, the whole world knew about Julius Baer's wealth-management services. The California judge had second thoughts, wikileaks.org was restored and CBS News reported the decision under the headline "Free speech has a number: 88.80.13.160" – the IP address of the WikiLeaks site. And a major Swiss bank retired to lick its wounds.

What's instructive about the Julius Baer case is how clueless the bank and its agents were about the net. They looked like blind men poking a tiger with a stick. It was amusing at the time, but it was too good to last. It was inevitable that the corporate world would wise up and in the past few weeks we've begun to see some of the results of that re-education process. And it ain't pretty.

What's driving things now is the conjecture that the next big WikiLeaks exposé concerns Bank of America. And deep in the lush undergrowth of corporate America, security, consulting and PR companies have perceived lucrative business opportunities in helping putative WikiLeaks targets get their retaliation in first.

We got a glimpse of this twilight world when the activist group Anonymous hacked into the servers of an internet security firm, HBGary Federal, and posted on the internet a huge cache of internal emails. Some of these messages discuss how the firm, in conjunction with two other companies, Palantir Technologies and Berico Technologies, might pitch for work from the law firm that represents Bank of America and other prominent outfits.

Among the ideas discussed is a focus on WikiLeaks supporters in the media such as Glenn Greenwald of salon.com. "I think we need to highlight people like Glenn Greenwald," writes Aaron Barr of HBGary in an email dated 3 December 2010 and reproduced on salon.com. "Glenn was critical in the Amazon to OVH transition [in which WikiLeaks moved to another hosting service after being dropped by Amazon] and helped WikiLeaks provide information during the transition. It is this level of support we need to attack. These are established professionals that have a liberal bent, but ultimately most of them if pushed will choose professional preservation over cause, such is the mentality of most business professionals. Without the support of people like Glenn, WikiLeaks would fold."

One of the most interesting documents unearthed by the Anonymous attack is a PowerPoint presentation outlining the proposed pitch and the competencies of the three companies involved. Among the "Potential Proactive Tactics" is "Cyber attacks against the infrastructure to get data on document transmitters… Since the servers are now in Sweden and France putting a team together to get access is more straightforward."

Since the story broke, Palantir has apologised to Mr Greenwald and severed its contacts with HBGary. Shortly afterwards Berico did the same. HBGary issued a terse, non-committal statement when withdrawing from a trade show. The company did not respond to phone and email queries about the authenticity of Mr Barr's message of 3 December.

I could go on, but you will get the point. Bank of America and its lawyers are, of course, horrified by all of this and point out that they have had nothing whatever to do with it. Which is just as well, because they may soon have their hands full dealing with other matters.

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I can tell you for a fact that PR "operatives" from the US are presently controlling at least 20 fake personae for posting on the Guardian site.

Global corporations have only begun to awaken to the fact that their kissing cousins in the PRC can control the internet, and they are ready to implement the "free" version of that in the West. See this link for software that USG is purchasing for Persona Management. This system will allow a single "worker" in some PR firm in downtown Manhattan to "appear" to be ANYBODY in the world and control many dozens of ANYBODIES as they push the Corporate Line here and EVERYWHERE.

https://www.fbo.gov/index(...)b2&tab=core&_cview=1

Good bye open and free internet. Hello Great Corporate Wall.

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Also you can see here that a UK company called UK Plus Logistics Services Ltd is prepared to supply this Persona Management Software to any corporation that wants it.

https://www.fbo.gov/index(...)tab=ivl&tabmode=list

Now we who post here can compete with fully ananomized and MULTIPLIED PR Operatives who are paid to snuff out any anti-corporate opinions that we might have.

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The Internet "kill switch" has been removed from legislation intended to soften the blow of a catastrophic cyberattack on the United States, but civil rights activists say nothing's changed.

Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Tom Calpers (D-DE) introduce a revised version of their cybersecurity bill this week, entitled the “Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act,” which they say prohibits any possibility of an Internet ‘kill switch” — they swear.

Like the original bill, which was introduced last month, this version is intended to establish an office within the Executive branch that will handle the “coordination” of governmental responses to a “catastrophic” cyber attack against the United States infrastructure, according to a statement by Sen. Collins.

