Anonops #13: Stop CISPA

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House Quiety Reintroduces a Piece of SOPA

Even after millions rallied against the passage of SOPA/PIPA, the House is still quietly trying to pass a related bill that would give the entertainment industry more permanent, government-funded spokespeople. The Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet Subcommittee of the House recently held a hearing on Lamar Smith's IP Attaché Act (PDF), a bill that increases intellectual property policing around the world. The Act would create an Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, as well as broaden the use of IP attachés in particular U.S. embassies. (The attachés were notably present in Sec. 205 of SOPA—which was also introduced by Smith.)

The major issue with this bill—and all similar bills—is that the commissioning of people in the executive branch who are solely dedicated to "intellectual property enforcement" caters to Big Content. The IP attachés are charged with "reducing intellectual property infringement" and "advancing intellectual property rights" around the world, but not to critically engage IP complexities and limitations. From our perspective, this bill is nothing more than the government giving Hollywood traveling foot soldiers.

The presence of people with such a narrow cause as "intellectual property enforcement" fosters a single perspective in the federal government. In an environment where the deep-pocketed copyright lobby is pushing through favorable legislation on both a domestic and international level, this is the last thing we need. As Techdirt and Public Knowledge rightly state: trying to squeeze bits of SOPA past the people—the same people who rejected the bill earlier this year—is an awful idea. Big Content and sympathetic congressmen may think we've stopped watching their actions in Washington, but let's prove them wrong by remaining vigilant about these bad bills.

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Rights groups and activists slam Iraq’s internet law

An Iraqi draft law that would jail web users for life for a variety of ill-defined crimes has been condemned by rights groups and activists who have slammed its vague language and hefty penalties.

Little more than a year after revolutions, in part sparked by Internet-based campaigns, rocked the Middle East and ousted several dictators, Human Rights Watch has warned the bill would “constitute serious curtailments” of Iraqis’ freedoms, while activists have questioned many of the bill’s provisions.

And while several MPs involved in writing the controversial law have said they will reconsider and soften the penalties, campaigners have said they will believe them only when they follow their words with action.

“We just do not have the culture of protecting users’ freedoms, and of protecting freedom of information,” an Iraqi activist and blogger who identifies himself as Hayder Hamzoz told AFP in an interview.

Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at HRW, said in a statement: “This bill would give Iraqi authorities yet another tool to suppress dissent, especially on the Internet, which Iraqi journalists and activists increasingly turn to for information and open debate.”

MPs defend the current draft of the bill by saying it was written at the height of Iraq’s bloody sectarian war.

But while it may look to deter insurgents, its wide-ranging provisions apply to all sectors of society, in a country where Internet penetration was just 1.1 percent in 2010, according to the International Telecommunication Union.

The draft law stipulates jail terms of up to life imprisonment for “undermining the independence, unity, or safety of the country, or its supreme economic, political, military, or security interests,” according to an HRW translation.

Similar punishments could be handed down if web users were found to be “participating, negotiating, promoting, contracting with, or dealing with a hostile entity in any way with the purpose of disrupting security and public order or endangering the country.”

Life imprisonment is also a potential penalty for those guilty of “inflaming sectarian tensions or strife; disturbing security and the public order; or defaming the country” or “publishing or broadcasting false or misleading events for the purpose of weakening confidence in the electronic financial system, electronic commercial or financial documents, or similar things, or damaging the national economy and financial confidence in the state.”

One article stipulates a one-year jail term for “any person who encroaches on any religious, moral, family, or social values or principles or the sanctity of private life using an information network or computer devices in any shape or form.”

Another calls for a minimum three-year sentence for those who “disrupt intentionally the computers and the Internet devoted to the public interest, or damage or hinder their functions,” according to a translation compiled by the Belgium-based Institute for International Law and Human Rights.

“Given the vagueness and breadth of these provisions, as well as the severity of the punishment for the violations, authorities could use the law to punish any expression that they claim constitutes a threat to some governmental, religious, or social interest,” HRW said in a report Thursday.

The New York-based rights group warned that the law could also be used to “deter legitimate criticisms of or peaceful challenges to governmental or religious officials or policies.”

It added: “Given the key role of information technology, devices, and networks in journalism and the dissemination of information and opinions, the proposed law poses a severe threat to independent media, whistleblowers and peaceful activists.”

HRW warned that the draft law was “part of a broader pattern of restrictions on fundamental freedoms in Iraq, particularly freedom of expression, association, and assembly.”

It called on Iraqi MPs to delay voting on the law until it was reformed to conform to international human rights standards, a call which some members of the three parliamentary committees working on the law have agreed with.

“Many things need to be changed, especially the punishments,” said Ali Shlah from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s State of Law alliance and a member of the Culture Committee.

“When the law was written, insurgent groups used to broadcast their statements and news through the Internet, and it affected the security of the people,” Shlah told AFP.

“Now things have changed and the government is in control, and the security situation is much better.”

Shlah said he expected it would take six weeks to two months before the draft law was re-introduced to parliament.

But even with those assurances, Iraqi activists are unconvinced.

“For many laws before this, they (MPs) said they would not approve them, but when they went to vote, the laws were approved,” said Hamzoz.

Asked if it would take actual reform of the draft law for him to finally be convinced, Hamzoz replied: “Yes.”

“I do not believe them,” he added.

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Par:AnoIA: Anonymous Launches WikiLeaks-esque Site for Data Dumps

Frustrated by the lack of impact from Anonymous’ otherwise famous hacks and data dumps, and the slow pace of material coming out of WikiLeaks, participants in the Anonymous collective have launched a WikiLeaks-like site called Par:AnoIA (Potentially Alarming Research: Anonymous Intelligence Agency).

Paranoia, which debuted in March, is a new publishing platform built by Anonymous to host Anonymous data leaks that’s trying to find a solution to a problem that plagues news sites, government transparency advocates, and large-website owners everywhere: how to organize more data than any human could possibly read.

The site marks a departure from the groups’ previous modus operandi, where it would publicly drop the documents, make them available in a torrent — usually as a zip file, and then move on. By contrast, the goal of Paranoia is to curate and present content to a hopefully interested public.

Paranoia anons say they don’t gather the data themselves; like WikiLeaks, they take submissions, but from the Anonymous community. The project was created as a response to a year of Anonymous releases where the announcement of document dumps generated plenty of media, but the documents’ content got little coverage.

“The reason no one cares about these leaks, as a general rule of thumb, is that they can’t do anything with [them],” said a Paranoia anon volunteering on document processing for the project in an online chat with Wired. “Basically, [we're] making it accessible to anyone that wants to do something with it, in a proper usable format.”

Part of the motivation to build the leak site, the Paranoia volunteer said, was to get material out faster than WikiLeaks’ long lead times. “I’m pretty sick by these 20-year-plans,” said the founding anon.

In 2012, WikiLeaks, which no longer has a way to publicly upload documents, has leaned on the anarchic collective for its major releases, including Stratfor and the recent Syrian emails. Could Paranoia represent a threat to the beleaguered leaking site’s recent lifeline?

“I don’t know. Guess that… depends on WikiLeaks.” said founding anon, who went on to say that the leaks site has recently contacted Paranoia. “(It) will be interesting to see what they have to say.”

On Friday, WikiLeaks accused one of the main Anonymous Twitter accounts of promoting insecure proxies, hinting that the account was being run at the direction of law enforcement. AnonymousIRC slapped back, including a Tweet alluding to WikiLeaks being dependent on Anonymous for its relevance:

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Dear Wikileaks - it is great to be infiltrated by the feds

So lately Wikileaks was moaning towards AnonymousIRC: "The original @AnonymousIRC holder was far too tech savvy to be telling people to use insecure proxies and file stores."
At first sight this tweet just seemed a bit ironic regarding two obvious points as they are:
1) original holder? It's not the big secret, that anonymous-accounts are shared by several people and one of the ideas behind the anonymous-idea is also to be decentralized regarding one's ego. Besides - if you have such a great insight to the "original holder" it would have been something easy to just go on irc to get an insight. Instead you decided tweeting? Makes me personally a bit paranoid - towards your motive.

