Anonops #9: Get Los(t) Zetas

Its Over 9000!!! [Original Video and Audio]

LOLPRAH: OVER 9000 PENISES!

Tom Cruise Scientology Video - ( Original UNCUT )

Message to Scientology

Operation Payback - Anonymous Message About ACTA Laws, Internet Censorship and Copyright

Anonymous Hacks Westboro Baptist Church Website During Live Confrontation

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http://www.thinq.co.uk/20(...)persecute-anonymous/
NATO leaders have been warned that WikiLeaks-loving 'hacktivist' collective Anonymous could pose a threat to member states' security, following recent attacks on the US Chamber of Commerce and defence contractor HBGary - and promise to 'persecute' its members.

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From a single hashtag, a protest circled the world

(Reuters) - It all started innocuously enough with a July 13 blog post urging people to #OccupyWallStreet, as though such a thing (Twitter hashtag and all) were possible.

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Op vrijdag 10 december 2010 14:39 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Die drammerige pubers zijn met een revolutie bezig. Je kan net zo goed tegen kapitalisme zijn, dat helpt ook niet.

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Op vrijdag 10 december 2010 14:43 schreef SicSicSics het volgende:

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Ik ben nog enigszins sceptisch over de houdbaarheid/ omvang van deze 'revolutie'.

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Op zaterdag 5 november 2011 15:01 schreef picodealion het volgende:
Stond er voor vandaag nou wat groots gepland?

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A number of news sources, including the New York Times, have reported that the “online feud” between Anonymous and Los Zetas has ended. But as of the writing of this post, in a public chat hosted at Tinychat.com, Barrett Brown has said that while “ the Zeta names were called off,” he is “still going forward against targets of opportunity elsewhere.” One of those targets appears to be Ashville, North Carolina District Attorney, Ron Moore.

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Israeli military, intelligence sites down after ‘Anonymous’ threat


Maan News Agency | Nov 6, 2011

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli army and intelligence agencies’ websites were offline on Sunday, two days after hacker group Anonymous warned it would “strike back” for Israel’s capture of Gaza-bound ships on Friday.

Anonymous, a network of online activists who have attacked government and financial websites around the world, released a statement Friday warning that the group would take action against the navy’s seizure of two ships aiming to break Israel’s blockade on the Gaza Strip.

“Your actions are illegal, against democracy, human rights, international, and maritime laws,” the statement addressed to the government of Israel and posted on Youtube and Anonymous-affiliated sites said.

“Justifying war, murder, illegal interception, and pirate-like activities under an illegal cover of defense will not go unnoticed by us or the people of the world.”

Websites for Israel’s army, internal Shin Bet security service, and Mossad spy agency could not be accessed on Sunday. It could not be confirmed that Anonymous was responsible.

An Israeli army spokesman said it was a “strange coincidence” but he could not confirm that hacking was responsible.

“Initial investigations conducted by the internet company indicate problem with the internet servers,” a military spokeswoman added. She said they did not know whether it came as a result of a hack.

In its statement Anonymous slammed Israel’s deadly raid on a flotilla heading to Gaza last year, which killed nine Turkish nationals.

“If you continue blocking humanitarian vessels to Gaza or repeat the dreadful actions of May 31st, 2010 against any Gaza Freedom Flotillas then you will leave us no choice but to strike back. Again and again, until you stop,” the statement said.

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what a good day huh? by -The Infinitives-

Alright so.. guess the operations from today are finished..? dang.. we all tried our best and i thank every one who participated in the operations XD
ya know.. every guy Fawkes day companies go hire the best white hat hackers to protect them against attackers like us lol.. so dont beat your self's up if nothen was defaced or taken down by ddos.. we still doxed a bunch of people lol! congratulate your self's! Anonymous dident fail we succeeded and we will never fail..

BUT GUESS WHAT! www.capitalone.com was takend down by DDOS!!!!

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Op maandag 7 november 2011 00:10 schreef Im.Kant. het volgende:

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Anonymous-kneusjes hebben nooit leren spellen? Wat een stupide bericht. Kunnen dat soort kinderen niet gewoon ouderwets belletje trekken als ze ondeugend willen doen?

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Michael Bloomberg
NYC's info-billionaire mayor

Mayor Mike has become America's 8th-richest citizen after a transaction put a solid valuation on Bloomberg LP: he borrowed to buy a 20% stake in his company from Merrill Lynch in July for $4.5 billion. Today he owns 88% of the financial data and news outfit he founded in 1982. Boston-born son of accountant got engineering degree from Johns Hopkins, M.B.A. from Harvard. Became a trader at Salomon Brothers 1970s, quit with $10 million in stock after merger. Created financial information services firm Innovative Market Systems to sell financial data, analytic tools to Wall Street. Renamed Bloomberg LP 1987; added news service, magazine, cable network, radio station. Spent $74 million to become mayor of New York City in 2001 and $85 million on reelection in 2005. Enjoying 71% approval rating, appears to be looking for ways to do away with term limits as November 2009 election looms. Since last June former Republican no longer affiliated with any political party. Has given away nearly $800 million to charity in the past 5 years; with Bill Gates, planning to invest hundreds of millions to combat smoking worldwide.

Birthplace Boston, MA

Date of Birth1942

Family
http://virtualglobetrotti(...)ound/view/?service=1
Emma Bloomberg Daughter of Mike Bloomberg; Philanthropist
daughter
Diana Taylor Director at Citigroup; Longtime partner of Michael Bloomberg
Girlfriend
Charlotte R Bloomberg Late mother of Michael Bloomberg
mother
Marjorie B Tiven
sister

House:
741 Titicus Rd
North Salem, NY 10560

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Friends & Colleagues

Steven Rattner Banker, Ex-'Car Czar', Democratic Fundraiser
close friend *
Professional Associates
Judith Czelusniak Former Chief Communications Officer, Bloomberg L.P.
Professional
Government Positions
Office of the Mayor of New York City
Mayor (Jan 1 '02)

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The Harmonie Club Private social club founded in 1852 by German Jewish immigrants
Member (?'01)
Wildlife Conservation Society USA organization managing national and international conservation projects, research and education programs.
ex officio trustee
Jazz at Lincoln Center
ex-officio board member
Brooklyn Museum
ex-officio trustee
Brooklyn Academy of Music BAM
ex officio trustee
MoMA PS1
ex officio trustee
Hudson River Park Trust
Board Member
Alfalfa Club An exclusive Washington, D.C. club for the rich and powerful, founded in 1913.
Member ('07)
Alliance for Downtown New York lower Manhattan economic development advocacy org
Board Member
Carnegie Hall
ex officio board member

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Johns Hopkins University
Bachelor of Arts / Science
Harvard University Elite private university located in Cambridge, MA
Master of Business Administration

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Museum for African Art
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Mayors Against Illegal Guns Action Fund
9 contributions $574815 ('08)
RNC Republican National State Elections Committee
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Dccce Non-Federal Account 5
2 contributions $100000 ('96)
Independence Party of Minnesota
3 contributions $75000 ('08)
Republican National Committee
3 contributions $75000 ('03)
Dscc Non-Federal Individuals
1 contribution $50000 ('95)
DNC Non-Federal Unincorporated Association Account
1 contribution $50000 ('96)
Joe Lieberman US Senator from Connecticut
3 contributions $36300 ('06)
DNC-Non-Federal Individual
3 contributions $35000 ('92'98)
John E Sweeney US Representative from New York
18 contributions $24600 ('04'06)
National Leadership PAC
4 contributions $20000 ('99'00)
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
2 contributions $19000 ('92'96)
John McCain US Senator from Arizona
12 contributions $18000 ('98'03)
Solutions America PAC
3 contributions $15000 ('05)
Susan Collins US Senator from Maine
6 contributions $13800 ('07)
Mary L Landrieu US Senator from Louisiana
3 contributions $13800 ('08)
Richard C Wager
6 contributions $13800 ('07)
Richard C Shelby US Representative and Senator from Alabama
6 contributions $12000 ('03)
Harold Dallas Rogers US Representative from Kentucky
6 contributions $12000 ('04)
Naral Pro-Choice America PAC
2 contributions $10000 ('00)
Building America's Conscience & Kids Back PAC
2 contributions $10000 ('99)
New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee
2 contributions $10000 ('97)
Al Gore Former Vice President of the United States
6 contributions $9000 ('98'99)
New Jersey Republican State Committee
2 contributions $8000 ('97)
New York Republican County Committee
5 contributions $7000 ('96'00)
Joe Sestak US Representative from Pennsylvania
3 contributions $6900 ('08)
Mark Steven Kirk US Representative from Illinois
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Carolyn McCarthy US Representative from New York
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Vito John Fossella US Representative from New York
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Chris Dodd US Senator from Connecticut
6 contributions $6000 ('92'00)
George W Bush 43rd US president, ex-governor of Texas, son of George H W Bush
3 contributions $6000 ('03)
Barbara Ann Mikulski US Representative and Senator from Maryland
10 contributions $5000 ('90'97)
Edward John Markey US Representative from Massachusetts
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Lynette Boggs McDonald
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Help America's Leaders Political Action Committee (Halpac)
3 contributions $3000 ('04)
Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky US Representative from Pennsylvania
3 contributions $2500 ('94'99)
Charles Millard
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John F Tierney US Representative from Massachusetts
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Iowa Democratic Party
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Nita M Lowey US Representative from New York
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James P McGovern US Representative from Massachusetts
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Dedicated Americans for the Senate and House PAC
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Mark Udall US Representative from Colorado
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Jon Stevens Corzine Former Governor of New Jersey
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Mark R Warner Senator from Virginia; Former Governor of Virginia
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Peter T King US Representative from New York
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John Joseph Lafalce Former US Representative from New York
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Anthony D Weiner US Representative from New York
2 contributions $2000 ('99)
Bill Clinton 42nd US president
2 contributions $2000 ('92'95)
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey US Representative from New York
2 contributions $2000 ('98)
Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Senator from New York
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Bill Bradley US Senator from New Jersey
2 contributions $2000 ('99)
Michael Garver Oxley US Representative from Ohio
2 contributions $2000 ('00)
Matthew K Fong Former California State Treasurer
2 contributions $2000 ('97)
Robert Abrams Former attorney general of New York State
2 contributions $2000 ('92)
Ernest Frederick Hollings US Senator from South Carolina
2 contributions $2000 ('98)
Ben Cardin US Senator from Maryland
2 contributions $2000 ('98)
Christopher H Shays US Representative from Connecticut
2 contributions

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Forbes 400 Richest Americans (2008) [#8]
New York Magazine - The Power Dozen
NEWSMEAT Power Rankings [#82]
Philanthropy 50 - Americans who gave the most in 2009 [#4]
Vanity Fair 100, 2010 [#7]
Institutional Investor - Forty people who have had the most influence on finance
Forbes 400 Richest Americans (2010) [#10]
The Philanthropy 50 (2010) [#2]
The World's Billionaires - Forbes (2011) [#30]

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'We moeten vechten voor democratisering van Cyberspace'

De regels die gelden in cyberspace moeten niet bepaald worden door bedrijven en autoriteiten alleen. Ook burgers en maatschappelijke groepen moeten zich mengen in de vormgeving en regulering van 'het nieuwe Wilde Westen'. Daarvoor pleit docent Albert Meijer.

Cyberspace wordt steeds meer voorgesteld als een gevaarlijke ruimte: 'het nieuwe Wilde Westen' waar bendes van hackers een wedstrijd doen wie de meest gerenommeerde site kan platleggen en steeds meer computers worden gegijzeld door illegale netwerken. Het beeld dat uit deze berichten naar voren komt is dat cyberspace een wereld van anarchie is en dat het noodzakelijk is dat via technische en juridische maatregelen en acties van de politie de veiligheid van deze virtuele ruimte wordt vergroot. Meer veiligheid, dat wil iedereen. Maar hoe wordt de veiligheid van dit nieuwe Wilde Westen bepaald? Wie stelt de regels in cyberspace vast? En hebben burgers hier invloed op?

De democratisering van cyberspace is een onderwerp dat te weinig aandacht krijgt. Dat zal ik laten zien aan de hand van een voorbeeld dat ver afligt van de hackers en criminele netwerken. Ook gaat dit voorbeeld niet om de harde strijd om copyright zoals deze wordt uitgevochten tussen de muziek- en filmindustrie en peer-to-peer netwerken zoals Bittorrent en Gnutella. En ook ligt het accent niet op het gebruik van gegevens van burgers door inlichtingen- en veiligheidsdiensten. Juist aan de hand van dit schijnbaar onschuldige voorbeeld wil ik laten zien hoe sociale regels in Cyberspace worden bepaald.

Kleine dwerg
Jonge mensen brengen steeds meer tijd door in virtuele werelden zoals World of Warcraft. Daar worden nieuwe identiteiten ontwikkeld. Een kennis van mijn vrouw, een vrouw van in de 20, voelt zich eigenlijk meer een kleine dwerg met een grote knots. En het grootste deel van de dag is ze ook een dwerg met een grote knots. Waar traditionele spellen zoals Ganzenbord en Monopoly een helder doel hadden, zijn de virtuele werelden eerder leefomgevingen waar mensen een nieuwe identiteit ontwikkelen en een groot deel van hun tijd doorbrengen.