“The emergency measures in our bill apply in a precise and targeted way only to our most critical infrastructure,” Sen. Collins said Thursday. “We cannot afford to wait for a cyber 9/11 before our government finally realizes the importance of protecting our digital resources.”

If passed, the bill would give the president the ability to declare a “national cyberemergency,” which would give the government the authority to seize privately owned computer systems. What the new bill does not include, however, is the “authority to shut down the Internet” — i.e. an Internet “kill switch.”

“We want to clear the air once and for all,” said Sen. Lieberman in a statement. “There is no so-called ‘kill switch’ in our legislation because the very notion is antithetical to our goal of providing precise and targeted authorities to the president. Furthermore, it is impossible to turn off the Internet in this country.”

According to civil and technology rights activists, like the ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), concerns over the powers granted to the federal government in the bill remain.

“The president would have essentially unchecked power to determine what services can be connected to the Internet or even what content can pass over the Internet in a cybersecurity emergency,” EFF Senior Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston tells CNet about the new bill. “Our concerns have not changed.”

Debate over the bill comes only a short time after the government of Egypt shut down nearly all access to Internet and mobile phone connections amidst anti-government protests in that country. In addition, it was reported this week that the US Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security accidentally shut down 84,000 domains as part of an operation to stop the exchange of child pornography and counterfeit goods.

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Dear Phred Phelps and WBC Phriends,

So we've been hearing a lot about some letter that we supposedly sent you this morning. Problem is, we're a bit groggy and don't remember sending it. Our best guess is that you heard about us on that newfangled TV of yours and thought we might be some good money for your little church.

You thought you could play with Anonymous. You observed our rising notoriety and thought you
would exploit our paradigm for your own gain. And then, you thought you could lure some idiots into a honeypot for more IPs to sue.

This is not so foreign to us; as you may have heard, we trade in Lulz. You just do not have enough to offer right now.

While Anonymous thanks you for your interest, and would certainly like to take a break and have some fun with you guys, we have more pressing matters to deal with at the moment.

But, we will keep this application on file, and will certainly contact you if any openings become
available in future.

Next time, don't call us. We'll call you.

Additionally, as your "Press Release" failed to understand: When Anonymous says we support free speech, we mean it. We count Beatrice Hall among our Anonymous forebears: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

Do some among our number hate you and your cynical exploitation of your human rights for monetary gain? Of course. But the MoralFags are also the first to admit that they are, in fact, your rights to exploit.

In closing, let us assure you: We are not BAWWWING sissies, nor are we afraid of your false god; we're just really busy. Stay tuned, and we'll come back to play another day.
We promise.

To the Media: Just because it was posted on AnonNews doesn't mean every single Anon is in
agreement, in fact in this case it doesn't even mean a single Anon is in agreement. Next time, if you could give us a few minutes to put all our paperwork in order, we'll be sure to let you know what we're up to. (LOL)

To Anonymous: It's a trap. They've got their ports wide open to harvest IPs to sue. Don't DDoS, and boycott Operation Westboro. If you really want to continue messing with them, just send them a few male prostitutes and faxes of goatse. Nothing more.

(Note: This letter was written by more than 20 Anons, at the same time, and none of them were inbred family members. Unlike that other, shitty "Press Release".)

We are Anonymous.
We are legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Expect us.

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So, anonymous. One idiot has decided to post a press release against Westboro? I have a bad feeling about this operation. Everyone's watching us now, but this bullshit is taking away valuable resources that could be used, you know, actually fighting dictators, not failtrolls? THINK BEFORE YOU SAY SOMETHING STUPID.

But there's no way Anonymous can go back on it's word now. So, I, a good old /b/tard, will help guide you newfags to succeeding in this assault, trolling them in the best way possible, without getting pwned in the worst way possible.

RULE #1: DO NOT CONDUCT DDoSes.

Yeah, you may be thinking, WTF? Don't think I'm going full moralfag and telling Anonymous to stop. Read on.

Listen to me first. The Westboro Baptist Church are professional trolls. Not only are they the same level as /b/, they make all their money from suing people who fight back, so they're just waiting for IPs to sue. I have a bad feeling that it's all a trap, made by them so they can get some money and attention.