2) This tweet appeared right after the video of Par:AnoIA (regarding Innodata). So either Wikileaks gave it a try to keep some sort of monopoly position, or - what would be even funnier - situation really has changed into the irony that a group calling itself paranoia is leaking stuff, while a platform calling itself Wikileaks gets paranoid.

Face the truth, Wikileaks - you have changed as well. The reason people are supporting you is not because they think you are perfect or the best platform in the world. The reason is more, they see the injustice brought upon people like Assange and Manning. So they take steps back from critizising your modus operandi (no place to upload stuff, syria emails, some sort of WL-centralisation of information etc - you know the points anyways) and focus on the main issue: that we have to work hard to (re)gain democratic values and transparancy. They take a step back to seek for opportunities to achieve a change of situation, to seek for a way they personally can participate to achieve a next (or first) step of democracy where it is not all about money or "dog eat dog". Regardless their personal preferences they take a step back to prove that "freedom" "transparency" or "loyality" aren't just words but values and they are scarifying their time, their knowledge, their money and even their freedoms to achieve that.

Of course in your next tweet you couldn't resist to bring up the Sabu-case as well. Don't you think yourself that's a bit retarded? Creating fear to prove your point. Really? Dear Wikileaks - at the moment I really do think you are the greatest risks of all because you seem to be in fear. There is countless anons who are in cooperation with the feds. Some are exposed, some will never be, some perhaps even changed the sides. Did they stop Anonymous? (rhetorical question, I think you know the answer already). Regarding Sabu - oh you read his court-files. Uh uh I guess you watched Foxnews then too didn't you? I truly hope you also added some irrelevant articles by Chen as well, so you now have the "big picture". You, who obviously tend to see conspiracy behind every corner obviously never had the guts to do right aftermaths here. (guy cooperating for 8 month and all the feds get is like 2 hackers. on the same day of his arrest foxnews had the full story of his life - this is common? feds exposing their informants - this is common? Welcome to some thinking outside of the box here).

My main point is though: stop bullshitting around. Instead of paralyzed psycho-games towards anonymousIRC be happy they exist, be happy they created Par:AnoIA and try to find more efficient ways to cooperate with anons. As you, they all sacrificed to achieve what Anonymous has achieved so far. And I surely don't have to tell you that it might sound exciting as hell to be anonymous - as long as it is a 90minutes movie and we know that Superman will prevail in the end. Taking a step back from one's personality isn't fun all the time. We were mainly raised in creating personalities, compete to others and show the world that we are a valuable impact to society. Taking a step back in favor of a higher idea isn't just a hobby. You really should know that.

Regarding feds - we need more of them, seriously. The possibility of them being within the collective makes us stronger in the end. For we have to educate ourselves about security, about what would be wise to do and where everyone has his or her personal limits - what path we better go by ourselves and where we need the strength of teamwork. If it weren't for this possibility the percentage of truly uneducated people who would participate for reasons they probably wouldn't know themselves would be tremendous. The possibility that the next irc-chat might be a conversation with a fed is the reason why people hide their identities. The arrests are the warnings to the next generation of anons to do better and the number of anons participating to the idea are the prove that you can infiltrate an irc network, you can arrest people, or threaten them but you simply can't infiltrate, arrest or SE an idea if its time has come. accept it. And appreciate the unconscious help from feds who make us better every day.
This is 2012 not 1692. So leave the Salem witchcraft trials to the feds and cooperate with your friends instead. may the wisdom be with you.

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Anonymous Global Communique - There is NO "War" With WikiLeaks

Saturday - July 14, 2012 2:00 PM ET USA We will now address your latest article regarding some sort of supposed feud between WikiLeaks and Anonymous. The article in question is here:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/(...)a-files-stratfor.htm

"The Anonymous hacking collective has declared war on whistleblowing website WikiLeaks following a furious Twitter row over the disclosure of two million e-mails from Syrian political figures, ministries and companies."

This statement is complete rubbish and typical of the journalistic hyperbole so prevalent amongst you reporters. Frankly we are a bit appalled as we expected better of you. If we continue to see such nonsense from you, our respect will diminish considerably.

As your article goes on to state rather accurately, what REALLY happened here was a spat between ONE SINGLE Anonymous related Twitter account and the staff of WikiLeaks. Hardly a war, and one account certainly does not represent the Global Collective.

The Anonymous account in question (@AnonymousIRC) is angry because all the contents of the "Syria Files" are not being instantly published. This is due to the fact that the individual behind this account is not in the decision loop regarding our handing over these files to WikiLeaks. Here's the knowledge this individual lacks:

The primary reason Anonymous decided to allow Wikileaks to manage the disclosure of the "Syria Files" is that we were unable to deal with the important processing that must take place for any disclosure on such a large cache. For example, we discovered at least 42,000 attachments in the cache that contained malicious code (viruses), and we expect there are many more we didn't find. In addition to weeding out and cleansing malicious code from all 2.4 million, some effort must be made to authenticate the cache. After those tasks are complete, a thorough review of every message must be done - and any messages that could have a powerful and immediate impact on the genocidal Assad regime must be highlighted on the main Wikileaks site and a separate press release done for those messages. Remember, this isn't just ANY leak - this monster is killing hundreds of his own people everyday. There is a sense of urgency to find and bring forth anything that might have an immediate impact on the conflict. Finally, the cache must be made into an indexed and searchable format. Only after the entire process described above is completed for the entire 2.4 million messages can the entire cache be released online.

This is an ENORMOUS task, which even for a few thousand messages would take considerable time. But for a disclosure of this magnitude, which may well be the largest leak in history - it will take a great deal of patience. I have spent considerable time working directly with the staff and volunteers of WikiLeaks that are involved in this endeavour and I assure you they are working as hard as then can night and day to complete this important and historic task. At no point did the people in Anonymous who actually made this decision expect anything else but exactly this. There was always an expectation that this would take considerable time and patience. And as a final back-up plan, if for any reason WikiLeaks should fail in it's task - a back-up copy of the "Syrian Files" was delivered to the AP as well. To ensure that for the historic record these files will never be lost.

There is NO war between WikiLeaks and Anonymous, nor could such a stupid thing ever happen. There is NO misunderstanding or disappointment in the speed of WikiLeaks disclosure of the "Syrian Files", this was expected by those of us who made the decision to hand over the files to WikiLeaks and indeed the reason for the delay IS the reason we gave the files to them in the first place.

In the future, as we have advised journalists publicly before - do not take the actions or words of one single Twitter account as the voice of Anonymous Global. Instead, follow MANY Anonymous related accounts and aggregate the message to see what the true consensus of the collective is. Here are some accounts we would highly recommend for this purpose.

@YourAnonNews @AnonPR_Network @PLF2012 @AnonCollective

@Anon_Central SINCERELY -- Anonymous

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Hackers Attack Servers of Oil Companies Working in Arctic

Hacker group Anonymous said it had successfully hacked into the servers of five oil and gas companies operating in the Arctic, including Gazprom and Rosneft, posting hundreds of company email addresses and passwords online.

In a statement posted on the website Pastebin.com, the group said it had acted in support of environmental organization Greenpeace and that organization's drive to cease oil and gas drilling on the Arctic shelf. The group emphasized that it did not work in concert with Greenpeace, but only in its support.

The apparent author of the statement, who identified himself only as Twitter user @le4ky, said arctic drilling leads to the melting of polar ice caps and increases the risk of oil pollution in ocean waters. He said accidental spills are more likely than at a conventional offshore production site because of the climate and the risk of icebergs hitting a rig.

The companies affected by the hack included Shell, BP Global, ExxonMobil, Gazprom and Rosneft, according to the statement. The hackers released the information of 190 accounts from Gazprom and 80 from Rosneft, and database access details were also made available. The hackers said the information wasn't accessed through a software vulnerability but rather through a mistake by the webmaster.