In de werelden van World of Warcraft gelden regels. Deze regels zijn door Blizzard Entertainment, de ontwikkelaar van World of Warcraft, vastgelegd in officieel beleid. Spelers kunnen bijvoorbeeld worden uitgesloten als ze bepaalde illegale software op hun computer hebben staan. Daarnaast gelden er ook regels voor het gedrag in deze virtuele ruimte. Sommige regels komen redelijk over. Spelers mogen anderen bijvoorbeeld niet beledigen of lastig vallen. Geen racistische taal. Andere regels zijn wel erg strikt. Spelers mogen geen dialoog starten die niet past binnen het spel. Expliciet staat er dat een speler een waarschuwing kan krijgen wanneer hij vraagt of iemand een bepaalde nieuwe film heeft gezien of verteld dat hij een nieuwe auto heeft gekocht.

Spelers die zich hier niet aan houden kunnen een waarschuwing krijgen en uiteindelijk zelfs toegang tot het spel ontzegd worden. Binnen World of Warcraft bestaat er een eigen politie: de Game Masters. Als je daar niet naar luistert worden er sancties opgelegd. Op Internet staan talloze verhalen van gebruikers die om onduidelijke redenen uit World of Warcraft zijn verbannen.

Belangen
Dit voorbeeld laat zien dat voor virtuele interacties regels gelden en dat deze zijn geformuleerd door bedrijven. Dat wil niet zeggen dat deze regels immoreel zijn. In virtuele omgevingen kan bijvoorbeeld moord of verkrachting onmogelijk worden gemaakt. De grote vraag hier is echter wát geldt als ongewenst gedrag. Wanneer worden sociale normen overtreden? Homoseksuele seks en abortus kunnen in cyberspace onmogelijk worden gemaakt. Bij het vaststellen van regels moeten keuzen worden gemaakt tussen wenselijk en onwenselijk gedrag. Deze keuzen worden in cyberspace veelal niet gemaakt op basis van democratische besluitvorming maar op grond van commerciële belangen.

Nu zou u kunnen zeggen dat wij als consumenten toch kunnen stemmen met onze voeten. Bewust consumeren is een strategie die toch veel meer past bij deze tijd dan ouderwets activisme? We hoeven geen World of Warcraft te spelen. Dat is correct maar dit argument miskent het infrastructurele en totale karakter van deze omgevingen. Welke jongere kan het zich veroorloven om niet deel te nemen aan de spellen die al zijn vrienden doen? Wij raken steeds afhankelijker van de virtuele omgevingen die door bedrijven worden gebouwd. Stemmen met de voeten is steeds minder een optie.

Om deze commerciële orde te democratiseren pleit ik voor meer betrokkenheid van civil society - diverse maatschappelijke groepen en ook individuele burgers - bij de vormgeving en regulering van cyberspace. De open source beweging op internet kan hierbij als inspiratie gelden. Principes van copyright, patentrecht en bedrijfsgeheim kunnen worden vervangen door copyleft en open source. Via open debat ontstaat overeenstemming over regels en komen er checks & balances voor de toepassing ervan. Er mogen best regels gelden voor World of Warcraft maar deze regels mogen niet eenzijdig worden opgelegd. We moeten vechten voor een strong democracy in cyberspace.

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#Anonymous Targets Capital One, Wal-Mart, Viral Video Judge William Adams, and More

“It was a busy weekend for the shadowy collective of Internet hackers and activists that calls itself Anonymous, with claims by the group to have launched attacks that took down the Web pages of both government- and private sector Web sites as well as public- and Internet personalities, including Judge William Adams, the subject of a viral video that shows him reportedly beating his daughter with a belt. Factions of the group claimed responsibility for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that took down the Capital One website and a number of El Salvadorian government websites. The group also claimed responsibility for a hack of the website of Finland’s far-right Kansallinen Vastarinta (the National Resistance) party that spilled data on the group’s membership. The latest attacks come after a weekend that also saw Israeli military and intelligence Web sites take off line after threats from Anonymous as Threatpost reported.

As evidence of their deeds, the hacker-collective published a couple of announcements on the file-sharing site, Pastebin. The first boasts the DDoS attack that eventually brought down the Capital One site, and includes links to personal information (or “dox”) on a number of prominent business and government officials, including Warren Buffett, David Koch, former SEC Commissioner William Donaldson, and the now infamous Judge William Adams, who became an online sensation after a video of him beating his daughter was published on YouTube.

The post also includes links to allegedly damning material about Wal-Mart, Oakland Police, and other organizations. The second announcement, from Anonymous Finland, contains links to what they claim is a publication of Kansallinene Vastarinta’s membership application database. The group’s perception is that right-wing extremism is proliferating in Europe and they are evidently upset about it – at least such was the reason given for the attack. You can find that Pastebin release here.

The attacks, as indicated in one of the Pastebin releases, may have been in celebration of Anonymous’ favorite holiday, Guy Fawkes Day, which remembers the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 - an attempt to assassinate King James I. Fawkes likeness can now be seen on masks worn by Anonymous members.”~Threatpost

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Data leak – Anonymous hackers disown claim of responsibility made in their name

Police server unexpectedly crashes as tens of thousands check to see if their data was leaked

A message from the “Anonymous” hacker movement has disowned a previous claim of responsibility made on behalf of Anonymous Finland that it was behind the recent leak of personal data of 16,000 people in Finland.
“We have no opinions about Finnish politicians. We have not broken into any Finnish websites”, says a writer using the name “zeekill” in the most recent message.

Anonymous is a loosely-knit group of internet anarchists, and as the contradictory messages suggest, anybody can act on behalf of the group, which claims thousands of adherents around the world.
The group has no leaders, no formal organisation, and no specific ideology. The group is organised around online discussion channels, and those involved know each other only by their pseudonyms.

A message that came out earlier on Monday in the name of Anonymous Finland claimed responsibility for giving “outside support” to the hacking of Finnish databases, and posting the personal information of 16,000 people on line.
Earlier there had been a claim on behalf of the group that it had “successfully and easily” hacked into the website of the far-right Finnish Resistance Movement in late October, and published information about the group’s membership application database. The action caused a stir because one of the names on the list was that of a parliamentary aide of an MP of the opposition True Finns party.
The writers of the message voiced the view that officials and companies should secure the information that they have access to more effectively than they do now. They also declared opposition to groups based on ethnic, sexual, or religious discrimination.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is investigating the matter.
The website of the Finnish police crashed on Monday when 60,000 internet users visited the police website at the same time to read more about the data leak.
Police have published a list of first names and birthdates of people on the list and distributed it to media websites in order to allow the public to check if their names are on it (see link below).

Those whose names are on the list are advised to keep close scrutiny of their mail, e-mail, bank accounts, bills, and other transactions. If any irregularities are seen, a complaint to local police is recommended.
Police also warn against possible phishing scams in which internet users might be offered a chance to check if their name is on the list. Users should be especially wary about requests for passwords or bank account numbers, as such requests are most likely attempts at fraud.

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Cyber weaknesses should deter US from waging war

Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — America's critical computer networks are so vulnerable to attack that it should deter U.S. leaders from going to war with other nations, a former top U.S. cybersecurity official said Monday.

Richard Clarke, a top adviser to three presidents, joined a number of U.S. military and civilian experts in offering a dire assessment of America's cybersecurity at a conference, saying the country simply can't protect its critical networks.

Clarke said if he was advising the president he would warn against attacking other countries because so many of them — including China, North Korea, Iran and Russia — could retaliate by launching devastating cyberattacks that could destroy power grids, banking networks or transportation systems.

The U.S. military, he said, is entirely dependent on computer systems and could end up in a future conflict in which troops trot out onto a battlefield "and nothing works."

Clarke said a good national security adviser would tell the president that the U.S. might be able to blow up a nuclear plant somewhere, or a terrorist training center somewhere, but a number of countries could strike back with a cyberattack and "the entire us economic system could be crashed in retaliation ... because we can't defend it today."

"I really don't know to what extent the weapon systems that have been developed over the last 10 years have been penetrated, to what extent the chips are compromised, to what extent the code is compromised," Clarke said. "I can't assure you that as you go to war with a cybersecurity-conscious, cybersecurity-capable enemy that any of our stuff is going to work."

Clarke, along with Gen. Keith Alexander, who heads both the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, told the conference crowd that the U.S. needs to do a better job at eliminating network vulnerabilities and more aggressively seek out malware or viruses in American corporate, military and government systems.

But Clarke was more strident about pushing for broader government regulations to enforce such improvements, despite political reluctance. The problems, he said, will not be fixed unless the government gets more involved.

He added that the U.S. also needs to make it clear to countries such as China that efforts to use computer-based attacks to steal high-tech American data will be punished.

In a forceful and detailed public report last week. U.S. intelligence officials accused China and Russia of systematically stealing sensitive U.S. economic information and technologies for their own national economic gain.

The report called on the U.S. to confront China and Russia in a broad diplomatic push to combat cyberattacks that are on the rise and which represent a "persistent threat to U.S. economic security."

On Monday, Clarke said that until there are real consequences for the massive espionage, countries like China will still keep stealing.

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AnonymousPress twitterde op dinsdag 08-11-2011 om 17:42:30 This is what the #Syria phishing attempt looks like acc. to @TelecomixSyria http://t.co/3vuhurVq reageer retweet

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Website Test behind the Great Firewall of China

Test any website in real-time to check if it is accessible from China. The Golden Shield Project (a.k.a. Great Firewall of China) is owned by the Government of China (MPS) and was started in 1998. The firewall system blocks website content by preventing IP addresses from being routed through and consists of standard firewall and proxy servers at the Internet gateways of China's ISPs. The banning of websites is mostly uncoordinated and ad-hoc, with some web sites being blocked from one city and the same web sites being allowed from other cities and vice versa. (You can find more details here.)
Check your website from the following cities in China: Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong.

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Tested From: Shanghai, China
Tested At: 2011-11-08
13:55:08 (GMT -05:00)
URL Tested: http://www.fok.nl
Resolved As: 87.233.27.8
Status: OK
Response Time: 4.999 sec
DNS: 0.390 sec
Connect: 0.392 sec
Redirect: 1.445 sec
First Byte: 0.449 sec
Last Byte: 2.324 sec
Size: 147397 bytes

Tested From: Seattle, WA
Tested At: 2011-11-08
13:55:08 (GMT -05:00)
URL Tested: http://www.fok.nl
Resolved As: 87.233.27.8
Status: OK
Response Time: 3.457 sec
DNS: 0.156 sec
Connect: 0.154 sec
Redirect: 1.796 sec
First Byte: 0.268 sec
Last Byte: 1.082 sec
Size: 147397 bytes

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AnonymousCenter twitterde op woensdag 09-11-2011 om 00:10:29 If you want the best cyber news than follow @Cyber_War_News He does an awesome job! reageer retweet

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Occupy Privacy: UmeNow Launches Anti-Tracking Campaign

New York, NY, November 08, 2011 (PR.com) UmeNow.com is on the offensive. It has launched a new campaign Occupy Privacy, spearheaded by the release of a video that depicts life under surveillance.

Occupy Privacy is about people taking back what belongs to them, says Evelyn Castillo-Bach, the outspoken privacy advocate, entrepreneur and founder UmeNow.com. We see a dangerous trend where companies track people without their consent. Its creepy. People reject governments that abuse surveillance powers to control citizens. The Occupy Privacy campaign is about people letting corporations know that they need to stop tracking without consent. Its unethical and undemocratic.

The Occupy Privacy campaign supports the position of Canadas Privacy Commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart: The true importance of privacy protection is that it underpins our democratic freedoms. It allows us to exercise these freedoms openly, without fear, mistrust or censorship. This is why caution is so critical, to avoid the possible erosion of our free, open society.

Occupy Privacy supports the efforts by the German Data Protection Authority to expose practices where social networks unlawfully track users. The campaign also support the efforts by the Data Protection Commissioner of Ireland to investigate companies accused of creating shadow profiles on people.

Occupy Privacy supports the public-interest groups in the United States that are urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate if users of social networks are being tracked after they are logged off.

Occupy Privacy supports the efforts by individuals throughout the world who expose unauthorized tracking by companies.

People interested in supporting the Occupy Privacy campaign can write to: op@umenow.com.

About UmeNow
https://umenow.com [UmeNow __title__ UmeNow]describes itself as an ethical company that provides a safe haven for people who want true privacy and secure communication. It has banned third party apps, games, and even ads because they provide a back door to tracking people and extracting private information. As an independent social network, it is supported by member subscriptions.

The company is based in South Florida. UmeNow.com was launched in July 2011. The founder and managing partner is Evelyn Castillo-Bach. She earned her M.S. in 1993 from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and has traveled extensively in Ethiopia and in the Balkans, accompanying her Danish husband who is a lawyer. She is currently in New York City promoting the campaign Occupy Privacy.