And it's not just that DDoSes pose a safety risk. A DDoS is useless, it's just a symbolic act. It doesn't do any damage, and it gives them undeserved media attention.

I ask you, anons, to stop and put this tactic back in the bookshelf. The costs are too high for a gain that is too low.

TL;DR: Don't DDoS. The site is likely a honeypot, it's a waste of time, and plus, we've got safer, better tactics. Read on.

RULE #2: GO CLASSIC ANON.

Now, I envy you kids with your newfangled DDoSes, and yer operations against entire countries, and your newfound lulz.

Back in my day, we didn't have that sort of thing. If we were going to do shit, it we could only ruin the lives of a single person, such as a cat abuser or an asshole like that.

Here are some of our tactics. You've heard about sending a fuckton of pizzas to people. But anon is crafty, and has a lot of other methods.

Also, here are the WBC's addresses for sending mail: http://pastebin.com/sJ8evZPA

(Note: These methods are so easy a caveman could do it. Even taking over a facebook account is just some script kiddie shit. Just remember to use a proxy or Tor, and iCall/skype for phone.)

* Send them a lots of free boxes/tampons/diapers. (skill level: NEWFAG)
* Go to some bookstore, and grab all those business reply cards, write their address, and then put it in your mailbox. (skill level: NEWFAG)
* Send them some free faxes of goatse and other shocking images (skill level: NEWFAG
* Call some prostitutes to go to their address. Preferably male. (skill level: NewFAG)
* Spam their emails with pictures of goatse, and basically this site: http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Pain_Series (skilllevel: EASY)
* Take over their facebook accounts, and then post gay porn all over it.How2RAID facebook: http://i.imgur.com/dCWQu.png (skill level: EASY)
* Send a link to a known FBI Child Predator honeypot. (Skill level: EASY)

Those are just the tip of the iceberg. More methods and how to do them are here:

http://insurgen.cc/index.php?title=Ruin_Life_Tactics

4chan's information library is here. This is anonymous's greatest repository of information.



http://www.megaupload.com/?d=pn732x0b
RULE #2: Be careful.

I have every reason to believe this was a trap. They want more people to sue, so they posted an operation to attack their site.So please, Don't DDoS. Use anon's good ol' life-ruining methods.

Stay safe, anon. And rape their asses in the most unpredicable ways possible.

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http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/71567

According to Anonymous, Westboro Baptist Church was behind the Open Letter allegedly from Anonymous, and then added fuel to the flames with WBC's "Bring it" reply. Anonymous warns don't DDoS, it's a trap to collect IPs for suing.

Twitter is on fire with the news of an upcoming troll-on-troll feud of Anonymous vs. Westboro Baptist Church. In case you missed it - in an Open Letter, Anonymous allegedly told the anti-gay, fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church to stop the hate now or else "the damage incurred will be irreversible" and "neither your institution nor your congregation will ever be able to fully recover." The Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) struck back, telling Anonymous to "bring it!" and that God hates "lousy hackers."

In-between the two, this other Open Letter from Anonymous gained less attention, but told WBC that Anonymous knew it was a trap, and the short-on-money, thrive-on-attention WBC was in fact behind the first Open Letter supposedly from Anonymous.

WBC has made an awful name for themselves with their hate preaching, pushing the limits of freedom of speech with their hate speech. Many Christians find WBC's messages extremely far from Christ-like. Some would call WBC the ultimate IRL (in real life) trolls for such vile acts as provoking mourners outside of funerals for servicemen and women killed in combat. While picketing soldier's funerals, they hold signs such as "Thank God For Dead Soldiers." WBC, led by Rev. Fred Phelps, also picketed funerals of six Arizona shooting victims and are notorious for their anti-homosexual messages and "God Hates Fags" signs.

Shortly after WBC threw down the gauntlet, and Twitter was set ablaze about the oncoming war, an emergency press release was posted on AnonNews which urged Anonymous not to use DDoS attacks.

Before I could break out the popcorn and settle in to watch the fight, Anonymous News Network posted on Facebook, "V: I was just gonna ignore this for a good long while because it was a stupid call, but looks like Westboro Baptist Church (of "GodHatesFags.com" fame) wants to pick a fight with Anonymous. They're attention-whoring idiots. Meanwhile, on the IRC, a channel #OpWestboro has been started to discuss what to do. It's come down to either overwhelming force or ignoring them entirely: no middle ground."