Anonymous said that "Phase I" of its project last month used hacked accounts to sign a petition to save the Arctic. The group released 300 email addresses and passwords from Exxon on June 26, some of which it said were subsequently used in so-called phishing attacks — meaning the defrauding of an online account holder's financial information — prompting the group to release less information this time.

Read more: http://www.themoscowtimes(...)6.html#ixzz20oRwWFxD
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Google to tackle internet crime with Illicit Networks summit

Internet giant teams up with politicians and academics to host two-day summit in bid to disrupt illegal activity on the internet

Google is attempting to turn the tables on criminals and terrorists who exploit the internet by using its search capabilities to expose and disrupt illicit activity.

The internet giant has launched a campaign against the secrecy and impunity of drug cartels, organ harvesters, cyber-criminals, violent radicals and traffickers in arms and people.

It has assembled victims, law enforcers, politicians, academics and technology experts to devise strategies in a two-day summit in Los Angeles, starting Tuesday, called Illicit Networks: Forces in Opposition.

Google Ideas, the company's thinktank, has teamed up with the Council on Foreign Relations, Interpol and other organisations to look for ways to use technology against organised crime, jihadists and others.

"Google is in a great position to take these on," Rani Hong, a survivor of child trafficking in India who is now a special adviser to the United Nations, told reporters on the eve of the event. "They're a powerful medium and they have great tools to solve this problem."

It is the brainchild of Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, and the thinktank's head, Jared Cohen, a former state department wunderkind best known for persuading Twitter to delay maintenance so that protesters could continue communicating during upheaval in Iran in 2009.

The summit has assembled an eclectic mix including Ronald Noble, Interpol's secretary general; Juan Pablo Escobar, son of the late Colombian drug lord; Alejandro Poire, Mexico's interior minister; Okello Sam, a Ugandan former child soldier; Andy Weber, assistant secretary for nuclear, chemical and biological defense programs at the US department of defense; and a group of North Korean defectors.

Others due to attend include former homeland security secretary Michael Chertoff, senior executives from JP Morgan Chase and Credit Suisse, experts in DNA and counterfeiting and civic society leaders.

Stewart Patrick, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations who helped organise the event, told AP: "It might sound like a different path for Google, but technology companies today have a lot of powerful tools for bringing transparency to these illicit networks, to fight back against corruption and empower those who are trying to combat transnational crime."

Participants will discuss how illicit surgeons and organ brokers smuggle kidneys and other organs; how whistleblowers can expose narcotics networks; how insurance fraudsters and counterfeiters use evade borders. Another topic will be how recovered human skin and bone is transformed into dental and cosmetic products for plumping up lips or smoothing wrinkles.

This gathering follows a conference Google organised in Ireland last year which assembled dozens of former gang members and radical militants to discuss ways technology can inhibit others following their footsteps.

Cohen, one of the few high-ranking state department officials to serve both the Bush and Obama administrations, joined Google last year to head a small New York-based team and practise what he has called 21st century statecraft. He calls Google Ideas a "think/do-tank", reflecting Silicon Valley confidence – hubris, say critics – at tackling complicated, deep-rooted problems.

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AFTER MICROSOFT ACQUIRING SKYPE FOR 8.5 BILLION DOLLARS AND PROCEEDING TO ADD BACK DOORS FOR GOVERNMENT TO THE PROGRAM, THE SOFTWARE HAS BEEN HACKED AND IT'S SOURCE CODE RELEASED

Skype1.4_binaries
http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/6442887

SkypeKit_sdk+runtimes_370_412.zip
skypekit binaries for Windows and x86_Linux + SDK
http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/7190651/

skype55_59_deobfuscated_binaries (Windows)
http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/7238404/

http://twitter.com/57UN

#Anonymous #Antisec #PoliceState #SecurityState #OpenSource

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AnonCollective twitterde op dinsdag 17-07-2012 om 15:22:40 The Skype torrents that are released are reverse-engineered and as such not the original source code. reageer retweet

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Anonymous outs Burger King employee who stands in the lettuce container.

Worldwide hacktivist collective Anonymous will expose Mexican drug cartels and out pedophiles on Twitter. It will also apparently help bring justice to the Burger King employee who stands in the lettuce container.

Last week, Anonymous members picked up on a since-deleted 4chan post featuring a photograph of a fast food employee standing with his feet in two exposed lettuce containers.

Outraged the collective sprung into action, using the GPS data embedded in the post's Imgur data to figure out that the photo was taken and posted at a Burger King on Cleveland's Mayfield Road. Anonymous then found the store's exact location and logged a complaint through Burger King's Tell Us About Us forum.

At 12:18am ET, one Anonymous member, identified as wtisdcBX, recounted a conversation had with the store's evening manager.

According to the post, the manager said that he would "find out who closed up last week, because they're gonna have hell to pay."

"I don't know what kind of game these kids are playing," he continued. "But it's sick and pathetic."

That's when the Anon offered to send along the picture.

The Mayfield Road Burger King's phone has been busy for the past hour, but the Vince Grzegorek of the Cleveland Scene was able to get in touch with Andrea, the shop's breakfast shift manager, this morning:

. When Scene directed her toward the snapshot, she quickly said: ‘Oh, I know who that is. He's getting fired.’”

Burger King global communications director Bryson Thornton issued a public statement addressing the matter this morning.

"We are aware of the photo that was allegedly posted by an employee at a Burger King restaurant in Ohio and are taking the issue very seriously," he said.

. "Food safety is a top priority for Burger King restaurants and the company has strict policies regarding its food handling procedures. We are investigating the matter and will take appropriate action as necessary."

Appropriate action in this case should surely lead to a firing. We at the Daily Dot are also hoping it leads to a temporary decrease in the cost of a Whopper Jr.

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DoveSyrienne twitterde op dinsdag 17-07-2012 om 22:56:13 #Anonymous Netherlands Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army #SEA...VIVA the Pro... VIVA SEA... VIVA Syria... http://t.co/QnM4ReRU reageer retweet

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SpiritusNL twitterde op dinsdag 17-07-2012 om 23:30:49 @DoveSyrienne @Official_SEA Best hacks! they're so awesome! they breached an old word press version! nice! I never heard from them till now. reageer retweet

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Alec Empire Interviewed an Anonymous Nazi Hunter for Us

Hey, you know what's a big re-emerging trend in Europe at the moment, besides the Cosby sweater and poverty? Fascism! I mean, it's only the middle of July and so far we've seen nationalists playing football with anarchists' heads in Poland, slapping women on Greek TV and crashing May Day and Gay Pride parties in Sweden and Bristol respectively.

The hacking/general mischief collective Anonymous is pretty ahead of the curve when it comes to scary fashions. Completely unfazed by the hotness of fascist women, a few months ago the group declared war against the many Nazi-loving websites that have begun to flood the internet, with something they called Operation Blitzkrieg and later with a website dedicated to leaking fascists' personal data called Nazileaks.

Finally, do you know who is very good friends with Anonymous? Alec Empire, of Atari Teenage Riot fame. And so, he interviewed one of the members of Anonymous involved in Nazileaks for us.

Take it away, Alec.

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Google ordered to censor 'torrent', 'megaupload' and more words

French Supreme Court bans pirate lingo from searches

The French Supreme Court has ruled that Google should censor the words ‘torrent’, ‘rapidshare’ and ‘megaupload’ from its Instant and Autocomplete search services.

Music industry group SNEP asked the court to stop the terms from coming up in Google’s searches because, it claimed, the Chocolate Factory was thereby facilitating piracy.

A lower court rejected the request from SNEP because it said that these links did not constitute infringement of copyright in and of themselves. However, the Supreme Court has reversed the decision, saying that the relief sought by the group was likely to prevent or partially stop infringements.

“This decision in principle is a first in France, which shows that search engines should participate in the regulation of the internet,” SNEP chief David El Sayegh said in a canned statement.

The Supreme Court said that Google couldn’t be held responsible for people downloading illegal content, since they had to click through to another site and make that decision for themselves, but banning the search terms would make it more difficult for them to find their way to illicit stuff.

Google said it was disappointed by the court's ruling.