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America's self-defeating 'war on drugs'

Distressingly, the Obama White House seems determined to paint itself into a corner of prohibitionist law enforcement

The murky doings of the hacker group Anonymous took a remarkable turn in recent days. A Mexican drug cartel allegedly kidnapped an Anonymous member, and then, after the loosely organised hackers said they would reveal names of cartel personnel, released him with threats to kill the hacker's family if the names were revealed.

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benbfranklin twitterde op dinsdag 08-11-2011 om 07:38:22 #RT so brothers, @ThomasRHart gave teh signal to start #OpDemocracy2.0 http://t.co/YVl9zlKb and who else can push it like Anon? reageer retweet

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THE CALL FOR DEMOCRACY 2.0

Ladies and Gentlemen,

In the past, information, decisions and opinions could not be transmitted within seconds accross a country, much less the entire world. As a consequence, citizens elected regional representatives to serve as the voice of the people in parliament.

Such a representative system, reflecting the economies and the societal structures of a world long gone, is still in place today, but no longer serving the fundamental idea and ideal of democracy as a system for the people and by the people.

Instead, the elected representatives have become compromised by lobby interest, corrupted by corporations, have lost touch with those they are supposed to represent, serving only those who want people to serve them, be it as employees, voters or soldiers sent off to wars to kill or die for profit.

We have reached a time of change as too much power is concentrated in the hands of the few, becoming a "representation" in name only.

Such is the corruption that these representatives have now repeatedly turned against those they are supposed to represent, that they are fearing the tools, the technology that would allow a more direct participation of those that they are supposed to govern: the internet.

The internet allows us all to work together in a new form of democracy, a true 21st century version it that is still true to its ideas and ideals, giving everyone a chance to have their voices heard, to participate in the shaping of ideas and laws on regional, national or even global levels.

There is no excuse for denying this chance to us, the people.

There is no excuse for not allowing us, the citizens, to be educated, to formulate informed opinions, to vote on those issues that directly affect us, not only in our daily lives but also decide the future of our children and of the very world itself.

Decisions like these can no longer allowed to be made by those who don't listen to us, who only listen to those who promise them money or power or both, who offer them consulting contracts, places on corporate boards, who have sold the voices of the people to Big Oil, to Big Pharma, to anyone "Big" enough to pay them enough to make them believe that corporations are people, and people are consumers.

These few, they fear us, the citizens. Those few, they fear our thoughts, our thoughts and opinions, as the example of the proposed referendum in Greece on the Euro has shown, aborted under pressure of not only an unelected body like the EU but also bowing to the pressure of the so-called markets, behaving more irrationally than any informed citizenship would ever be able to do

There is no reason to fear us. We are your brothers, we are your sisters, we are your fathers and mothers, your daughters and sons. We are your neighbors. And we are all in this together. That is what is at the heart of democracy. Us.

And for the first time in the history of mankind, technology has given us the tools, the chance and opportunity to live up to those ideals that were formulated ages ago, by men and women smart enough and kind enough and trusting enough to see that we are the same, by men and women who believed that this is what it's all about.

The opportunity to not only have your voice heard, but listened to.

The opportunity to educate and in turn be educated.

From the first book printed, those in power have fought the flow of free information, out of of fear, scared of no longer being able to control those they governed. In every age, the people who have fought for this freedom have been called terrorists, have been called criminals, have been oppressed.

Do not fear us.

Do not fear information.

Do not fear the necessary change.

This is our time. This is your time. This is your future.

It is the time that democracy can finally live up to the promise given to mankind all those centuries ago. A free exchange of ideas. An educated citizenship.

To those who fear the redesign of democracy. Have the past months not proven that today's system is at the point of collapse? That parliaments like those of the United States and even Germany have abandoned even the illusion of representation by appointing secret committees, deciding on budgets, budget cuts, on your life, without even being held responsible to those who are supposed to hold this power by the virtues of our constitutions?

Has it not proven that the laws that were written, the laws that were repealed, that were neutered, blocked and scrapped not only served the interested of big corporations beholden to no ideal, but were in fact written by them and voted upon by Members of Parliament who not only didn't know what they were voting on, but also didn't seem to care about the obvious incompetence?

In the United States, only 8% trust Congress anymore to represent them. In Germany, it is 9%. Similar numbers are to be found in every country that is supposedly a democracy. We have been sold out, have been silenced, have been pushed aside.

We didn't stop believing in the system.

The system stopped believing in us.

We believe there are more competent people out there. We believe that they have not been given a voice, have been silenced by a system where money talks and ideas are silenced.

These people are not only out there.

These people are you and me.

And it us who can change this world. Bit by bit.

Discussion by disccusion. Debate by debate. Decision by decision.

We know you are disillusioned. We know you are afraid. We know you are angry.

But most of all, we know this... We know you care.

We think we not only can, we need to change the way democracy works, not only for a better today, but a better tomorrow. A man, a politician, once said to us to "hope" and "change", and we hoped that he would be the change.

But he wasn't. We are this hope. We are this change.

The "Occupy" Movements around the world, they are the first voice. It is loud. It is unshaped. But it is a beginning. It voices your anger. It voices your disillusion. And it has been critized for not offering a plan, a Powerpoint presentation, a memo... by the very people who have had years and decades to come up with solutions and failed time and again.

We cannot wait on those who stand against us anymore.

We cannot wait for them to represent us anymore.

We believe in democracy. They do not.

We believe in the intelligence of our citizens. They do not.

We believe in the ideals of our constitutions. They do not.

And to change this world, to fight for a better tommorrow, we must take back our democracies from them. Technology has given us not only the tools, but also the ideas on how to tap unused potentials. Ideas that can start as a single thought and transported to millions of people at the touch of a button through technologies like BitTorrent, thoughts that can spread through 140 characters or less on Twitter, plans that can be worked on in open and fair exchanges on Public Pads.

The ideas are out there. The ideals are out there.

Because you are out there. And waiting to be listened to.

We are calling on all of you.

The dreamers. The realists. The experts. The people.

Because that is how democracy starts

With just a single sentence. A single thought.

"We, the people..."

It was important enough to begin every call for democracy since the American Revolution.

We are all in this together.

Let's start the debate.

Let us create a democracy that is transparent, that is again for the people and this time by the people, representing the best of us and no longer represented by the worst of us.

Let us build a democracy that deserves this name. That evolves. That is ours to shape and guided by the principles that our leaders have forgotten but that we still carry in our hearts.

Let us build Democracy 2.0.

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Anonymous Declare 'War Against Corruption in the Mexico Government'

Online activist movement Anonymous has declared war against corruption in the Mexico government, calling on all the global hacker community to attack government agencies in the country.

The operation, dubbed #OpCorrupción, comes after #OpCartel, in which Anonymous planned to target the ruthless drug cartel Los Zetas but hds to call it off after the kidnapping of one of his member. Eventually, the hacker has been released but Anonymous declared a truce with the Zetas.

With #OpCorrupción, Anonymous is committed to release 25,000 emails out of a cache of 18,000 stolen during a hack on the Mexican government.

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"We appeal to all the world's Anons, the entire global hacker community, to set aside our differences, and to ruthlessly attack all government agencies in Mexico: their web presence, their email, their servers," reads a statement on Anonymous Iberoamerica website, the official blog for the Spanish-speaking faction of the hacker collective. "To bring to light all the hidden information that demonstrates that Mexico is corrupt. We officially declare war against corruption in Mexico."

However, this operation is likely to spark more criticism among sceptics of the "hacktivists". Operation Cartel, aimed at taking down the violent Mexican drug cartel, already raised serious concerns among Anoymous members in South America. Many argued in internet chat rooms that the risk of torture and death was too great to carry on. Several activists told the Mexican newspaper Milenio that the operation was cancelled out of safety concerns.

Last week, Adrien Chen on Gawker accused Anonymous spokesman Barrett Brown of exploiting press attention on Operation Cartel to promote a book about his experience working with Anonymous, for which he received a six-figure offer from Amazon's publishing branch. "The whole Operation Cartel business was probably bullshit-a lot of sound and fury signifying people's lurid obsession with the boogeymen of Anonymous and the drug cartels," Chen wrote.

Many experts are unconvinced on Anonymous real commitment to release hacked emails. "The spat between Brown and Chen aside, we're still not convinced there will ever be a release," wrote Adam Clarke of The Atlantic Wire. "Anonymous tends to brag a lot about planned operations, then fall silent when they miss their deadline, as they recently did for their November 5 attack on Facebook."

OpCartel was one of the most controversial operation the online "hacktivist" group has ever carried on. Arrests have been made in connection with Anonymous denial-of-service attacks against PayPal late last year and alleged theft of data from Sony Pictures Entertainment earlier this year. And the group has targeted numerous law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and elsewhere and even alleged child porn rings.

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Digital Activism From Anonymous to Occupy Wall Street: a Conversation With Gabriella Coleman

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Is this necessarily a post-mortem on Anonymous, though?

Well, I think its a recognition that currently things are not as active as they used to be, in part because the IRC server was down for two weeks [in the three weeks preceding September 16th]. I was told that [the server takedown] was an outside team effort. That people were working together to bring down Anonymous. They didnt say who. It wasnt a lone individualit was really formidable. And it was a real blow because IRC is a force of centralization, a focal point, a lively meeting place for Anonymous.

But one can argue that it is also imperative for Anonymous regeneration to have periods of dispersion, a fallow period, and that it makes sense for them to wax and wane. And that only if they wax and wane will they exist in a non-hierarchical form, because the tendency of political organizing over time is to create structure. They dont even like structure. In order to obey that, a waxing and waning could be part of that. OpBart was a perfect example of thatthere was a kind of waning prior to OpBart, and then a nice waxing.

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Perfect Storm of Internet Censorship

In recent weeks the governments of Britain, Israel, the US, Japan, India and China have reported alleged cyber attacks by foreign militaries, hackers, and malicious software like Duqu, a virus similar to the Stuxnet cyber weapon constructed by Israel and the US for use against Iran’s nuclear program. Although the nature and origin of the attacks or even whether they took place at all cannot be independently confirmed, the supposed threats are being used to propose punishing new legislation aimed at stifling internet freedoms and are igniting new rivalries in what many see as the battlefield of the 21st century: cyberspace.

Perfect Storm of Internet Censorship

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Fidel Castro's niece in Twitter row with Cuban dissident Yoani Sánchez

Mariela Castro – daughter of president Raúl – calls dissidents 'despicable parasites' hours after joining Twitter

Within hours of signing up to Twitter, the daughter of the Cuban president, Raúl Castro, has got into the online equivalent of a shouting match with a prominent dissident blogger, Yoani Sánchez.

Mariela Castro called Sánchez and her supporters "despicable parasites" in a brief exchange that may have been the first direct confrontation, verbal or otherwise, between dissidents and a member of the Castro family after years of mutual animosity.

Sánchez, who regularly criticises the lack of freedoms in communist Cuba in her Generation Y blog, touched off the dispute by sending tweets that welcomed Mariela Castro to the "plurality of Twitter" where "no one can shut me up, deny me permission to travel or block entrance".

"When will we Cubans be able to come out of other closets?" she asked, alluding to Mariela Castro's championing of gay rights as head of Cuba's national centre for sex education.

"Tolerance is total or is it not?" Sánchez tweeted.

Castro, 49, replied coolly: "Your focus of tolerance reproduces the old mechanisms of power. To improve your 'services' you need to study."

But later, after apparently receiving a number of tweets from other dissidents, Castro lashed out.

"Despicable parasites: did you receive the order from your employers to respond to me in unison and with the same predetermined script? Be creative," she wrote, reflecting the contempt Cuban leaders have for dissidents.

This is fuelled by the belief that the protesters work for their longtime enemy, the United States.

Cuba's leaders can barely hide their rancour toward Sánchez in particular, but do not mention her or other dissidents by name.

Despite having an international following, Sánchez is little known in Cuba, where internet access is limited.

Mariela Castro, who is at the vanguard in Cuba in supporting gay rights, also appears to be the first in the Castro family to publicly and directly engage in tweeting.

Her father, who is 80, and her uncle, the former leader Fidel Castro, 85, have Twitter accounts but these are used only to post stories and columns from Cuba's state-run media.

After her exchange with Sánchez, she posted a link to an interview about her recent trip to the Netherlands, where she toured Amsterdam's red light district.

She raised eyebrows by saying there that she knew of Cubans who would prostitute themselves with labourers just so they could take a bath.

In a tweet, Mariela Castro said there had been "manipulations, like always" of her comments.

Anonymous #Operation ''Fawkes Virus'' Released on Facebook.

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We are all over the globe. We are Anonymous. We do not forget. We do not forgive. Don't expect us, we are already here!

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Valve's online game service Steam hit by hackers

The Steam video game service, used by 35 million people, has been compromised by hackers.

Its owner and operator, Valve, uncovered an intrusion into a user database while investigating a security breach of its discussion forums.

The attackers used login details from the forum hack to access a database that held ID and credit card data.

Valve said that, so far, it had no evidence that credit cards were being misused or Steam accounts abused.

Losing trust

The defacement took place on 6 November and the Steam forums were taken offline when Valve learned of the attack.

At first the firm said the discussion groups were offline for maintenance.

However, a message posted to the front page of the forums by Valve boss Gabe Newell on 10 November has revealed that the sites were shut down because of the defacement.

