Anonops #9: Get Los(t) Zetas

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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:

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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:
Wat is dit voor kut-topic?

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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

SPOILER

Om spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.

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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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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