"Google Autocomplete algorithmically returns search queries that are a reflection of the search activity of all web users," a spokesperson told The Register in an emailed statement.

"Google takes online copyright very seriously, and we will keep working with content creators in order to help them reach new audiences online and protect against piracy."

The search firm actually already blocks “piracy-related” terms from Autocomplete, but on its own terms. The web giant announced back in December 2010 on one of its blogs that it was taking steps to stop copyright infringement, including blocking search terms closely associated with piracy.

However, as general counsel Kent Walker said at the time, it’s hard to know for sure which terms are being used to find pirated gear and commentators said at the time of the ban that Google seemed to have picked the terms somewhat arbitrarily. For example, while BitTorrent won’t be autocompleted by Google, popular torrent client BitComet will. ®

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Syria Deleted Itself from the Internet Today

For 40 minutes this afternoon, Syria didn't exist on the Internet—its (currently) ruling government completely unplugged itself. All's fair in war and more war.

Although 40 minutes isn't so long, it had serious effects, explains Internet monitoring firm Renesys:

. For about 40 minutes today, all networks routed through the Syrian incumbent, Syrian Telecommunications Establishment (AS29256 and AS29386), were withdrawn from the global routing table, effectively cutting off most of Syria from the Internet.

It's unclear why exactly the regime chose to hit the switch exactly when it did, and for only 40 minutes.

That could've been eons for a people who are currently waging open rebellion against their tyrannical leader, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The Internet was instrumental in Libya's own revolution, and it's easy to imagine a free conduit to the rest of the planet would be just as useful for Syrian's freedom fighters, if only to keep up the steady YouTube stream of massacres.

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Abusing Copyright To Stifle Dissent & Censor Critics

Earlier this week news broke that rapper Lord Finesse is suing his colleague Mac Miller for “stealing” one of his beats. This prompted UK rapper Dan Bull to respond with a parody track, calling out Lord Finesse on his hypocritical stance. However, Finesse’s lawyers didn’t appreciate the criticism and managed to pull Bull’s clip off YouTube, essentially abusing copyright as a censorship tool. However, by doing so they seem to have made matters worse.

Dan Bull is known for his protests against draconian copyright legislation such as SOPA and ACTA, and this week it once again became clear what he’s fighting for.

After Bull responded to a “ridiculous” lawsuit brought by rapper Lord Finesse against his colleague Mac Miller, the critical response was censored from YouTube on copyright grounds. Interestingly enough, plenty of other Lord Finesse copyrighted content on YouTube was not censored, suggesting the takedown was political.

Needless to say, this has made Dan Bull even more angry than before.

“I have fought ACTA, SOPA, DEA and various other forms of censorship in the name of copyright. I will not be silenced by this kind of abuse of the copyright system. The DMCA is not supposed to be used in this way,” he writes.

In the video below Bull explains in detail how ridiculous the situation is.

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‘Anonymous’ members plan ‘Occupy the White House’ for Guy Fawkes Day

“Anonymous” is planning a march on the White House in November, according to a notice posted on the bulletin board of the Washington Peace Center.

The event is planned for November 5, the anniversary of the failed 1605 Gunpowder Plot, in which Catholic radical Guy Fawkes attempted to assassinate British King James I by blowing up parliament. Fawkes’ likeness has been appropriated by the political “hacktivist” group.

The bulletin said: “this event will be in memory of Guy Fawkes. For he is our true hero. Let us make this event in honor of him.”

“[T]his protest is being organized by Anonymous members,” said the notice, “let us show the government that we are the 99%.”

The group ominously notes that “this protest will be more than just a simple march,” adding, “we hope to see you on November the 5th. Until then we must prepare for it.”

The user profile that posted the event, “ullmank,” has advertised other protests on the Peace Center’s bulletin, including an event titled “anarchy spring training.”

The Washington Peace Center hosts an open “Activist Alert” bulletin board. The “Occupy the White House” notice was posted under the “DC Local Justice” tab.

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Sun Shine Coast Website Hacked and Defaced by Anonymous for #OpAustralia

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If your an Australian or living/staying here you may of heard about the proposed new laws that may allows intelligence agencies to monitor and watch all forms of electronic communications.

Well Anonymous hacktivist located within Australia have got angry about this and as a result they have started a all new operation that is aimed right at the Australian government. The Operation today has been attacking one particular site in which the administration were restoring it within minutes of the deface but now it appears to be re-defaced and from what we heard it should be staying that way for some time.

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Hacker Arrested for 2008 DDoS Attacks on Amazon.com

A 25-year-old Russian hacker has been arrested for allegedly orchestrating two DDoS (Denial-of-Service) attacks on Amazon.com and eBay in 2008.

"Cyber bandit" Dmitry Olegovich Zubakha was indicted in 2011, but he was just arrested in Cyprus on Wednesday. Zubakha was arrested on an international warrant and is currently in custody pending extradition to the United States.

According to the indictment, which was unsealed on Thursday, Zubakha, with the help of another Russian hacker, planned and executed DDoS attacks against Amazon.com, eBay, and Priceline in June 2008. Zubakha and his co-conspirator launched the attack by programming botnet computers to request "large and resource intensive web pages." According to a press release by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the attacks made it "difficult for Amazon customers to complete their business on line."

Zubakha and his friend claimed credit for the attacks on online hacker forums, and law enforcement traced 28,000 stolen credit card numbers to the pair in 2009. For that reason, Zubakha and his partner are also charged with aggravated identity theft for illegally using the credit card of at least one person.

"These cyber bandits do serious harm to our businesses and their customers," said U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan in a statement. "But the old adage is true: the arm of the law is long. This defendant could not hide in cyberspace, and I congratulate the international law enforcement agencies who tracked him down and made this arrest."

At present, the charges in the indictment -- conspiracy, intentionally causing damage toa protected computer resulting in a loss of more than $5000, possession of more than 15 unauthorized access devices (credit card numbers), and aggravated identity theft -- are just allegations. Zubakha faces up to five years in prison for conspiracy, up to teh years in prison and a $250,000 fine for intentionally causing damage to a protected computer, up to ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine for possessing unauthorized access devices, and an additional two years in prison (on top of any other sentence) for aggravated identity theft.

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RedHack: In Their Own Words

TURKEY’S OWN WIKILEAKS, REDHACK, have barely been out of the headlines since the year began. Although formed in 1997, the socialist hacktivists and their declaration to be the “voice of the oppressed”, only caught the glare of the Turkish media just over four months ago.

At the tail end of February, the Hürriyet Daily News revealed that a little-known “left-wing Turkish group” had successfully hacked servers belonging to the Ankara Police Dept. What followed was not just a leak of “informants” held on police databases. but also the embarrassing revelation that police in the nation’s capital used “123456” as their “secret” password.

From there on in, the high-profile hacks have kept on coming. To date, the list of their online victims includes controversial Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen; the Turkish Armed Forces; milk production firms implemented in the poisoning of hundreds of school children; a national religious newspaper; as well as government ministries for the Interior, the Family, and, most recently, of Foreign Affairs.

With the latest news that an inceasingly irate special prosecutor is threatening to have the media-savvy hacktivists re-designated as “terrorists”, İ.D. thought it timely to to take a look behind the red masks of the men (and perhaps women) behind the headlines.



The following interview took place on 27 June, before the Foreign Ministry hack. Originally conducted in Turkish, TV host-producer-journalist Hıdır Geviş asked and fielded questions to RedHack over 20 minutes on Twitter. Published in full on GazeteVatan.com the following day, here it is in English courtesy of — and many thanks to — the İ.D. translation dept. (all women):

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Dahabshiil denies Anonymous behind cyber-attack

DAHABSHIIL, the international funds transfer company based in the Middle East, says Anonymous was not responsible for the attack on its banking systems.

A group claiming to be Anonymous published thousands of account numbers, names and details online and threatened it would commit "global internet destruction" if Dahabshiil did not publicly confess to aiding terrorism.

The hackers claimed it had installed "cyber bombs" within financial institutions around the world and threatened to trigger them if the Dahabshiil did not confess within two months.