Valve's investigation of that incident revealed that the "the intrusion goes beyond the Steam forums".

The initial investigation showed that the attackers gained access to a Steam database that held "user names, hashed and salted passwords, game purchases, email addresses, billing addresses and encrypted credit card information".

Valve has not said whether this was the full database of Steam's 35 million active accounts or a subset of that total.

Mr Newell said Valve had no evidence that the encrypted credit card information or personal information on gamers had been taken. However, he added, "we are still investigating".

He said it had only discovered that a few forum accounts had been compromised and used to carry out the defacement.

But Mr Newell added that all forum users will be required to change their passwords when the discussion site re-opens, which the firm is trying to achieve as quickly as possible.

He advised users to change passwords on other accounts if they are the same as the one used for the Steam forums.

"I am truly sorry this happened, and I apologize for the inconvenience," concluded Mr Newell.

Code changes

Steam is a gaming service that lets people buy, download, play and chat about a huge variety of games, only some of which are made by Valve itself.

About 1,500 titles are currently available on Steam including Skyrim, LA Noire and Modern Warfare 3 as well as many independent and free games.

Security expert Paul Ducklin, writing on the blog of security firm Sophos, handed down advice about what to do following the breach.

He said users should change passwords, monitor credit card statements, consider removing card numbers from Valve's servers and sign up for the Steam Guard security service.

He also urged users to insist businesses take steps to make it much harder for hackers to penetrate their systems and use stolen data.

"Community pressure has persuaded many businesses to improve their password-handling code," he said.

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Anonymous site(Anonyops.com) hacked by Pakistani Hacker Tha Disastar

Few days back, Anonymous hackers declared an operation against the The Muslim Brotherhood . They told that they are going to launch DDOS attack against them on Nov 11.

Today, A Pakistani Hacker named as "Tha Disastar" hacked into the official site of AnonyOPS.The DDoS specilist has also faced massive denial of service attack on the anonyops.com and the site is still off-line.

In the message hacker said that "Anonymous should stay in limits,and must not go out of there limits to others peoples religion"

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How the US Justice Department legally hacked my Twitter account

Few realise that foreign governments gain the right to our personal data when we sign up to social media. This must end

Before my Twitter case, in which the US Department of Justice has demanded that the social media site hands over personal information about my account which it deems necessary to its investigation of WikiLeaks, I didn't think much about what rights I would be signing off when accepting user agreement in my computer. The text is usually lengthy, in a legal language that most people don't understand. Very few people read the user agreements, and very few understand their legal implications if someone in the real world would try to use one against them.

Many of us who use the internet – be it to write emails, work or browse its growing landscape: mining for information, connecting with others or using it to organise ourselves in various groups of the like-minded – are not aware of that our behavior online is being monitored. Profiling has become a default with companies such as Google and Facebook. These companies have huge databases recording our every move within their environment, in order to groom advertising to our interests. For them, we are only consumers to push goods at, in order to sell ads through an increasingly sophisticated business model. For them, we are not regarded as citizens with civic rights.

This notion needs to change. No one really knew where we were heading a few years ago: neither we the users, nor the companies harvesting our personal information for profit. Very few of us imagined that governments that claim to be democratic would invade our online privacy with no regard to the fundamental rights we are supposed to have in the real world. We might look to China and other stereotypical totalitarian states and expect them to violate the free flow of information and our digital privacy, but not – surely? – our very own democratically elected governments.

What I have learned about my lack of rights in the last few months is of concern for everyone who uses the internet and calls for actions to raise people's awareness about their legal rights and ways to improve legal guidelines about digital media, be it locally or globally. The problem – and the dilemma we are facing – is that there are no proper standards, no basic laws in place that deal with the fundamental question: are we to be treated as consumers or citizens online? There is no international charter that says we should have the same civic rights as we have in the offline world.

Our legal systems are slow compared to the speed of online development. With the social media explosion, many people have put into databases very sensitive information about themselves and others without knowing that they have no rights to defend themselves against attempts by governments to obtain that personal data – whether their own local authorities or, as in my case, a foreign government acting internationally. According to the ruling of the US federal judge in my Twitter case, we have fortified those rights of government agencies when we agreed to the terms and conditions set by the company hosting our data. Even if that information is not held on servers in the US, the company would only need to have an office in the US for authorities to be able to demand its release to them.

So, we have to rely on, for example, Amazon, Facebook, Google and Twitter to look out for our interests. But it might not always be in their interests to look out for us.

The reason we make international treaties and declarations about human rights is because, somewhere along the line, we agreed that certain rights are sacred and universal. We need to make the same principles applicable to our human rights online, as they are offline. These two worlds have fused together, and there is no way to define them as separate anymore.

If is too easy for governments to access the information stored online, it is too easy for that access to be abused. If someone wanted to go through all my regular mail, they would have to obtain a search warrant in advance. No such thing happened in the Twitter case. I am, according to the US Justice Department, not under a criminal investigation, yet its officials demanded Twitter surrender my personal messages and IP numbers without my knowledge. It has never been so easy for Big Brother to pry on all our most sacred information without us ever even knowing.

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ISPs: Blocking The Pirate Bay Violates Freedom of Expression

Two of the largest Internet providers in the Netherlands clashed in court with the local anti-piracy outfit BREIN today. The ISPs argued that blocking The Pirate Bay would be useless, even dangerous, as it could take down the entire network. In addition they feel that this type of censorship violates basic human rights such as freedom of expression. BREIN disputed these concerns and said that the ISPs want to keep The Pirate Bay online because they profit from the site.

the pirate bayAfter the Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN lost its preliminary case against the ISPs Ziggo and Xs4all, the group started a full trial to demand a blockade of The Pirate Bay.

Today the case was heard before Court of The Hague

BREIN wants the largest ISP in The Netherlands to implement a DNS and IP address block of The Pirate Bay, with any future domain names and IP addresses of the site blocked within 24 hours of notification by BREIN.

The anti-piracy group argues that the ISPs can easily block the site with simple technical measures, and that as a result millions of people would be prevented from sharing files via the notorious torrent site.

The ISPs on the other hand claim that these measures are not as simple as BREIN claims, and that their implementation could have disastrous results.

Rebooting network services after adding DNS and IP-filters “could shut down the entire network,” the defense noted.

In addition the defense argued that such measures would be useless because the public can easily circumvent them by using alternative DNS servers and proxy sites. BREIN didn’t refute this, but noted that the blocks are “dummy proof” and that the majority of people wouldn’t jump through hoops to access The Pirate Bay.

Aside from the technical objections the ISPs also said that this type of censorship would violate basic human rights such as freedom of expression. Xs4all lawyer Milica Antic said it would turn the providers into the “Internet police” and that copyright holders should turn to the people who host the site itself.

BREIN countered these arguments and said that freedom of expression is “not that relevant,” and pointed out the copyright holders also have the right to protect their property. The fact that The Pirate Bay also hosts links pointing to legal content doesn’t take away these rights, BREIN’s lawyer said.

BREIN went even further and claimed that the ISPs don’t want to block The Pirate Bay because they “profit” from it. Millions of people in The Netherlands use BitTorrent, and blocking the Pirate Bay would drive people to other providers.

The case between the ISPs and BREIN brings up many of the censorship issues that are also being discussed in the United States at the moment. The pending SOPA legislation would make DNS and IP-blocks standard procedure, something BREIN can only dream of at this point.

The verdict in the case is expected to be announced early next year.

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Who Should Be TIME's Person of the Year 2011?

From tsunamis to budget battles to revolutions, 2011 has been a tumultuous, news-packed year. Who influenced the news most, for better or for ill? Tradition dictates that TIME's editors choose the Person of the Year, but we want to know: if you were in charge, who would it be?

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Krijgsmacht richt zich op cyberoorlog

De Nederlandse krijgsmacht maakt zich gereed voor het leveren van veldslagen op internet. Onder aanvoering van cyberkolonel Hans Folmer, gaat op 1 januari het nieuwe krijgsmachtonderdeel 'digitale taskforce' de strijd op de digitale snelweg aan.

'Behalve door de lucht en over de grond, moeten we tegenstanders ook via internet kunnen aanpakken', zegt generaal-majoor Sander Schnitger van Defensieplanning.

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Via een toetsenbord kunnen oorlogen ingrijpend worden beïnvloed, aldus de generaal. Als een tegenstander kans ziet om in het computersysteem van het leger te komen, kan bijvoorbeeld de aanvraag van munitie worden beïnvloed. Omdat veel wapensystemen door computers worden gestuurd, zijn deze gevoelig voor aanvallen, aldus de generaal in De Telegraaf

Schnitger voorziet dat het leger er over enkele jaren totaal anders uit ziet. De mitrailleur wordt verruild voor toetsenbord en joystick.

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OpCartel Update and Adrian Chen
OpCartel Update 11/12/2011

1. I've arrived in Brooklyn thanks to individuals associated with Occupy DC, who paid for a last-minute flight I would otherwise not have been able to afford at this time. I am situated in a neighborhood whose residents are old friends and who tend to be well-armed, and at any rate I plan to be staying with assorted friends and colleagues in various other parts of NYC during my stay.

2. All of those media outlets and journalists who wanted the information I obtained on Asheville, NC District Attorney Ron Moore and whom I've deemed capable of pursuing the story have now received the entirety of that info. One local journalist, before having seen any of it, asked me whether a certain individual was among those named therein as having illicit connections to Moore. I confirmed that this was indeed the case; the reporter explained that this particular person, who is close to the city's criminal justice system, also has a criminal history. Note that this info, which was provided to me by an Asheville resident whose connection to the situation is significant and verifiable, also cites two other men as being involved with Moore; both are career criminals with ties to the Houstones gang. The info and many of the details involved will continue to remain non-public for the time being so that I and the half-dozen reporters looking into it may do so without tipping off the other subjects; meanwhile, the info in its raw form would expose the identity of the informant and a family member. However, the bulk of the account will be released when viable, perhaps by the end of the month.

3. Some Mexican Anons and other individuals working out of #Iberoamerica continue to scour some 25,000 e-mails for specific incidents of corruption within the Mexican government and other of the country's major institutions. Their new effort, #OpCorrupcion, has the potential to be wildly successful if it receives the attention and support that it deserves. Note that I am not involved in this operation and cannot provide any particular details on it, as I've told several journalists already.

4. I am continuing work on the creation of a private team of individuals who will be charged with pursuing an ongoing campaign against Mexican cartels. So far, participants include journalists, academics who study cartels and related topics, and hackers, although other skill sets may also be needed. Those who wish to apply should send a brief description of their skills and relevant backgrounds to transistor@hushmail.com. Once this team is assembled, I will serve only in an advisory role as requested (if even that), as I hope to return to work on Project PM and our ongoing investigation into the intelligence contracting industry in the near future.

Note on Adrian Chen

On the whole, reporters have done a reasonably good job in covering a story that is fast-moving and often confusing. This is important for operations such as these, which are pursued largely within the realm of information and which thus depend on accurate and fair reportage to be successful; likewise, journalists who take the time to research the background and/or quote participants at length also help to ensure that those of us who are engaged in this work are not required to spend much time correcting false or misleading assertions. One ongoing incident, however, has damaged the viability of both OpCartel and OpCorrupcion, misinformed some unknown number of people, and unfairly hurt the credibility of myself and the Mexican Anons who are risking their very lives to assist the Mexican people as a whole. Adrian Chen of the online publication Gawker wrote an article several days ago entitled "It Pays to be the Face of Anonymous." (http://gawker.com/5856604/it-pays-to-be-the-face-of-anonymous)

a) Chen claims that the book on Anonymous that Gregg Housh and I are writing was "just sold" when it was in fact sold in September, as is public record, and incorrectly claims that reports of our meetings with publishers in NYC appeared "last month" when they actually appeared in the New York Observer just a few days before the sale of the book - again, in September, which Chen should know since he himself reported on it at the time. Setting aside the factual error regarding which months come when, referring to one event in late September as having occurred "last month" and another one that occurred a few days later as having "just" happened is either inexplicable or easily explained by Chen's intent to portray the book as being my motive for participation in OpCartel.

b) Chen seems to imply that I lied about the advance Housh and I received for the book by asserting that "Everything Brown says should be taken with a grain of salt." Chen promises to explain why later in the piece.

c) Chen refers to "Anonymous' bullshit anti-drug operation" before writing, "All week Brown has been spouting off to CNN, the Guardian and more about Operation Cartel, which was supposedly launched as payback for the Zetas kidnapping an Anonymous member. Even as proof that there had ever been a kidnapping continued to not exist, Brown upped the stakes, claiming that Anonymous had 25,000 stolen government emails they were going to use to expose at least 75 collaborators." I will note that I referred Chen to Bloomberg regarding evidence of the e-mails, as may be heard in the recording of that phone interview linked below. Rather than contact Bloomberg, Chen proceeded to write his article without even mentioning that I tried to provide him with evidence. Since then, Bloomberg reporter Michael Riley confirmed to The Atlantic - an actual news publication - that he'd received samples of the e-mails, which indeed involve corruption and payoffs, just as was claimed. But even when writing a follow-up piece about me yesterday (http://gawker.com/5858405(...)on-bloggers-heats-up), Chen refrained from mentioning any of this. When I noted Chen's failure to admit error on Twitter, he replied, "I'll believe it when I see them." Presumably, Chen is now resorting to the implication that a veteran Bloomberg reporter has either been duped or is publicly lying.

d) At the top of the article are three screenshots taken from a video I made months ago and which appear to have been selected to make me look crazy and/or stupid, something easily accomplished by taking single shots from a video of most any person talking. The follow-up article uses another, even more ridiculous screenshot from the same video. Such things are not done by accident; they are done to make a person look bad without resorting to facts.