And then, in perhaps the ultimate slap in the face or just for lulz, Anonymous seemed to yawn at WBC while telling them, "Next time, don't call us. We'll call you."

Anonymous released a press release warning others within Anonymous that it's a trap and urging them not to fall into honeypots meant gather IPs for WBC to sue. It also mentions that Anonymous supports free speech, quoting Beatrice Hall, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

Who knows what may end up happening, or what WBC may do next, trolling for dollars, to try to provoke Anonymous and keep themselves in the media spotlight.

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HBGary Windows Rootkit Analysis Report

This report focuses on Windows Rootkits and their affects on computer systems. We also suggest that combining deployment of a rootkit with a BOT makes for a very stealth piece of malicious software.

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From: MICHAEFM
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 9:39 AM
To: 'aaron@hpgary.com'
Subject: Capabilities

Hi Aaron,
Jerry tells me you have some interesting and timely capabilities. Please call me ASAP (703)482-3107.

Regards, MFM

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Incoming mail for ucia.gov is handled by two mail servers at cia.gov.

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Anon_Lobo RT @tunatrawler: It's ok my fellow #anonymous. Westboro Baptish Church don't require more than just me. Go on about the good work. I got this one. Ribbit U C

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Beste heer van Kralingen,

Wij zijn in staat om near-real time de hele Nederlandse social media te
monitoren, trends hierin te analyseren en de meest effectieve
contra-strategie te bepalen.

Dit kan nuttig zijn wanneer uw eigen organisatie 'onder vuur' ligt, maar
we zijn ook bereid om voor u de aanval in te zetten hoor.

Binnen onze organisatie werken mensen die professioneel werkachtig zijn op
het gebied van psy-ops (psychologische oorlogsvoering). Deze kunnen zeer
effectieve campagnes opzetten, black-ops, net waarom de klant vraagt.

Er is geen enkele restrictie aangaande de opdrachten die wij aannemen,
zolang het maar binnen de Nederlandse wet blijft. Graag promoten wij uw
religie of zetten we een haat-campagne op.

Met vriendelijke groeten,

Lxxxxxxx

> LS.
>
> "Anderszijds dreigen de rede, het fatsoen en de waarheid soms het
> onderspit te delven in een vloedgolf van "Tendentieus, ongefundeerd en
> nodeloos kwetsend" verbaal geweld."
>
> En hoe denken jullie dat probleem op te lossen? Door professioneel leugens
> te verspreiden? Kan ik gebruik maken van jullie diensten om een religie te
> pluggen? Of buitenlander-haat?
>
>
> Met vriendelijke groeten,
>
> Gerard van Kralingen.

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Op maandag 21 februari 2011 20:28 schreef LXIV het volgende:

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Je denkt toch zelf niet dat ik de heer van Kralingen een mailtje terugstuur zonder eerst te kijken wie dat is? Jouw fobo is de eerste hit op google bij "Gerard van Kralingen"!

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Op maandag 21 februari 2011 20:41 schreef LXIV het volgende:

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Je gelooft toch niet werkelijk dat het op deze manier werkt? Dat zou contra-productief zijn. Het gaat gewoon om het 'debunken' van roddels en lasters die bedrijven of andere organisaties ernstig kunnen schaden.

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Op maandag 21 februari 2011 21:17 schreef LXIV het volgende:

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Ik wist toch aan wie ik het stuurde!

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http://www.topix.com/religion/scientology
Actress Karla Zamudio joins Jason Beghe and director Paul Haggis in publicly departing the controversial Church of Scientology.

Ms. Zamudio’s spokesperson states “Karla left Scientology because she felt that the organization had become overbearing and actually interfered with her personal life, career, and spiritual growth.” Ms. Zamudio’s spokesperson further added “for Karla, Scientology had become more about profit and recruiting new members than helping people."

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JnKhD RT @anontana: I beg everyone to please join #Anonymous IRC; we need over 9000 people right now! http://bit.ly/ica4Ji http://pastebin.com/Qsrci3wQ 9 minutes ago via web