However, Dahabshiil told News.com.au: "Following our initial investigation into the cyber-attack, we now believe that earlier reports attributing the action to a particular protest group were inaccurate and exaggerated."

It said it was not in a position yet to verify the identity of the individuals behind the hack.

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"Naturally we will keep all customers fully updated."

"Safeguarding our customers is of paramount importance to Dahabshiil and we will continue to work closely with the relevant authorities to ensure that we identify those responsible.

Dahabshiil said that it "places the highest importance on its compliance procedures and has policies in place which are approved by the relevant authorities, including the FSA in the UK".

The hackers claiming responsibility for the attack posted documents on Google Plus highlighting associations with other banking networks including Barclay's in the UK and Ernst & Young in the US.

Passport pictures, banking transactions and other documents were also posted online.

The hackers posted a statement on tech blog, Slashdot, in which it declared an "official war on terror".

The group said the bank had two months to come forward or expect a "global internet destruction".

"if you want us to immediately stop this cyber-sabotage, it's quite easy," they wrote.

"We just ask you to stop lying, to recognise your help with Somaliaterror, and to officially change your behavior.

"We need a public message from you, as a proof.

"This is a call for actions of monitoring and/or destruction of companies and institutions that do work with terrorists, rogue countries, etc."

The attackers said that WikiLeaks documents had revealed the Dahabshiil bank had provided direct financial support to al-Qaeda, Al Wafa and other terrorist organisations. It posted documents on Google plus that highlighted associations with other banking networks including Barclay's in the UK and Ernst & Young in theUS.

They claimed to have stolen documents from and destroyed "work stations" in Australia, Kenya, USA, UK,Sweden, Somalia and Dubai. It also said it had hidden "cyber-bombs" in banking networks around the world and that it has attacked routers, firewalls and satellites that would protect banking systems from protecting financial networks.

The hackers signed off the statement with their slogan "we are Anonymous, we are legion".

Dahabshiil initially condemned Anonymous for claiming to breach "the privacy of hardworking, responsible individuals", and wholeheartedly denied the allegations.

"The claims from Anonymous that connections exist between our business and known terrorist organisations are quite simply wrong," a spokesperson told News.com.au.

"We have never been the subject of any investigation in relation to alleged terrorist funding and we have no involvement whatsoever with money laundering or the funding of terrorist organisations.

"Consequently, we call on Anonymous to withdraw its untrue allegations immediately.

"Dahabshiil places the highest importance on its compliance procedures and has extensive anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing policies in place which are approved by the relevant regulators, including the FSA in the UK.

"All staff receive extensive and continuous training in this regard.

"We have started a thorough investigation of Anonymous’ attack and will keep all customers fully updated.

"Safeguarding our customers’ funds is of paramount importance to Dahabshiil. We will continue to work closely with the relevant authorities as we proceed."

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Anonymous Launches "Operation Anaheim"

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What's already been four days of street protests in Anaheim, the like of which the county hasn't seen since the 1960s (when black and brown united to beat up cops in SanTana), is just about to turn a whole lot more interesting.

Last night, Anonymous declared their interest in what's going in the city following the shooting deaths by police of via video...and they're not happy.

Roll the tape!

Anonymous ANAHEIM NEEDS YOUR HELP!

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From cyber vigilantes to corporate thugs: Anonymous back up employers in union conflict

The owners of Restaurant Vejlegaarden in Vejle in Denmark have received support from an unlikely quarter as hackers from across the world have organised to attack the restaurant's opponents in a union conflict.

3F, a Danish trade union confederation have been in conflict with the restaurant since the restaurant decided to cancel their agreement with 3F late last year. Instead the restaurant have made an agreement with Krifa (Christian Trade Union), a so called yellow union, that has lower membership dues, but refuses to take part in industrial action. This means that wages for workers organised in Krifa are lower than those for workers organised in 3F.

In response, 3F have mounted pickets outside the restaurant and stopped deliveries to the restaurant from the restaurant's normal suppliers. Support from other unions has meant that the restaurant will not receive any post while the conflict is ongoing and only rubbish can be collected from the restaurant.

The struggle has received large-scale coverage in the press and a series of rightwing politicians have made a point of eating at the restaurant to mark their support for the management.

However, it was 3F's recent threat to launch a sympathy strike in the printing house of a local newspaper which carries the restaurant's adverts which caused Anonymous to get involved.

A video posted on YouTube on 20th July by AnonDK declared war on 3F for attacking the restaurant's right to freedom of speech and declared the union's "carbon based class struggle" to be old fashioned and irrelevant.

Over the weekend, supporters of the action participated in Distributed Denial of Service attacks which caused the union's website and IT systems to be taken offline for several days. This has had serious consequences for 30,000 union members who needed to use the system to receive their unemployment insurance. Because of the attacks, these payments will be delayed by several days at least. The attacks have since spread to the websites of the national trade union confederation, LO, the Social Democratic party and their youth wing underscoring the political nature of the actions.

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Basically, now a group calling themselves Anonymous Denmark have put out this video criticising these hackers, saying they are not really Anonymous and having a go at them for supporting capitalist interests (or so I gather not understanding any Danish):

Anonymous - 3F

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AAPT confirms data breach as Anonymous claims attack

AAPT has confirmed that it has been breached, following claims by an Australian sect of Anonymous that it has broken into and stolen 40GB of data from the major Australian internet service provider (ISP).

Anonymous Australia was meant to release a sample of stolen data last night in order to prove that it was able to infiltrate the target's systems. However, the effort required to strip out personally identifiable information from the data, as well as some logistical issues, prevented the group from releasing it.

AAPT CEO David Yuile said that last night, at 9.30pm AEST, Melbourne IT alerted AAPT that there had been a breach of security and unauthorised access to AAPT's business customer data on its servers. Early this morning, an unverified member of Anonymous Australia hinted that AAPT was the target of an attack.

Yuile said that AAPT immediately asked Melbourne IT to shut down the affected servers. The company is now conducting an investigation into the incident, with Melbourne IT to determine what has been compromised, how the attackers gained access and what additional security measures are required.

"Preliminary findings suggest it was two files that were compromised, and the data is historic, with limited personal customer information. Further, the servers on which the files were stored have not been used or connected to AAPT for at least 12 months," Yuile said in a statement.

"AAPT is extremely concerned about this incident, and is treating this matter with the utmost seriousness. AAPT will be contacting any impacted customers as soon as possible."

Members from Anonymous Australia said that they will leak the stolen data on Sunday, but emphasised that they would not leak personal data. ZDNet Australia understands that the group estimates that the removal of personal data would bring the total amount of leaked data down from 40GB to between 30GB and 35GB.

The group launched the attack to demonstrate that if a large ISP such as AAPT is unable to keep its own data secure, it would be unable to keep Australians' data secure under a data-retention scheme, which the government has proposed.

Breaching the ISP's systems was not a one-man task, according to the group, with several people working on the attack. Despite the high-profile target, the group said it is not worried about being caught, and believes that it is safe and secure.

ZDNet Australia understands that the group is also planning to take action against members of parliament, pooling together information on key politicians into a planning document that ZDNet Australia has sighted. The information gathered by the group so far is limited, but includes details on how Julia Gillard likes her coffee and the personal address of one politician's relative. The document contains a disclaimer that it is a "collaborative fiction book writing project", but a cursory search reveals that much of the information is publicly available and accurate.

Other details contained in the planning document include tasks that are still to be carried out by the group, including researching union representatives who backed Gillard for the leadership battle; setting up a LinkedIn account to accrue information about Gillard's support and public relations staff; and researching the personal details of Gillard's family, friends, enemies and sexual history.

The group is also considering making its own submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security over the committee's inquiry into a potential reform of Australia's national security legislation, which contains the data-retention proposal. Anonymous will have up to 20 August to make a submission.

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Assad vs Anonymous

The Syrian regime is waging an uphill battle that is expressed also in an online war against hackers supporting the rebels

The online warfare against the Syrian regime has been taken up a notch. Alongside an increase in the physical warfare, the battles reaching into the heart of the capital, Damascus, the elimination of the most senior members of the regime and the continuing desertions, over the past two weeks, we have seen an increase in the offensive activities against Syria in the online arena as well.