As it is, I am having to contend with several projects even in addition to the attempts that have been made to provide my location to the Zeta cartel and other parties. I have no choice but to ignore the majority of negative things that are said about me. But in this case, Chen and his editor have concocted a storyline that has since been picked up by The Daily Mail and other outlets of similar quality-to-reach ratios, thereby doing some unknown degree of damage to an effort for which I and others have risked our lives. And they have done so not just with irresponsible inattention to those facts, such as the confirmation of the e-mails, that would prove their stated position false; they have gone so far as to actively and shamelessly disregard that particular fact even as it confirmed by a respected journalist for a respected publication. This tells me that I am up against yet another party for whom truth and fair play are secondary to mediocre, "biting" rhetoric and the victory that presumably comes from poorly-composed libel.

This is the audio conversation I had with Adrian Chen before the first article in question. Although I record most of the interviews I do with journalists - and have had occasion to speak to plenty of them over the last year in particular - this is the first time that I can recall having felt the need to post the recording.

AdrianAgain.wmv for #OpCartel via @BarrettBrownLOL

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Op zondag 13 november 2011 19:24 schreef Die_Hofstadtgruppe het volgende:
http://idealab.talkingpoi(...)operation-cartel.php

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Tja dat krijg je als internetpubers denken dat een site hacken iets te maken heeft met de echte wereld

Goh dat had ik nou niet verwacht

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Op zondag 13 november 2011 19:49 schreef Die_Hofstadtgruppe het volgende:

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Waar uit zich dat in dan?

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En waarom is facebook nog online?

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Op zondag 13 november 2011 19:31 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Anonymous heeft geen centrale organisatie en geen leiders.

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For a few minutes right in the electoral process was impossible to enter the Internet page of Michoacán Electoral Institute (EMI). The organization attributed Hispanic Anonymous hacking on that page.

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Cop under investigation for online photos of apparent suicide victim and video of suspects handcuffed to chairs

A female police officer is under investigation for allegedly posting graphic photos of suicide victims onto an notorious hacking website.

Maribel Soriano is said to have uploaded the images onto 4chan along with pictures of suspects handcuffed to chairs.

Other photos showed her in uniform sitting at a table with paperwork on it.

The apparent breach of the regulations has stunned her colleagues at the 23rd Precinct of the NYPD.

But they also all but mean that Soriano’s career with the force is over, even if she is cleared.

She was investigated after the photos were seen on 4chan but were quickly deleted.

In addition to the pictures there were also video clips including one where a suspect could be seen attempting to put her boots on.

4chan has been one of the main websites blamed for Internet ‘trolling’, where users abuse each other on-line.

Those who post on the website’s message boards are known for their dark ideas and for egging each other on to break the law but win the respect of their fellow hackers.

According to the Washington Post 4chan users have also ‘managed to pull off some of the highest-profile collective actions in the history of the Internet’.

Their notable actions include causing Apple’s shares to tumble in Octobe 2008 with a fake reporter that its founder Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack.

Sarah Palins Yahoo email account was hacked by a 4chan user and YouTube came under attack for supposedly deleting music from public access.

The investigation comes at a difficult time for the NYPD which has faced criticism recently for its handling of the Occupy Wall St protest.

Dozens of serving and former officers were recently arrested for allegedly helping friends and family to get off tickets or avoid more serious crimes.

A Photobucket account in Sorianos name does exist but she has denied it is hers.

She also told the New York Post that she did not upload the images.

She said: I wouldnt put work photos on the internet. I think someone is hijacking my personal photos.

Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne has said that the case is already under investigation by the Internal Affairs Bureau.

A law-enforcement source added: Her career is over.

Anonymous - A Message To Occupy Toronto

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Greetings Canada. We are Anonymous.

We have promised not to get involved in the Occupation of Canada. Unless we have seen any unlawful acts, or any sort of interruption. Well it seems next week authorities want to put an end to Occupy movement in Toronto. We, Anonymous are taking that as an interruption, and we will not let that happen. We all have freedom of speech, and opinions to express, and they are doing it peacefully. There is no need for you to put an end, to the occupation in Toronto. The brave citizens of Toronto are peaceful and well mannered occupiers, and we will not let the city, or the mayor that uses vulgar language in public get involved. You have said that by next week the occupiers shall be removed. And we say by next week if you do not change your mind, you shall be removed from the internet. We have already planned for this, so if we see any interruptions, we will launch the operation that we have planned for a while.

We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Toronto, Expect us!

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Anon_Central twitterde op zondag 13-11-2011 om 11:34:08 We've just received a huge dump of CreditCard numbers. We will not publish them but it's a wake up call to you, your money isn't safe. reageer retweet

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Anon_Central twitterde op maandag 14-11-2011 om 16:21:26 #d0x of Mark #Zuckerberg by @mum8l3z He has every #Facebook users info why shouldn't we all have some of his!! http://t.co/qjciGZr5 #lulz reageer retweet

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Anonymous’ Guy Fawkes virus is found

A SECURITY OUTFIT has identified what it thinks is the Guy Fawkes virus that hacker group Anonymous is working on.

Bitdefender claims that it has identified a piece of malware that looks and acts like the virus that the group was talking about last week when it said that the powerful malware could be used to wreak havoc at Facebook.

Razvan Livintz, an e-threats analyst at Bitdefender blogged that the firm had found a piece of malware that for now it is calling backdoor-Bifrose-AAJX.

Like the Guy Fawkes code, this software was first spotted early in July, which tallies with the statement from Anonymous.

"The same day, it appeared on Facebook under the guise of a scam purporting to offer a "New Facebook Video Chat with Voice Features", according to its description (which, by the way, is in Arabic), if the unwary user follows a link and downloads an archive named scan_facebook.zip," said Livintz.

"Once it compromises a system, Backdoor-Bifrose-AAJX does pretty much what the hacktivists say, which is: injects itself in IE process, provides a remote attacker unhindered access to the compromised system, records keystrokes and kills several processes of known anti malware solutions, if installed on the computer."

This malware does not have self replication features, like the one Anonymous was talking about, and it connects to a remote server in Egypt, which was not mentioned in the Anonymous video.

"So far, although this threat resembles pretty well what Anonymous purports to be their ultimate weapon in the battle against other groups or individuals undermining their interests, it maintains quite a low profile," added the Bitdefender blogger.

"Is Anonymous trying to hoodwink us? Does such malware actually exist? If it does, did Anonymous actually release it or are they just trying to evaluate users' reaction to such a threat?"

Last week Anonymous said that it was working on getting the virus under control, adding that once it did it would use it against its opponents. µ

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Fourth blogger killed by Mexican cartel, #OpCartel spokesman on the run

The Houston Chronicle reported last week that the Mexican drug cartel Zetas killed and beheaded a blogger in Nuevo Laredo, a city “all but” controlled by the violent gang. The blogger “posted news of shootouts and other activities of the Zetas” on the blog El Vivo. He was found with a note ”This happened to me for not understanding that I shouldn’t report on the social networks.”

Techland reports that this is the fourth reported murder of a blogger since September by The Zetas, and may have led, according to Discovery, to the flight of Anonymous member Barrett Brown from his Dallas home. Brown has been a vocal proponent of using technical means to combat the violent gang, and has founded the Anonymous splinter group #OpCartel to release information detrimental to The Zetas. He recently Tweeted “I’ve got ex-military people releasing info on me and family. Have to leave Texas.” Over the weekend he Tweeted thanks for financial assistance helping him travel to New York City.

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“Anonymous” and a Poet Strike Back in Mexico

The president of Mexico’s Felipe Calderon’s sister Luisa Maria Calderon is seeking the gubernatorial seat in the state of Michoacan, Mexico. “Anonymous” has claimed responsibility for hacking her campaign’s political party website, according to an AP report today.

On The New Alliance Party's website is a video of a person wearing a Guy Fawkes mask urging Mexicans to hack into official websites and email accounts to look for evidence of corruption and make it public.

“Anonymous” is an international hacker movement to expose collaborators of Mexico's notorious Zetas drugs cartel has came to an abrupt end a week ago. They backed away from publishing the names after an alleged counter-threat of mass retaliatory killings.

Showing that restraint is many time the better part of valor, an Anonymous participant relinquished. "This moves the operation from being a risk to knowing that I would be murdering people," Anonymous participant Barrett Brown told the Guardian in an article on November 4th.

Twitter users claiming to belong to "Anonymous" posted messages of the hack Sunday coinciding with the Michoacan state elections. They also say hacked the Michoacan Electoral Institute's website, which has been down for hours.

Presidential sister Luisa Maria Calderon is seeking the governor's seat in Michoacan's vote.

President Calderon has been criticized for not taking the steps needed to stop the violence in his country. Last September he was accused by victims' groups for minimizing the impact of violence on innocents. One of those groups is headed by the poet Javier Sicilia, who lost his son to an attack by drug gangs.

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Anonymous and the Spanish General Elections 2011: Op20N

The so called ‘PIGS’ countries have gradually fallen to the demands of international markets and capital. Papandreu stepped down in Greece, Berlusconi resigned recently in Italy and Ireland and Portugal have received bailouts from the EU and the IMF. But the Spanish political class, however, seems to have been left unscathed from the current crisis; despite intense pressures from the newborn 15M movement and increasing social pressures.

Within this context, it comes as no surprise to see once again the cyber activists taking a stance in Spanish General Elections. They already did so with OpVdeVotaciones, when they called earlier this year in regional elections to avoid voting for the bipartisan system and instead chose an alternative from the usuals PP, PSOE and CiU[1]. Under the hashtag of #nolesvotes(#donotvotethem) it became quite popular in twitter and media began paying attention. Anonymous called for a demonstration under the name of OpGoya[2] to protest directly during the gala of Spanish cinema awards. And it was quite a success bearing in mind this mobilization was merely moved by Anonymous and ‘Anonymous-friendly’ collectives in the net.

This campaign is but one of the pillars of the famous 15M movement in Spain, that is Anonymous and movements against censorship of the net amongst others. The rest, including more information and sources have now been provided by Anonymous Spain this time, by creating an international press release to backup the upcoming Op20N[3] and also allowing international Anonymous ‘hives’ know what is the stance of Anonymous in Spain in relation to the recent revolutions and uprising worldwide.

The press release first of all puts current Spanish politics in context, expanding the information already provided on the campaign #nolesvotes, analyzing recent reforms of both the Spanish Constitution and the electoral law; and finally it makes a brief summary calling for international civil disobedience in the face of economic and political pressures. On the other hand it calls for Spanish citizens to follow the example of the previous campaign #nolesvotes, encouraging the vote for minority parties, but they also call to consider null-voting ( source: http://op20n.tumblr.com/international ).

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Greetings citizens of the world, we are Anonymous, and we would like you to pay some attention to events unfolding in Spain, which are in turn closely related to the situation in many other countries.

We have all witnessed the so-called Arab Spring, which slowly but surely has spread onto Southern Europe, most notably Spain and Greece. The Spanish Transition from Franco’s dictatorship to the current partitocracy is portrayed as an example to follow. Allow us to disagree…

The demonstrations and protest camps all across Spain that we are witnessing in this last four months is what a transition really looks like. Unlike politicians and leaders, many with ties to the previous regime, writing up a Constitution and then feeding it to a population with no democratic experience in the previous 40 years.

It is within this historical context, that we may now talk of a transition thanks to the now famous Spanish Revolution, the 15M movement and the indignados. We call this a genuine transition since it stems directly from civil society, and one of the pillars for such movement was a campaign under the name ‘nolesvotes’ (do not vote them).

The diplomatic cables showed the world that the USA was aiming to tackle piracy in Spain, and to do so they decided to lobby Spain’s national government to legislate in favour of these interests. The United States ‘blackmailed’ with introducing Spain in the WatchList of the Special 301 Report in 2008[4]. By February 2011, US interests had prevailed and legislation had finally been approved by introducing it as an annex to the ‘Ley de Economía Sostenible’ – a much larger piece of legislation which was largely irrelevant to intellectual property. It was approved and promoted by the three major parties: PP, PSOE and CiU.

Through the internet and social networks, people began expressing their outrage at such manipulation and disinformation, and called upon citizens not to vote them (PP, PSOE and CiU). Since the 15th of May, the demonstration that kicked off the Spanish Revolution has been clear in their slogans: “They do not represent us”. Also, one of the key demands is the reform of the electoral system which clearly over-represents the two major parties in detriment of state-wide minority parties. It effectively sustains a bipartisan system with the help of nationalist parties that will provide PP or PSOE political consent in exchange of major autonomy for their regions.