Wikileaks activists have broken into senior Syrian officials' computers and published 2.4 million email correspondences. If the elimination of senior members of the Syrian regime was a step up in the physical struggle against Assad's administration, over the past two days there has been a similar increase in the online arena, expressed by direct offensive activity by 'Anonymous' activists against the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA).

These are hackers who act in an organised fashion online against opposition activists and Arab media networks that cover the events in the country in a skewed way, in their eyes. Their activity is most often characterized by breaking into websites and by leaving messages on them, condemning the rebels and in favour of the Syrian regime. It is quite possible that they are acting under the guidance of the Syrian regime.

On 8 July, a video clip by Anonymous was published, containing a warning to the Syrian regime, following its military action against the citizens of the state and an accusation regarding its support of the SEA. The message said that Anonymous activists had decided to destroy Syria's and the organisation's online activity following the West's failure to defend the country's citizens.

On 16 July the SEA published a video in reply (in the exact same length and other characteristics), addressing Anonymous for provoking the organization and claiming that despite its repeated threats, none of them has been carried out so far. In addition, they claimed that they are not a virtual army, but a real army that cannot be stopped, while citing incidents in which they, allegedly, hacked into various Anonymous websites. Around half of the video clip is dedicated to showing various articles about an attack that was carried out on an Anonymous website.

Anonymous was quick to reply. Following the publication of the video, a DDoS attack began on the website of the SEA. The attack was first announced on media channels, belonging to Anonymous. In response, the SEA declared, in a direct communication to Anonymous, that the attack had been carried out by amateurs, via a direct dialogue through Twitter in a number or messages.

At the same time, the Syrian organisation began its own online attack against one of Anonymous' websites (AnonPlus), while announcing that it had succeeded in obtaining personal information of 700 Anonymous activists in Holland that was uploaded and published on the internet (the original file was erased from the server and uploaded again by the Syrians at its current address). The next step was the publication of yet another video by Anonymous on the 17th, aimed directly against the SEA.

Since 18 July there has been a substantial escalation: there have been break-ins and websites have been shut down by both sides, with an emphasis on high-quality targets. After Al-Jazeera's Twitter account in English was hacked by the sea at the beginning of the month, the organisation has begun a wave of attacks that has been documented in its message on its website and Twitter account.

The massive attack by the SEA included breaking into Al-Jazeera's servers and publishing hundreds of user names and passwords of the Qatari television station's employees as well as publishing another file including over 11,000 email addresses and passwords of NATO supporters (it is possible that these were stolen in advance and published now). The next day, on 19 July, Anonymous activists published messages about an attack on Syrian government websites and took responsibility for the attacks.

The past days, especially since 18 July, have been a significant milestone in the online warfare in the Syrian arena. If until now Anonymous' activities had been aimed against the Syrian regime in general, they now include the Syrian Electronic Army, while communicating with it directly through text and video.

The Syrian organisation on its part has begun to escalate its activities and to break into websites, steal user identification information of thousands of users, who it considers to be enemies of the regime. Over the past two days there has been a quantitative and qualitative increase in activities of online attacks against Syria, as well as attacks by Syria against those who it considers to be its internal and external enemies. The uphill battle that is being waged by the Syrian regime, ever since the explosion that killed a number of its senior officials, is taking its toll in the online world as well, where we can see the Syrian regime firing "online shots in all directions".

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Nestle pulls Kit Kat mascot from Facebook due to Pedobear resemblance

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NSA wants to hire hackers

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LAS VEGAS (CNNMoney) -- Wearing a t-shirt and jeans, America's top spymaster -- National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander, also the head of the U.S. Cyber Command -- took the stage Friday at the nation's largest hacker convention to deliver a recruiting pitch.

"In this room, this room right here, is the talent our nation needs to secure cyberspace," Alexander told the standing-room-only audience at DefCon, a grassroots gathering in Las Vegas expected to draw a record 16,000 attendees this year. "We need great talent. We don't pay as high as everybody else, but we're fun to be around."

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"Sometimes you guys get a bad rep," Alexander said at one point. "From my perspective, what you're doing to figure out the vulnerabilities in our systems is absolutely needed."

"Then stop arresting us!" one of the hecklers called back.

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AnonPublicRelations Network

AnonPR NEW IRC Network

Greeting citizens and Anons of the world…

In this age, we live in a modern world where the majority of information is shared electronically. Every day some of the 2.1 billion worldwide Internet users transfer over 60 terabytes-per-second* of Information to each other.

This unbelievable amount of data is at the fingertips of anyone with access to the Internet and provides an international relationship between people who would otherwise never meet. Ideas are synthesized, secrets are revealed, and nations topple because of the amazing influence of the Internet in modern life. To say it clearly, the Internet is the most powerful information entity on the planet.

There is no other collection of works accessed by so many different people at such a high rate anywhere else in the world.
Recently, the Internet has provided a gateway for people to connect through social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and IRC; making regular Email dated to a certain extent. All of these centralized services are bombarded daily with information that is then disseminated to the public and the rest of the Internet-using world.

Services such as TOR and Project Freenet have sprung up to provide an alternative to conventional Internet resources that can be mandated by law to share personal information including the name, email and even location of their user-base.
These decentralized projects allow for the circulation of information while shielding their users from the prying eyes of governments, law enforcement agencies and countless other entities which wish to censor and monitor the Internet in order to protect their interests.

As the Anonymous phenomenon has gained momentum in the last few years, the Internet has become a way to spread knowledge, plans, and information that would otherwise be restricted to local communities and organizations. The data that is available to be shared, because of the Internet, has revolutionized activism and protesting in ways that traditional libraries would never have been able to. Now anyone with an Internet connection can explore a cause and join the ranks of protesters worldwide.

Since then, bills such as ACTA, CISPA, FISA, NDRP and SOPA have sprung up in an attempt to censor the Internet. They come with a thin veil of disinformation to hide their true purpose; they are labeled “Anti Piracy”, “Counter Terrorism”, or “National Security” policies. Each time they are slightly more successful, but eventually they are stopped by international forces such as Anonymous and organized groups with similar ideals

“Let your voice be heard. Together, acting as one, we can work towards a better tomorrow.”

We here at AnonPR encourage you to look into the current state of censorship in your country and see what you can do to ensure that you will always be able to access anything and everything. Together we can fight against the possibility of censorship and prove all governments that the Internet, as well as its ability to connect the citizens of the world, is necessary in Modern Society.

What are these governments trying to prove?
What are they trying to hide?
Who or what are they protecting?

We are now declaring the Internet an entity without borders. We will not bow to the whims of any political organization. We will not bow to your governments.
To the governments of this world. We reject your unjust laws.
These governments that lie, that side with vested interests and neglect the people. These governments that wish to control information and censor dissent. These are not the people to be trusted with the gift of the Internet.

Where The Media Can’t Twist Our Words — AnonPR.

The AnonPR Team is growing on a daily basis, from writers to researchers to graphics and audio design. If you feel and want to make a change, if you see the corruption of your governments, if you want to make the world a better place, join us!
This network is open to the public, to Anons and non Anons from all aspects of the globe.

A nest, a home for productive and constructive
Together we can make a difference. Together we can make a change! Free from the media we can shed light on the corruptions in our world. We can free people from tyranny.

From the AnonPR Team, Stay Classy Internet!

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

Server: irc.anonpr.net
Port: 6667 (unsecured) or 6697 (secure/SSL)
Main Channels: #AnonPR , #PublicRelations
http://irc.lc/irc.anonpr.net
http://anonpr.net/index.php/anonpr-network/

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A French company deposits the logo and motto Anonymous

This is what is called taking risks. A French company, Early Flicker, filed the logo and the motto of Anonymous, a movement that brings together supporters of Internet anonymity and the freedom of Internet users , with the INPI (National Institute of Industrial Property). The requests, filed February 16, 2012 , were published March 9, 2012 and recorded on 8 and June 22, 2012.