Not happy enough with such over-representation, a reform of the electoral system indeed took place in early 2011 by the leading parties; however it sought to reinforce even further the dominant position of the major parties by hindering minority options. They have done so by introducing a new electoral barrier for third-option parties. For the elections on 20th November 2011, those parties that did not gain a seat in the Congress or the Senate will need to gather a specific amount of signatures from the electorate in order to be able contest in the upcoming election[5]. The Spanish Constitution states that “[all citizens] have the right to contest for public office under equal conditions, under the requisites that the Law determines”[6]. Therefore the reform of the electoral law exposes two contradictions. Firstly, the constitutional right to stand for public office is being hindered by the need of minority to parties to collect signatures from the electorate simply because in previous elections they did not gain a seat in Congress or the Senate. Secondly, and most importantly, it evidences that the Spanish Constitution lacks any enforcement procedures. Since the right to stand in equal conditions to public office is then left to be further expanded by legislation… and as we have seen this does not seem to be sufficient safeguard for civic and political rights when powers rest solely on a corrupt bipartisan system.

Talking about the incongruence of the Spanish Constitution, there has been a dubious constitutional amendment, again by the leading partitocracy of PP and PSOE. But yet again they have ignored their citizens. They have introduced a constitutional cap on structural deficit (0.35% of GNP) which will be made explicit in a law to be drafted in 2012, that will come into effect from 2016 onwards[7].

Admittedly, this reform has come from the ECB in conjunction with pressures from Merkel & Sarkozy[8], and they wish to extend such legislation to other EU countries! In just a few weeks, the amendment has been approved by both Chambers without any serious public debate. Whilst people are increasingly demanding a reform of the electoral system, the partitocracy has clearly ignored it and decided to legislate to the orders of the European capital.

Civil disobedience and unrest is spreading from the Arab countries into Europe and the United States[9]. People, in increasing numbers – according to official statistics over 70% of the population have a positive view on the 15-M movement[10][11]– are demanding a substantial change. Are we supposed to still believe in politics when financial markets are dictating the every-day lives of countries such as Greece and Spain? Is there any accountability whatsoever to politicians that blatantly lie in their electoral manifestos and then come into power to amend a 30 year old constitution that was previously said to be almost sacred and untouchable?

Our answer is no, and so is that of outraged citizens across the globe. From Egypt, to Madrid, from Barcelona to Paris, from Chile to NYC, people have taken their demands to the streets and squares in a novel strategy of protesting. A global crisis requires a global response, and the rise in street protests across the world are not simply coincidence or spontaneous. It is against the neo-liberal agenda that is being implemented on a global scale despite leading us into a major financial and economic crisis, and that is increasingly unable to distribute wealth across societies and amongst them. Indeed the Arab Spring has one of its sources in political reforms and civil liberties, but also their artificially impoverished economy, the exploitation of natural resources by foreign corporations and the public support western leaders have granted to the same regimes that are now being overthrown by citizen revolutions is obvious by now. But corporate and mass media has attempted to isolate this surge of protests worldwide… it is clear by now that we are all in this together, and we will be silent no more.

Networks are being built on the basis of solidarity, the free sharing of information and extensive use of new technologies to collectively build the change people are demanding. If you wonder what protest camps or demonstrations are fighting for, or demanding from our leaders; do not rely on mainstream media, go out on the streets and find out for yourself. Having said this we would like to call Spanish citizens to critically engage in the upcoming elections and citizens worldwide to engage critically with mainstream media, politicians and the surge in political protests worldwide.

To preserve freedom of speech, it is of paramount importance for Spanish citizens to support minority parties to allow them to stand in this election[12] and in the meantime expose, disobey and inform your fellow citizens of this new reform. Secondly, the bipartisan system has clearly shown to be at the mercy of financial markets and US lobby interests, thus strengthening third-parties is the most immediate, legal and peaceful way that citizens may have to alter the current state of affairs. Therefore, by having a close look at the current electoral system and your electoral district we also encourage voting on the 20th of November to those minority parties that may have a chance of entering local and national parliaments, with the hope of slowly break the hegemonic position of the two faces of the same coin: PP & PSOE. We hope this will lead to more sustainable and engaging debates in political chambers that are already taking place in the streets by ordinary citizens.

Change has begun; it is up to you to be part of it, for it will take place sooner rather than later. Inform yourself, be critical, share information freely and build networks in your local area based on alternative principles to those of the current system. And most importantly, don’t forget to have some lulz in the meantime. Take the streets under the principles of non-violence, and add a pinch of trolling attitude. Remember that changing our lifestyle is a responsibility we should all endorse, but doing so with humor is already part of it in this depressing shitty world.

Yours truly…

We are Anonymous,

We are Legion

We do not forgive

We do not forget,

Expect Us.

Author and Source: Follow on twitter @anonreports
http://www.peoplesassemblies.org/?p=2846

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Op maandag 14 november 2011 22:14 schreef Die_Hofstadtgruppe het volgende:
Zo en is Los Zetas al een slag toegebracht?
Nee weer niet he?

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Mexican marines arrest Zetas cartel boss, 4 others

Rigoberto Zamarripa Arispe, "presumably the No. 2 boss in the command of the Los Zetas criminal organization" in the area, was arrested as a result of an anonymous tip, the secretariat said.

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Anti-Hacking Law Criminalizes Most Computer Users, Former Prosecutor Says

The nation’s premier anti-hacking law poses a threat to the civil liberties of millions of Americans who use computers and the internet and could lead to the arrest and prosecution of many users who violate the law on a regular basis, says a former federal prosecutor who wants the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act revised.

“In the Justice Department’s view, the CFAA criminalizes conduct as innocuous as using a fake name on Facebook or lying about your weight in an online dating profile. That situation is intolerable,” says Orin Kerr, George Washington University law professor and a former federal prosecutor in the Justice Department’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section in the Criminal Division.

Currently, the law punishes anyone who intentionally exceeds authorized access, and thereby obtains information from any protected computer.

Kerr is testifying on Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committees Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, and is asking Congress to amend the law to narrow how prosecutors can interpret what it means to exceed authorized access on a computer.

When the legislation was first enacted in the 1980s, it specifically targeted computer hacking and other computer misuse, Kerr argues in a written version of the testimony (.pdf) he plans to give. But since then, Congress has broadened the statute significantly four times, expanding the laws reach and rendering it unconstitutionally vague.

The law as it currently stands allows prosecutors to criminally prosecute users for violating an internet service providers terms of service agreement, something that would normally be a breach of contract issue handled in civil court rather than through criminal prosecution.

In 2008, federal prosecutors used this exact interpretation of the CFAA when they charged Missouri resident Lori Drew under the law in order to punish her for her role in a cyberbullying incident that led a teenage girl to commit suicide.

Prosecutors argued that Drew was guilty under the CFAA for violating MySpaces terms-of-service agreement in setting up a fraudulent account that was used to bully the teenage girl. The government argued that violating MySpaces terms of service was the legal equivalent of computer hacking.

Drew was convicted on misdemeanor charges, but a judge subsequently threw out the verdict on grounds that the CFAA was constitutionally vague and that upholding the verdict would set a precedent for anyone who breaches similar contracts to be criminally prosecuted.

Kerr was part of Drews defense team as pro-bono co-counsel.

Prosecutors also used the CFAA last year to charge a ring of online ticketbrokers who wrote a script to circumvent CAPTCHA challenges used by TicketMaster and other ticket vendors to detect and slow down computers attempting to purchase large numbers of tickets.

Prosecutors asserted that bypassing CAPTCHA constituted unauthorized access of ticket-seller servers. U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden allowed the case to proceed, saying, The Court is satisfied that the indictment sufficiently alleges the elements of unauthorized access and exceeding authorized access under the CFAA, and sufficiently alleges conduct demonstrating defendants knowledge and intent to gain unauthorized access.

The defendants ultimately pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and hacking.

In arguing that the statute needs to be revised, Kerr is calling on Congress to follow the Senates lead. The Senate Judiciary Committee recently approved an amendment to a pending bill that would limit the interpretation of exceeding authorized access under the CFAA. Per the amendment, it would not include access in violation of a contractual obligation or agreement, such as an acceptable use policy or terms of service agreement, with an Internet service provider, Internet website, or non-government employer, if such violation constitutes the sole basis for determining that access to a protected computer is unauthorized.

Kerr says this would still allow prosecutors to pursue cases against government employees for misusing sensitive government databases, but would not sweep in an entire class of other people for merely violating a contractual agreement with a web site or their ISP.

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Op maandag 14 november 2011 23:09 schreef Die_Hofstadtgruppe het volgende:

[..]

Ja is dat een anonieme tip of een tip van anonymous?

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LOS ANONOPS MUERTO

Over the course of the following months, it has become very clear to us that
AnonOps no longer stands for the values of open speech, freedom of opinion and
has instead transformed itself into a network rampent with trolls, abusive
channel operators, and a generally unwelcoming place for those whom wish to
communicate and gather to fight the powers of corruption, and those whom wish
to censor our open internet. Various attempts have been made in the past to
course correct AnonOps, but the totalitarian IRC operator regime has remained
intact.
The AnonOps network prides itself in being "secure", however, such is not
the case. Rather, they employ incompetent and highly unprofessional channel and
IRC operators, allowing their personal grudges to interfere with the operation
of a secure network for Anonymous. Newcomers to the network are welcomed by a
spirit of condescention and arrogance, as any legitimate question or concern is
slowly drowned out by the laughter of the senior members of the chatroom.
Channel operators rather than discourage such behavior, applaud it, joining in,
and using their powers to kick, ban, or SAJOIN newcomers to #kill. Any attempt
to speak out against the way the network is ran is met with kick, ban, or zline.
A decentralized organization such as Anonymous cannot thrive on a network ran by
such people as Power2All, Wolfy, Owen and Shitstorm. Anonymous transcends beyond
one IRC network, or one social medium. Spread. Be aware. Educate. Anonymous is
an idea; ideas are bulletproof.
Anonymous cannot be owned or controlled by a small group of faggot
totaltarian operators. Thus we have decided to lombotomize the cancer that is
AnonOps from the internet. AnonOps no longer stands with Anonymous, but rather
against us as an agent of censorship, unlulzy pseudo-activism and immense
faggotry, and thus must be eliminated.
AnonOps has proven itself insecure and fault prone in the past. We are here
to illustrate these points again. AnonOps is NOT Anonymous, and throughtheir
actions, they have proven themselves against our ideals. Welcome to thecourt of
the internet, AnonOps. You shall be persecuted for your crimes against the
freedom of chats, your utter and repeated failure as an IRC network, your aid to
the spread of namefagging, and your gross negligence in securing the identities
of those whom chat and remain Anonymous on your network.
AnonOps has shown time and time again it is too large of a target, and very
well capable of corrupting the ideals which fuels the fight in every Anon.
As long as AnonOps stay online, they will continue to adulterate our cause,
bastardizing ideals of Anonymous, and running a network where the only lulz to
be had are that of the failures whom chat there and run the network. Such
activity cannot continue.

Let's drop the formalities now, and get down to business!

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Anonymous attacks at least 33 Mexican government and political sites as part of #OpCorrupción

“Anonymous” launched an offensive against government sites, and political parties in Mexico in “Operation corruption” (# OpCorrupción) obtaining temporary disqualification or hack of at least 33 web pages which included the Ministry of Economy and the federal government Preliminary results page of the Electoral Institute of Michoacán.

From Nov. 11 at 11 pm with 11 minutes, members of the group began attacking Congress and local governments in order to expose personal data of members and local officials or even to block institutional emails.

This way, sites of state legislatures fell in Baja California, Guerrero, Sinaloa, Nayarit and Sonora, as well as the website of the Government of Queretaro went out of service from Saturday until Monday.

In a second stage, the political parties were also attacked by the group. A hack was made against the website of the Nueva Alianza Party, where a video was posted. It warned the drug cartels and mentioned they didn’t scared to group “Anonymous” in an attempt to curb what they considered “gratuitous violence” against the Mexican people.

ALSO PRI, PAN and PRD SUFFERED

The three major parties were not safe: the slogan was that corruption permeates equally to those political institutions. Cybersecurity was violated in the PRD parliamentary groups in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, also for the local PAN deputies in the Federal District and the leaders of the PRI in the states of Queretaro and Tamaulipas.

In their attacks on these pages, hackers not only presented data from politicians, but also posted media who receives information from the three political parties, and people who do get reports of possible acts of corruption that occur in the delegations of Federal District.

“Anonymous” also hacked into web pages of different levels of municipal government in Saltillo, Coahuila, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Toluca, Mexico State and Ocotlan, Jalisco, where it appeared the same video that was posted on page of the New Alliance Party.

Other official sites that didn’t resist the onslaught of the group were: the State Development Coordination of the Government of Colima, the Ministry of Education, Government of Tabasco, the Autonomous University of Yucatan, the Comptroller of the Government of Quintana Roo and the Digital Requests site of the National Institute of Anthropology and History.

Transparency Portals, targeted

What’s more, the hackers also visited the sites of the Transparency Institute of the Government of Quintana Roo, electoral courts for Tamaulipas and Hidalgo, Jaliscience Institute of Forensic Sciences, the site of the Youth Parliament of the Government of Mexico, the Audit Superior Control of Morelos, the Sonoran Institute of Culture, a Juárez page that tries to counter the poor image of the border city by violence.

Finally, the # OpCorrupción was closed on Sunday afternoon, once the group members felt it had been a success.

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Mexican bloggers' 'Twitter Manifesto' calls for protection from drug cartel violence

But the Mexican bloggers' demands in the manifesto – many beyond the power of the Mexican government to enforce – highlight the vulnerability of social media users to drug cartel violence.

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http://www.insightcrime.o(...)-media-in-mexico.pdf

Twitter User Manifesto Against the Violence to Users of Social Media in Mexico

To the international community, users of social media, bloggers of the world,
communications media, and global multilateral organizations

We the twitterers and hashtag users of Northeastern Mexico (#reynosafollow,
#nuevolaredo, #matamoros, #tamaulipas, #mier, and others) release this manifesto in
response to the murder of our companion, a social media user attacked by a group of drug
traffickers, that occurred early this morning in the city of Nuevo Laredo, in the state of
Tamaulipas. We repudiate and condemn this criminal act that has provoked a state of
terror, and we demand justice in the face of the national silence it is meant to impose, and
the stage of amnesia and impunity it portends.

This murder is the fourth against twitterers and bloggers that has occurred in less than
two months. The first two occurred on September 13th and involved a couple whose
bodies were hung from a pedestrian overpass, and who were accused of posting
denunciations against organized crime on social media. The third murder occurred on
September 25th, when a female journalist was decapitated and left in a public area with a
message threatening social media users for denouncing Mexican traffickers of death.

The absence of information that derives from the silence of local newspapers and media
and municipal authorities at all levels, as well as the constant abuses and violations of
human rights by police forces, has led many citizens to inform themselves and take
precautions thru the use of social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.), chats and citizen’s
blogs. These new forms of communication differ greatly from the diversity and freedom
of expression enjoyed in other countries. In Northeastern Mexico this new social media
has evolved into a form of self defense, conducted by citizens to broadcast and denounce
violent acts resulting from the conflict between diverse groups of criminals and diverse
national institutions in charge of our security.

In this context we want to make evident that:

1. The climate of violence, censorship and abuses by the authorities continue in the
northeast border zone of our country, in locations such as Reynosa, Laredo,
Matamoros and Mier, and there exists a high risk of life for every resident citizen
in these parts of the Mexican nation.

2. That this so called “war against drug trafficking” or “fight against the narcos”,
launched in 2006, is a military and police offensive that has been unable to stop
the wave of violence that is shattering our nation and has cost the lives of more
than fifty thousand persons, many with no links to drug trafficking activity.

3. That the deployment of the military in these zones is evidence that the various
police forces in Mexico have been unable to control these “zones of conflict”.

4. That it is clear there is no intelligence mechanism, strategy or political support to
wage this fight. At least, not through the direct use of the military for providing
security and combating drug trafficking activity.

5. That the communications media (local, state and national) have been silenced in
the face of diverse interests or threats from criminal groups

6. That a justice system does not exist that can offer the ability to respond to
citizen’s complaints in a clear and appropriate manner, to generate the necessary
investigations, to expose the crimes that are committed and to bring the
perpetrators to justice in a court of law and reach a just sentence, and bring
compensation to the victims.

7. That, ultimately, we feel unprotected in the face such atrocities and we are fearful,
because this war has now cost the lives of victims in cyperspace, which is our
element.

The fight for territorial control of the border zone is also waged in a new battleground:
the internet and its social media. The criminal groups attempt to restrain our voice that
speaks out through the invasion of our accounts and servers, to kidnap us and carry out
criminal atrocities or to make direct threats against our companions. This constitutes a
flagrant threat against the only freedom left to us, now that the local, state and federal
governments are indifferent to our demands, and without even bothering to verify they
ignore the facts that we report on our social networks. In summary, we have been
abandoned to our fate in this unequal fight of free citizens against the drug traffickers.

We need guarantees and security for ourselves, our families and honest working society
in general. Therefore, we ask from each of you:

1. Your full solidarity with the Mexican people that at this moment is immersed in
chaos, violence without limits and violations of the most elemental human rights,
as pointed out by Human Rights Watch in its special report presented on this same
day.

2. That you demand from the Mexican Government investigations to solve the
contemptible murders of our brother and sister twitterers and social media users,
as this violates freedom of expression and the free use of social media

3. That the Mexican press demand from the national government guarantees of
freedom of information, expression and the press, especially now that crime,
violence and corruption are putting an end to not only journalism, but also our
journalists and critical thought.

4. That cyber security be guaranteed so that our citizens can freely express
themselves on social networks and online communication media.

5. That a commission composed of the media (news agencies, journalists) and non
governmental institutions be formed that can function as international observers to
guarantee access to the internet and the security of users.

6. Do not abandon us. We need you, now more than ever. We have opened a special
e-mail account so that you can communicate with us.
Twittermanifesto@gmail.com

In the face of the killers and groups that threaten us from the shadows of impunity we
answer that we will not allow our voices to be silenced or censured by the crimes against
our fellow twitterers and bloggers. Neither are we prepared to live under the rules
established by the violence, corruption and impunity.

With heads held high, our computers and our native pride we declare to those murderous
and unpunished groups that the internet and social networks are ours: those are our
spaces, these spaces are us. That is why you cannot silence or restrain us. We will honor
our dead, we will obtain international help for our denunciations and we will work
everyday of our lives for a better Mexico.

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Op dinsdag 15 november 2011 14:23 schreef Die_Hofstadtgruppe het volgende:
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How Occupy Wall Street Is Building Its Own Internet [VIDEO]

Protesters at Zuccotti Park have enough resources to satisfy a small village: hot food, live entertainment, even a library.

But perhaps their most effective resource comes from a nine-foot-high pole known as the “Freedom Tower”, usually stationed at the southwest corner of the park and currently being redesigned to run on batteries charged by a biodiesel generator.

It’s free WiFi, but not as you know it.

Anonymous:Free Anons #OpFreeAnons

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Anonymous email slams rogue group over in-fighting

An alleged Anonymous member has spoken out about internal power struggles, accusing some inside the 'hacktivist' collective of perverting its aims and pursuing personal grudges.

The allegations have been made in an email sent by 'Shitstorm' an individual claiming to be a member of Anonymous, to IT news website The Inquirer.

The message follows a post on website Pastebin criticising an Anonymous admin group, AnonOps, for being too closed and no longer standing for free speech. Naturally, AnonOps felt the need to respond, with spokesperson 'Shitstorm' taking it upon him/herself to put the word out.

"AnonOps started a year ago as something great. A place where all kinds could come to try and make a difference, or just chat."

"However, even after the network first started there was a few kids who had a personal grudge... Regardless of what they claim, or say, this is what caused all this drama, a grudge carried from over a year ago that has since spiralled out of control... The kids on the network formerly known as skidsr.us love drama and attention, therefore they stir up all this to keep themselves in the limelight."

One of the accusations aimed at Shitstorm was that AnonOps was a closed off collective of power-hungry moderators, banning new users and keeping a compliant circle of IRC users around them. Of course, Mr Storm responded:

"Yes we have trolls, yes some stupid OPs banned noobs, sure there is some arrogant users. Skidsr.us say we don't allow free speech when we ban the trolls, but when we don't you say we have too many trolls."

"This entire opening statement in the pastebin is a farce, if anyone goes to their IRC you will see that they are the most arrogant, judgmental, condescending pr**ks you will ever meet. Do not be fooled by their claims. They simply want to have control for themselves, as demonstrated time and time again. When you're only 17 like some of them are, you will lie to get your way."

Internal strife isn't new among the ranks of Anons. Earlier this year, Anonymous's operations were hit when former moderator 'Ryan' - Essex teenager Ryan Cleary, who has since been arrested by UK police on suspicion of involvement in various hacking attacks - seized control of AnonOps' main domain, AnonOps.net, sparking a feud between rival factions.

This renewed outbreak of in-fighting comes at a difficult time for Anonymous, with the collective's original spawning ground 4Chan being hit with a massive DDoS that kept the site down for several days, and Occupy Wall Street movement, of which Anonymous is a vocal supporter, being ousted from New York's Zuccotti park at the same time as the imageboard hack.

Anonymous - System Failure

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Citizens of the world.
We are Anonymous.

We have been monitoring the events currently taking place. The decision made by the New York Police Department and the city of New York displeases us. A city cannot have the power to destroy the people's right to free speech and assembly.

We've been called by various supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement for our help. We will not disappoint them. We shall continue to target New York Supreme Court Justice Michael Stallman until he repeals his decision and allows the protesters to return to camp in Zuccotti Park.

In addition, we have decided to take drastic measures in ensuring that this happens. We have released Justice Michael Stallman's private information as well as others supporting his decision.

Citizens of the world, hear us now. The time has come to rise up. It is time to rise up against the system. The system has now met its match, and the people shall prevail. We will participate in this war. There will be no stopping us. If the government presents a threat to us, they will expect no mercy. We shall terminate this system, indefinitely.

We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
We do not Forgive.
We do not Forget.
Expect us.

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Op woensdag 16 november 2011 14:32 schreef Die_Hofstadtgruppe het volgende:
Gaat er ook nog iets anders gebeuren in dit topic

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Op woensdag 16 november 2011 14:52 schreef Die_Hofstadtgruppe het volgende:

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Een discussie erover ipv een continue stroom linkdumpjes misschien?

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Hackers announce cyber attack on HDZ

Two groups of hackers have announced a "cyber attack" against Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) because of their "lies and betrayal of national interest," they say on their website.

Anonymous and TeslaSecurity (@TeslaSec) groups said they would start the "operation" on 19 November at 12pm.

"Anonymous will attack the Croatian Democratic Union for corruption, lies, selling off state assets and the betrayal of Croatian citizens and their national interests," the groups say on their website.

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#OccupySocialMedia: GO Launches A Mobile App For Anonymous Photo & Video Sharing

GO is new mobile application for the iPhone that allows users to broadcast and share photos, videos and commentary with others and post them to a live streaming portal. The app offers real-time access to geo-located, tagged media presented in both a stream and map view. But does the world need another mobile/social/photo-sharing experience? Well, maybe it does.

You see, there’s something different about GO that separates it from the rest: it supports complete anonymity. To be clear, it doesn’t just offer the option to use some clever Web handle instead of an authenticated user account – it actually offers the option to post as “anonymous.” #OccupySocialMedia? Oh yes.

In terms of the app’s design, you’re either going to love it or hate it. The app is damn pretty, maybe even a little too pretty, with its overly stylized look-and-feel that can sometimes get in the way of what could be a simpler user experience. I happen to think GO looks hot, but you may think otherwise. To each their own.

As for the functionality itself, it’s nothing earth-shattering: post, tag, share. However, when you tap the big pink sharing button, GO offers you the option to “snap” (post a photo), “shoot” (video) or “speak” (audio). It’s a trio of options for media input that your favorite take a picture/apply a filter photo-sharing app may not have.

What’s really interesting is GO’s anonymity option, though, which is a key part of the new mobile app’s experience. When the majority of today’s apps are bending over backwards to offer you sign-in options that let you speed up the authentication process via Facebook or Twitter, with GO, self-identification is an option, not a requirement. And while that may lead to users who are probably not “MarkZuckerberg” (yep, he joined), it doesn’t really matter. GO isn’t about boosting your ego via likes and shares, “connecting with friends,” or sharing pictures with your family – it’s about instant mobile broadcasting. It’s about documenting the world without having to disclose that you did so.

Despite it’s relatively soft launch (GO went live 11-11-11 without much fanfare), there are already some interesting videos surfacing from the OccupyWallSt movement for whom GO seems custom-built. Of course, GO isn’t the first tool to serve the needs of the this crowd. Apps like the Twitter-esque Vibe have also served the Occupy protesters well in the past. But Vibe is ugly and is mainly used for text. GO does more.

Despite its differentiating features, GO will still suffer from the same disadvantage that any newcomer to the photo/video-sharing space does at first: critical mass. However, assuming the need for tools to anonymously document the world don’t die with today’s OccupyWallSt shut-downs, there may be a future for GO yet.

GO is the first product from Hollr (not to be confused with Holler), which was founded by Michael Bachman and Justin Dionisio. The two were previously the directors at KURO, a boutique interactive agency based in Long Beach. Hollr has some seed stage investment from Imprint Venture Lab, but won’t disclose the amount.

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Facebook Knows Porn/Gore Hacker

Facebook has identified the hacker responsible for the flood pornographic and “extreme” violent images over the last week, reports ZDNet. And they say the attacker is not a member of the hacktivist organization Anonymous, originally suspected by several news agencies.

Those unfortunate enough to have been exposed to the hack would have seen “hardcore porn images, Photoshopped photos of celebrities such as Justin Bieber in sexual situations, pictures of extreme violence, and even a photograph of an abused dog,” according to Internet security firm Sophos.

A statement given by Facebook to ZDNet on Monday suggested the attacks were due to a self-XSS [cross-site scripting] browser vulnerability. Hackers have been known to insert malicious code into browser actions, bypassing security and giving them direct access to page data. But this is all done with the unwitting assistance of the victim, who must be tricked to copy the code into their own browser's URL bar.