Who filed the logo and motto of Anonymous?

To believe the products it sells on the net , Early Flicker is specialized in making T-shirts printed. This same company under the name of "eflicker" also seems to be a web development agency , which offers services in site design or Internet marketing ... Both entities are domiciled at the same address, 27 rue Jean Giraudoux in the sixteenth arrondissement of Paris . On directories of companies , "eflicker" is a trade name of Early Flicker.

That the company will commercialier?

Contacted by mail and telephone calls, the company did not respond. Therefore difficult to learn more about its intentions and commercial projects. The fact is that the filing of a trademark with the INPI for the three "classes" 18, 21 and 25 (note: product category ): leather and imitation leather, trunks and suitcases, umbrellas and parasols, wallets, beach, pet collars and clothing, utensils and containers for household or kitchen, brushes, china, porcelain, dishes, clothes, shoes, shirts, gloves, underwear and many more ... In short, everything is pretty much capable of imagining products in drifts.

Star Wars Episode IV - Han Solo has a bad feeling

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AnonymousIRC twitterde op woensdag 01-08-2012 om 16:34:18 Going back to Defcon 2: #ACTA has passed in the Japanese Upper House, not yet the lower house. Possibly it can be stopped. #Anonymous HELP! reageer retweet

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Internet avengers track down mean-spirited hacker

A group of internet "hactivists" has hunted down and handed over a hacker who destroyed a Kiwi website which raises funds to help feed hungry children.

Documentary-maker Bryan Bruce discovered his website Redsky Film and Television had been hacked on Saturday. A message appeared on the site to say it had been hacked by "@AnonVoldemort".

He posted a message on a Facebook page connected to his site, asking internet users to help fix the problem and find the hacker.

He never expected the Anonymous group of hackers to help.

The group was earlier this year involved in protests against the closure of Kim Dotcom's Megaupload filesharing website.

Websites including the FBI, Universal Music and Recording Industry Association of America were taken "offline" by the Anonymous group hours after Megaupload was closed down.

Mr Bruce told the Herald he did not know exactly who had helped him - or how - but within a day he had an email with the details of the hacker, believed to be a 35-year-old man living in Madrid with his mother.

He has passed the information on to police in Spain and is waiting for their response.

The website included a store where copies of Mr Bruce's documentaries could be bought, including the award-winning Inside Child Poverty - A Special Report. He donates all sales from that DVD and a percentage from others to a charity that provides breakfasts for hungry schoolchildren.

As a result of the hacking, the website will now be out of action for at least a month and it will cost a significant amount of money to get it working again.

"In bringing down the site he was bringing down a charity, basically," Mr Bruce said.

"I posted on Facebook 'can anybody help me with this' because I don't understand how all this hacking stuff works. It's beyond me.

"Two or three people picked it up and, as I understand, they contacted some top hackers in a group called Anonymous."

Mr Bruce was told that hackers had a code of conduct and Anonymous was upset by what had happened to his site.

"Apparently, one of the rules is you don't hack charity sites, you don't hack sites of people trying to help kids. This guy was trying to impress them, to try and get into their group and boasting about what he'd done - but they turned on him, they chased him."

Mr Bruce said it was good to see Anonymous doing the right thing.

"This is the other side of this group. I'm not going to make comment about what they do in other areas, but this was a real Robin Hood thing. They just decided this was not good. It's extraordinary."

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Anonymous Hacks IRS Database — Publishes Romney Tax Returns

Late last night, the mysterious group of hackers known as Anonymous successfully hacked the main database for the Internal Revenue Service. The group appeared to have a singular target- Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Romney has been criticized by both parties for his failure to produce more than one past tax return. According to Ann Romney on ABC’s “Good Morning America” they had no intention of ever disclosing the contents on those returns: “We’ve given all you people need to know and understand about our financial situation and how we live our life”. Anonymous however, seems to have thought that we “the people” might want to know a little more about the man who seeks the White House.

The Anonymous attack successfully retrieved 25-years worth of Romney’s tax returns and published them without permission on major websites throughout the Internet. The majority of these websites removed the returns within minutes, however it was too late to completely protect the candidate’s already tainted image. We at Free Wood Post were able to examine Romney’s 2008 tax return and found that he had good reason to fear its release. The 2008 return paints a picture of an extraordinarily wealthy man, whose low tax rate and bizarre itemized deductions will surely raise many questions as to his suitability to be President.

Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul stated last week that “there has been no year in which Romney paid zero taxes”. In 2008, this was true. He earned $23,425,316 and paid $412.18 in federal income taxes. This calculates to a federal tax rate of 0.0018%. How did Romney get his tax burden so low? According to his return, he had approximately $23,407,000 in itemized deductions. These deductions ranged from $78,923 for “Toupee Creators Unlimited” and $41,826 for “Spray-on tan services” to a $3.8 million dollar write-off for a trip to Las Vegas with potential campaign donors. The Romney family also paid salaries to their numerous employees including, two yacht captains, three pilots for their private jets, two professional dog walkers, one toupee stylist and a “live-in contortionist”. What someone does with a live-in contortionist, one can only speculate. However, the $891,064 Romney spent on an “EWS Donor Party at the Pennsylvania Mansion” might give us a clue. While the return does not indicate what “EWS” stands for, given that the deducted supplies for the party included “Venetian masks, alcohol, lubricant and various Egyptian leather accessories” it was most likely an “Eyes Wide Shut” party.

In addition to his wild nights, Romney also deducted health related expenses. These included $127,000 for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for a condition termed “Pseudologia fantastica” also known as Compulsive Liar Syndrome. This may explain why the Republican nominee’s views seem to change dramatically depending on his audience. In fact, his recent string of political gaffes may be the direct result of his inability to keep up with the many competing “truths” he has spoken over the past year. According to noted Psychiatrist Bryan King, “Pathological liars seem utterly sincere about their lies, but if confronted with facts to the contrary, will often just as sincerely reverse their story.” According to Politifact, a news organization that researches the veracity of politician’s statements, only 16% of Romney’s examined statements were found to be completely true.

While the 2008 tax return only gives us a brief glimpse into the life of Mitt Romney, it is unlikely that the other 24 years would have given us his complete financial picture. Given that Romney has several secret tax havens in the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and until recently Switzerland, we will likely never know the extent of his holdings or of the other unorthodox appetites he quenches with that money. However, the Anonymous hack did succeed in giving Americans a better understanding of the Republican candidate.

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Op donderdag 2 augustus 2012 11:13 schreef _dirkjan_ het volgende:

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Die website is satirisch, net als De Speld.

Anonymous: Operation AnonTrademark (#OpAnonTrademark) [ENGLISH]

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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DefconDroelf twitterde op donderdag 02-08-2012 om 21:54:58 And another win for #Anonymous. A. Auffret will drop the Trademark and will work together with Anonymous France on CC. #OpAnonTrademark reageer retweet

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Tegenslag voor Obama: senaat VS blokkeert cybercrimewet

Een wet die de Verenigde Staten moet beschermen tegen cyberaanvallen is vandaag door de Amerikaanse Senaat geblokkeerd. Dat is een tegenslag voor president Barack Obama. Hij waarschuwde onlangs nog voor de toenemende dreiging van cybercrime en riep de volksvertegenwoordigers op haast te maken met wetgeving.

De wet zou het mogelijk maken dat de regering en bedrijven informatie delen over aanvallen op hun computernetwerken en voorzag in de oprichting van een Nationale Cyberveiligheid Raad. 60 stemmen waren nodig om de wet te laten passeren, maar uiteindelijk stemden maar 52 senatoren voor. Daarmee is de kans zo goed als verkeken dat de door de Obama-regering gewenste maatregelen tegen cybercrime nog voor de presidentsverkiezingen in november van kracht worden.

Door de wet te blokkeren honoreerde de Senaat het maatschappelijk verzet tegen de wet van een gelegenheidscoalitie van internetactivisten en conservatieven. De eersten vreesden voor de privacy door spionage van de overheid, de conservatieven waarschuwden voor 'nog meer' bureaucratie.