Sophos warns that a common technique to trick users into pasting the code is to ask them a question implicating them in some way, such as “Why are you tagged in this video?”

If you are the victim of a Facebook hack, check out ZDNet’s Emil Portalinski’s guide for cleaning up an account.

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http://anoncentral.tumblr(...)net-citizens-of-free

Dear citizens of the internet,
Citizens of free speech,
Citizens of the United States,

We are Anonymous.

Over the past month we have been examining the actions taken by the United States Chamber.

We have paid close attention to one new bill in particular, the Protect IP act.

This bill would allow the United States Government to force ISP’s and search engines to censor websites they do not like under the guise of “copyright protection”. Instead of reducing piracy, this bill endangers the free flow of information. Through Domain seizures, ISP blockades, search engine censorship, and the restriction of funding to accused websites, this bill takes internet censorship to a new level.

The internet is a place where anyone and everyone can come together freely to share information and opinions. The freedom the internet provides has served us well, and driven our intellectual progress, sparked revolutions and changed the lives of many, all of which has been accomplished without the interference of corporations, governments, or any other global institutions until now.

We must unite and stand up to those who wish to censor the internet.
We must protect what is rightfully ours.
We must attack in defense of our homeland.

You are Anonymous
You are Legion
You can not forgive
You can not forget
United States chamber,
Expect E-Revolution

Please sign this petition,
https://wwws.whitehouse.g(...)arasite-act/SWBYXX55

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Andy Baio: Think You Can Hide, Anonymous Blogger? Two Words: Google Analytics

Last month, an anonymous blogger popped up on WordPress and Twitter, aiming a giant flamethrower at Mac-friendly writers like John Gruber, Marco Arment and MG Siegler. As he unleashed wave after wave of spittle-flecked rage at “Apple puppets” and “Cupertino douchebags,” I was reminded again of John Gabriel’s theory about the effects of online anonymity.

Out of curiosity, I tried to see who the mystery blogger was.

He was using all the ordinary precautions for hiding his identity — hiding personal info in the domain record, using a different IP address from his other sites, and scrubbing any shared resources from his WordPress install.

Nonetheless, I found his other blog in under a minute — a thoughtful site about technology and local politics, detailing his full name, employer, photo, and family information. He worked for the local government, and if exposed, his anonymous blog could have cost him his job.

I didn’t identify him publicly, but let him quietly know that he wasn’t as anonymous as he thought he was. He stopped blogging that evening, and deleted the blog a week later.

So, how did I do it? The unlucky blogger slipped up and was ratted out by an unlikely source: Google Analytics.

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Hiding messages in VoIP packets

A group of researchers from the Institute of Telecommunications of the Warsaw University of Technology have devised a relatively simple way of hiding information within VoIP packets exchanged during a phone conversation.

They called the method TranSteg, and they have proved its effectiveness by creating a proof-of-concept implementation that allowed them to send 2.2MB (in each direction) during a 9-minute call.

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Google is watching you

Wie goed oplette, zag eergisteren een advertentie van internetzoekmachine Google op nrc.nl voorbijkomen. Eén van het type waar bedrijven nooit zo happig op zijn, namelijk het aanbieden van een opt-out om ergens van verschoond te blijven. Ofwel: u kunt hier uw gegevens uit onze bestanden laten verwijderen.

Dit is met een dwangsom van een miljoen euro afgedwongen door het College Bescherming Persoonsgegevens (CBP). Google biedt deze opt-out nu wereldwijd aan. Het CBP te Den Haag dwingt de multinational uit Californië dus tot een andere koers.

Ook dat is globalisering – een toezichthouder in een klein land kan ver reiken. De kwestie loog er niet om. De camera-auto’s van Google, die tussen 2008 en 2010 Nederlandse straten en huizen fotografeerden voor de dienst Streetview, bleken ook maar even alle wifi-routers te hebben afgeluisterd. Zo werden 3,6 miljoen Nederlandse draadloze internetzenders geïdentificeerd, met de adresgegevens van de aangesloten computers, plus de locatie ervan op de kaart.

Daarmee maakte Google zich schuldig aan het verzamelen van persoonsgegevens zonder toestemming van de betrokkenen. Dat is een wetsovertreding. In Duitsland was dat eerder al ontdekt. Mogelijk wacht Google daar strafrechtelijke vervolging.

Frankrijk legde al eens een ton boete op. Het CBP mag in Nederland nog steeds niet verder gaan dan een voorwaardelijke dwangsom, waar Google zich in 2009 tegen verzette. Het CBP verwierp de bezwaren en legde een dwangsom op. Met succes. Pas toen verontschuldigde Google zich, erkende de fout en kiest nu voor een drastische aanpassing van het privacybeleid. Iedere gebruiker kan nu door het toevoegen van ‘no map’ aan de naam van zijn internetrouter uit de database van Google blijven.

The New York Times noemt het nieuwe beleid van Google een royale concessie aan Den Haag. Google moet worden geprezen om de correcte uitvoering van het CBP-oordeel, zelfs wereldwijd. Dat privacy-toezichthouders elders zich ook hebben geroerd, speelt uiteraard mee.

Hoe makkelijk internetgebruikers er soms ook zelf mee omspringen, privacy blijft een kernwaarde. Het recht om onbespied te kunnen leven is een waarborg tegen de macht van overheden en bedrijven. Wie leeft zonder privacy stelt zich ook open voor permanent toezicht, is altijd vindbaar en commercieel beschikbaar. Wie dat wil moet daarvoor kiezen, of er van weg kunnen blijven.

Inmiddels vindt een meerderheid in de Tweede Kamer dat Google nu tevoren toestemming moet vragen: van opt-out naar opt-in dus. Dat zou nog mooier zijn. Maar de kans dat Google dat invoert lijkt niet zo groot.

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Victory for Net Neutrality

Your phone calls, emails and persistence have paid off: Today the Senate voted down the resolution that would have shuttered the open Internet.

This outrageous measure would have stripped us of our right to communicate freely online and handed control of the Internet to companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon.

But the public outcry stopped this resolution in its tracks. And thanks to your efforts, not only did we win the vote, but Net Neutrality’s champions in Congress spoke out passionately and persuasively about the importance of the free and open Internet.

Now that we’ve thwarted this partisan stunt, we can get back to the real priority: strengthening the Federal Communications Commission’s rules to protect all Internet users, whether they access the Web via a home connection or a mobile device.

The FCC’s new rules go into effect on Nov. 20. But these rules fail to protect mobile Internet users from corporate abuse. As more and more of us use phones and tablets to get online, we need to make sure that all Internet users are protected.

In the months to come, the Free Press Action Fund will push the FCC to make its Open Internet rules much stronger — even if that means going to court, where we are suing the agency for failing to protect all Internet users.

Today’s Senate vote is a major victory for the public and sends a resounding message: The American people don’t want companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon blocking websites or interfering with our ability to access whatever we want, whenever we want it, from wherever we are.

The fight for the free and open Internet is far from over. I hope you’ll stay with us.

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Fight Club (novel)

As fight club attains a nationwide presence, Tyler uses it to spread his anti-consumerist ideas, recruiting fight club's members to participate in increasingly elaborate pranks on corporate America. He eventually gathers the most devoted fight club members and forms "Project Mayhem," a cult-like organization that trains itself as an army to bring down modern civilization. This organization, like fight club, is controlled by a set of rules:

Anonymous Project Mayhem 2012: Dangerous Idea #1

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Imagine we are Anonymous.
Imagine you are Anonymous.

Imagine we plant trees.
Imagine we become Seed trees.
Imagine we sow the world with seeds.

Imagine we finally find the COURAGE needed.
to BECOME THE CHANGE WE WISH TO SEE in the World.

Imagine we are no longer afraid of Fear.
Imagine we re invent and reverse Reality.

Imagine the corrupt start to Fear Us.
Imagine corrupt Banksters start to Fear Us.
Imagine corrupt Governments start to Fear Us.
Imagine corrupt Corporations start to Fear Us.

Imagine we conquer Freedom by beginning to be Free.
Imagine we conquer Justice by beginning to do Fair.
Imagine we conquer Truth by beginning to do and be True to ourselves.

Imagine Information equals Power.
Imagine we start a Fight Club.
Imagine the System is built upon lies.

Imagine we purchase a USB drive.
Imagine we take it to our workplaces.
Imagine we pretend we have to work late hours.
Imagine we accumulate all sort of evidences about illegal deeds.
Imagine Conscientious insiders worldwide begin to expose all lies.
Imagine we code an extremely simple interface so that anyone can do it.

imagine we all synchronize our clocks to act at the same Time, on the Winter solstice, The 21st of December 2012 at eleven minutes past eleven local time.

On the 5th of November 2012 TYLER will be out of beta testing.

TYLER is a massively distributed and decentralized Wiki pedia style Pee two Pee cipher-space structure impregnable to censorship

TYLER will gather an unprecedented number of the best hackers and coders ever to develop its structure from scratch, from the lessons learned from the Freenet, TOR, G N U net, e-Mule, Bit Torrent I2P, Tribler and related projects

From the 12th of December 2012, to the 21st of December 2012, people all over the world upload the evidence of illegality corruption and fraud They have gathered To TYLER

Imagine we Leak it all

Imagine...

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

#AntiSec Fuck FBI Friday V - Cybercrime Investigator Communications

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Greetings Pirates, and welcome to another exciting #FuckFBIFriday release.

As part of our ongoing effort to expose and humiliate our white hat enemies, we targeted a Special Agent Supervisor of the CA Department of Justice in charge of computer crime investigations. We are leaking over 38,000 private emails which contain detailed computer forensics techniques, investigation protocols as well as highly embarrassing personal information. We are confident these gifts will bring smiles to the faces of our black hat brothers and sisters (especially those who have been targeted by these scurvy dogs) while also making a mockery of "security professionals" who whore their "skills" to law enforcement to protect tyrannical corporativism and the status quo we aim to destroy.

We hijacked two gmail accounts belonging to Fred Baclagan, who has been a cop for 20 years, dumping his private email correspondence as well as several dozen voicemails and SMS text message logs. While just yesterday Fred was having a private BBQ with his CATCHTEAM high computer crime task force friends, we were reviewing their detailed internal operation plans and procedure documents. We also couldn't overlook the boatloads of embarrassing personal information about our cop friend Fred. We lulzed as we listened to angry voicemails from his estranged wives and ex-girlfriends while also reading his conversations with girls who responded to his "man seeking woman" craigslist ads. We turned on his google web history and watched him look up linux command line basics, golfing tutorials, and terrible youtube music videos. We also abused his google voice account, making sure Fred's friends and family knew how hard he was owned. Possibly the most interesting content in his emails are the IACIS.com internal email list archives (2005-2011) which detail the methods and tactics cybercrime
units use to gather electronic evidence, conduct investigations and make
arrests. The information in these emails will prove essential to those who want to protect themselves from the techniques and procedures cyber crime
investigators use to build cases. If you have ever been busted for computer
crimes, you should check to see if your case is being discussed here. There are discussions about using EnCase forensic software, attempts to crack TrueCrypt encrypted drives, sniffing wireless traffic in mobile surveillance vehicles, how to best prepare search warrants and subpoenas, and a whole lot of clueless people asking questions on how to use basic software like FTP.

These cybercrime investigators are supposed to be the cream of the crop, but we reveal the totality of their ignorance of all matters related to computer
security. For months, we have owned several dozen white hat and law enforcement targets-- getting in and out of whichever high profile government and corporate system we please and despite all the active FBI investigations and several billion dollars of funding, they have not been able to stop us or get anywhere near us. Even worse, they bust a few dozen people who are allegedly part of an "anonymous computer hacking conspiracy" but who have only used kindergarten-level DDOS tools-- this isn't even hacking, but a form of electronic civil disobedience.

We often hear these "professionals" preach about "full-disclosure," but we are
sure these people are angrily sending out DMCA takedown notices and serving subpoenas as we speak. They call us criminals, script kiddies, and terrorists, but their entire livelihood depends on us, trying desperately to study our techniques and failing miserably at preventing future attacks. See we're cut from an entirely different kind of cloth. Corporate security professionals like
Thomas Ryan and Aaron Barr think they're doing something noble by "leaking" the public email discussion lists of Occupy Wall Street and profiling the "leaders" of Anonymous. Wannabe player haters drop shitty dox and leak partial chat logs about other hackers, doing free work for law enforcement. Then you got people like Peiter "Mudge" Zatko who back in the day used to be old school l0pht/cDc only now to sell out to DARPA going around to hacker conventions encouraging others to work for the feds. Let this be a warning to aspiring white hat "hacker" sellouts and police collaborators: stay out the game or get owned and exposed. You want to keep mass arresting and brutalizing the 99%? We'll have to keep owning your boxes and torrenting your mail spools, plastering your personal information all over teh internets.

Hackers, join us and rise up against our common oppressors - the white hats, the 1%'s 'private' police, the corrupt banks and corporations and make 2011 the year of leaks and revolutions!

We are Anti-Security,
We are the 99%
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Expect Us!