Twee weken geleden stelde Obama in een opiniestuk in The Wall Street Journal dat er steeds meer cyberaanvallen zijn op onder meer computersystemen in de nucleaire en chemische industrie in de VS. 'Het zou het toppunt van onverantwoordelijkheid zijn om onze digitale achterdeur wijd open te houden voor onze cybervijanden', aldus Obama in het artikel.

Generaal en stafchef Martin Dempsey zei dat de wet hard nodig was voor de nationale verdediging van cruciale infrastructuur.

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Privacywaakhond alert op 'Facebook-politie'

De Ierse privacywaakhond Data Protection Commissioner heeft Facebook dringende vragen gesteld over haar wereldwijde 'politieagent-gedrag'. Dat meldt het Nederlandse College voor Bescherming Persoongegevens (CBP) vandaag.

Facebook kijkt namelijk mee bij chatgesprekken, commentaren en het toevoegen van vrienden. Als de site iets ontdekt wat op crimineel gedrag lijkt, geeft ze dat door aan de Amerikaanse autoriteiten.

'Aangezien de Europese hoofdvestiging van Facebook in Ierland zit, is de privacytoezichthouder in dat land hiermee bezig', laat een woordvoerder van het CBP weten. 'Die heeft al vragen gesteld aan Facebook en erop aangedrongen snel een antwoord te krijgen.' Binnenkort komt het onderwerp ook aan bod in de zogeheten Artikel 29-werkgroep, waarvoor alle Europese privacytoezichthouders bij elkaar komen. De club hoopt over enkele weken meer over te kunnen zeggen over de kwestie.

D66-Europarlementariër Sophie in 't Veld noemde het 'buitengewoon onwenselijk dat bedrijven 'politietje' gaan spelen. Daar hebben ze de bevoegdheid niet toe.'

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VS willen controle internet niet overhevelen naar VN

De Verenigde Staten zijn niet van plan de controle over het internet over te hevelen naar de Verenigde Naties. Op dit moment vallen deze bevoegdheden onder een aantal Amerikaanse non-profit organisaties die onder het Amerikaanse Ministerie van Handel vallen - en de VS willen dat zo houden. Dit om 'internetcensuur' te voorkomen.

Volgens de VS is het goed dat het beheer van van het intenet onder meerdere instanties valt. Bovendien functioneren de organisaties effectief, laat de Amerikaanse overheid weten. De uitspraken worden gedaan in een document dat vandaag wordt ingediend bij de International Telecommunication Union, onderdeel van de Verenigde Naties, vanwege een conferentie over de toekomst van het internet.

Opnieuw bekijken
Deze conferentie wordt in december in Dubai gehouden. Afgevaardigden van 178 landen zijn uitgenodigd om de International Telecommunications Regulations (ITR) opnieuw te bekijken. Hierin staat onder andere wie internetverkeer tussen het ene en het andere land voor zijn rekening moet nemen.

De richtlijnen zijn sinds 1988 niet meer veranderd, schrijft Tweakers. Aangezien het wereldwijde web toen nog niet eens bestand, is men het erover eens dat er een flinke update van de reglementen nodig is. Maar hoe ver deze moeten gaan strekken en wat erin komt te staan, zal nog tot hevige discussies kunnen gaan leiden.

Volgens de BBC willen sommige landen, waaronder Rusland, China en India dat de ITU het internet gaat 'monitoren'. De Verenigde Staten vrezen dat die plannen kunnen gaan leiden tot censuur. De ITU heeft aangegeven bestaande richtlijnen - alleen bij unanimiteit aan te passen.

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Statement from Jeremy Hammond.

23 July 2012 - Statement from Jeremy Hammond, alleged Anonymous hacker -

Thanks for everybody coming out in support! It is so good to know folks on the street got my back. Special thanks to those who have been sending books and letters, and to my amazing lawyers.

I remember maybe a few months before I was locked up I went to a few noise demonstrations a the federal jail MCC Chicago in support of all those locked up there. Prisoners moved in front of the windows, turned the lights on and off, and dropped playing cards through the cracks in the windows. I had no idea I would soon be in that same jail facing multiple trumped up computer hacking “conspiracies.”

Now at New York MCC, the other day I was playing chess when another prisoner excitedly cam e up as was like, “Yo, there are like 50 people outside the window and they are carrying banners with your name!” Sure enough, there you all were with lights, banners, and bucket drums just below our 11th floor window. Though you may not have been able to here us or see us, over one hundred of us in this unit saw you all and wanted to know who those people were, what they were about, rejuvenated knowing people on the outside got there back.

As prisoners in this police state – over 2.5 million of us – we are silenced, marginalized, exploited, forgotten, and dehumanized. First we are judged and sentenced by the “justice” system, then treated as second class citizens by mainstream society. But even the warden of MCC New York has in surprising honesty admitted that “the only difference between us officers here and you prisoners is we just haven’t been caught.”

The call us robbers and fraudsters when the big banks get billion dollar bailouts and kick us out of our homes.

They call us gun runners and drug dealers when pharmaceutical corporations and defense contractors profit from trafficking armaments and drugs on a far greater scale.

They call us “terrorists” when NATO and the US military murder millions of innocents around the world and employ drones and torture tactics.

And they call us cyber criminals when they themselves develop viruses to spy on and wage war against infrastructure and populations in other countries.

Yes, I am one of several dozen around the world accused of Anonymous-affiliated computer hacking charges.

One of many here at MCCC New York facing trumped up “conspiracy” charges based on the cooperation of government informants who will say anything and sell out anyone to save themselves.

And this jail is one of several thousand other jails, prisons, and immigrant detention centers – lockups which one day will be reduced to rubble and grass will grow between the cracks of the concrete.

So don’t let fear of imprisonment deter you from speaking up and fighting back. Silencing our movement is exactly what they hope to accomplish with these targeted, politically motivated prosecutions. They can try to stop a few of us but they can never stop us all.

Thanks again for coming out.

Keep bringing the ruckus!

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Leaked RIAA Report: SOPA/PIPA “Ineffective Tool” Against Music Piracy

Contrary to the endless lobbying and subsequent defending of the now-dead SOPA and PIPA frameworks, a leaked report shows that earlier this year the RIAA’s Deputy General Counsel admitted that the legislation was “not likely to have been effective tool” for dealing with music piracy. All efforts are now being put behind the “six strikes” plan – but could disconnections for repeat infringers still be on the agenda?

“These illicit sites are among the culprits behind the music industry’s more than 50 percent decline in revenues during the last decade, resulting in 15,000 layoffs and fewer resources to invest in new bands,” wrote RIAA CEO Cary Sherman in a New York Times piece last year.

“It should be unacceptable to any of us involved in legitimate commerce online that a rogue Web site based outside the United States — but hawking American products or copyrighted works — can currently escape our laws.”

SOPA and PIPA

Sherman was writing in support of the Stop Online Piracy and Protect IP acts, legislation that if passed would have removed infringing websites from the United States Internet. But quietly behind closed doors earlier this year one of the RIAA’s most senior lawyers admitted that the legislation would not have been effective against online piracy.

The revelation appeared in a presentation (pdf) made by RIAA Deputy General Counsel Victoria Sheckler to IFPI members in April 2012, part of which we covered yesterday in our report on how offline music swapping dominates that done online.

In a section detailing recent legal and policy developments, Sheckler said that after “opposition to bills, activated by Google, went viral,” SOPA and PIPA were “essentially dead.”

But rather than opposition staying focused on these pieces of legislation, the RIAA Deputy General Counsel admitted that dissent had spread, with “anti-SOPA sentiment in netizens
being used by opponents to oppose other copyright protection measures.”

Companies, Sheckler added, were now on “heightened alert” – an assertion confirmed by the recent Internet Bat Signal initiative.

But perhaps of most interest is the confession that even if they had passed, SOPA and PIPA would have been of little help to the music industry.

Sheckler notes that the legislation put forward an “important principle regarding intermediary responsibility,” a reference to ISPs being told to block “rogue” sites –
but then added the following: