Anonops #14: All about control

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Chinese Ministry of Commerce (mofcom.gov.cn)

On October 11th, 2012, Anonymous gained access to the servers of the Chinese Ministry of commerce and extracted 374mb of documents. A lot of them contain details about deals with Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The documents are partly in English, Russian and Chinese.

Not all documents have been assessed yet but the Russian press already noted that one document, obtained from the Chinese foreign office in Minsk indicates relations between the notorious Russian mob boss Marat Balagula and high ranking Ukrainian politicians. Find the original news in Russian here, for the Google translation click here. Another noteworthy article on that can be found on securitylab.ru (English translation).

We will update this section when new information is available.

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'Dreiging cyberaanval werk van één persoon'

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Volgens een afgelopen week via YouTube verspreidde video zouden de stichting BREIN, KPN, Ziggo, Tele2, UPC en XS4All en de websites van de Tweede Kamer, de Rijksoverheid en het ministerie van Defensie doelwit zijn van een aanval van hackersgroep Anonymous.
Dat zou zaterdag gebeuren, maar een grootscheepse inbraak bleef vooralsnog uit.

Pim Takkenberg, hoofd van de High Tech Crime Unit van het KLPD, signaleerde tijdens onderzoek naar de dreiging dat er onder leden van Anonymous geen activiteiten plaats hadden die op een grote aanval wezen. Takkenberg verwacht niet dat de dreiging alsnog werkelijkheid wordt.

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OPERATION VENDETTA

6pm - Gather in Trafalgar square, London, UK on the 5th of November 2012
8pm - We march

Dresscode: Smart or V Costume

REENACTMENT OF V FOR VENDETTA - FINAL REVOLUTION SCENE !!!!
For more info, see here -

V for Vendetta - final revolution scene

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Dreigement grootscheepse cyberaanval kwam van 16-jarige

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De jongen heeft zelf contact opgenomen met een speciaal high tech team van de Nationale Recherche.

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De 16-jarige verklaarde tegenover de politie dat het een eenmansactie betrof en dat het niets te maken had met Anonymous. Hij heeft niet nagedacht over de consequenties van zijn actie en heeft spijt betuigd, aldus het KLPD.

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AnonymousIRC twitterde op maandag 15-10-2012 om 00:06:34 To that Brazilian moron who tried to ddos anon ircnets: Your bots are now taking down your own c&c server. PS: You suck. <3 #Anonymous reageer retweet

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Opstelten: politie moet computer mogen hacken

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Amanda Todd's Alleged Tormentor Named By Hacker Group

The tragic story of B.C. teen suicide victim Amanda Todd has taken another bizarre twist as the internet hacking and activist group Anonymous has named a man the group says was the girl's primary tormentor.

Todd, 15, of Port Coquitlam, died last Wednesday, a month after posting a haunting video on YouTube that cited the sexualized attack that set her down a path of anxiety, depression and drug and alcohol abuse.

During her nine-minute video, the teen explains in hand-written notes that she was in Grade 7 when she was lured by an unidentified male to expose her breasts via webcam.

She says that a year later she received a message from a man on Facebook threatening that if she didn't give him a show, he would send the webcam picture to her friends and family. She says police later told her the man followed through with his threat.

Anonymous published the name and address of a Vancouver-area man that the group claims was bullying and preying on Todd via the internet.

The activist group, which often uses a caricature Guy Fawkes mask as its logo, claims the 32-year-old man has also made postings to child pornography sites.

The man himself has now been threatened online by others vowing to carry out vigilante justice, a development that worries Vancouver defence lawyer Eric Gottardi.

"The system isn't supposed to convict someone before charges are laid. It’s not supposed to be judge, jury and executioner, all in the public forum," Gottardi said. "We have a justice system. It’s supposed to work, it does work."

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Chamber of Mines of South Africa (bullion.org.za)

For about two months miners in South Africa are striking for better payment and working conditions. On October 5th 2012, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), the world’s largest platinum producer, fired 12,000 workers, because they refused to appear in a disciplinary hearing. Read some news articles about it here or here. For background information on the five largest South African Mines impacted by the strikes, read this article on Forbes.

A pack of renegade kittens has looked into the Chamber Of Mines of South Africa to get some information on how the industry is seeing this issue. They passed on a small archive of files (23mb total) which contains a number of documents that seem relevant in this light. For instance, you might want to read a report by the Mine Health and Safety Council (MHSC) about fatalities due to rockfalls and falls to ground.

Among the data you will find some confidential and strictly confidential classified material such as the MHSC Annual Report 2011/2012 or information requested by the Gold Producers Commitee about the terms and conditions of Rock Drill Operators.

It is possible that more documents will emerge in the near future so stay tuned for updates. In the meantime feel free to use the information as you see fit.

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About twitter suspension of @Anon_Central

Dear friends,

We’re so happy to know that many of you love the account this much although sometimes we post stuffs which may have pissed you off. You people are truly amazing and no matter what, you are Anonymous. You are the real power which made us keep going even in the darkest time. Anon_Central is just an account which was trying to change the reality and people perceptions about issues and society.. used by few of us. So it’s okay, if you follow the idea, if you love the idea, you are anonymous, just keep on tweeting about freedom, activism and keep helping your fellow anons. Or there are many anons who are doing the same thing! Follow them! Support them! —-

Anyway about the suspension, twitter have not given any reason for suspension and I’ve just submitted an appeal against it so let’s wait for few days for their action. Let’s hope they know about free speech and all the shits going on in the world right now because of their masters.

We’ve heard many good things about twitter about following their ethics on their users so let’s see where they stand on this one. We really love all of you who are supporting the account but please don’t make threats or do any other silly things. We do not attack any media or social sites because for the obvious reasons. So keep calm and keep tweeting. This is your time and the time is short, the great awakening is coming very fast. So there’s no reason to fight about small things really.

WE are Anonymous<
Time for us to forgive<
But we may never forget<
We are Legion<
WE’re already here<

With love and respect,
-Anon_Central

Warning to Twitter

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Pirate Bay Moves to The Cloud, Becomes Raid-Proof

The Pirate Bay has made an important change to its infrastructure. The world’s most famous BitTorrent site has switched its entire operation to the cloud. From now on The Pirate Bay will serve its users from several cloud hosting providers scattered around the world. The move will cut costs, ensure better uptime, and make the site virtually invulnerable to police raids — all while keeping user data secure.

The Pirate Bay is loved by millions of file-sharers but is also a thorn in the side of the entertainment industries.

The latter group continues to push authorities to take action against the site. The Pirate Bay was raided back in 2006 and there are rumors that the police might try again in the near future.

The Pirate Bay is not oblivious to this looming threat. They have backups in place and are shielding the true location of their servers. Nevertheless, should the site lose all its servers it might take a while to get back online.

This is one of the reasons why The Pirate Bay decided to move the site into the cloud yesterday. The switch resulted in five minutes downtime and was hardly noticed by the public, but it’s a big change for the infamous BitTorrent site.

Hosting in the cloud also makes the site easier to scale, it reduces downtime, and is also cheaper.

“Moving to the cloud lets TPB move from country to country, crossing borders seamlessly without downtime. All the servers don’t even have to be hosted with the same provider, or even on the same continent,” The Pirate Bay told TorrentFreak.

The Pirate Bay is currently hosted at cloud hosting companies in two countries where they run several Virtual Machine (VM) instances.

“Running on VMs cuts down operation costs and complexity. For example, we never need anyone to do hands-on work like earlier this month when we were down for two days because someone had to fix a broken power distribution unit,” The Pirate Bay says.

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Op bezoek bij AMS-IX, een van de grootste internetknooppunten ter wereld

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Te midden van het hypercommerciële internet is de AMS-IX een vreemde eend: het is een doodgewone Hollandse vereniging. De leden, zo'n vijfhonderd, zijn de internetbedrijven die zijn aangesloten op het knoopunt. En allemaal, groot of klein, hebben ze, net zo Hollands, even veel te zeggen. Door een bijzonder liberale houding en veel technisch vernuft onderhoudt de vereniging al sinds de jaren '90 een knooppunt dat Nederland tot een wereldmacht op internet maakt.

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En daarmee staat de AMS-IX in het middenpunt van hét grote internetvraagstuk voor de komende jaren: hoe ver mag de overheid gaan bij het controleren van internet? Steeds vaker klopt de overheid aan bij AMS-IX voor inzage in het verkeer. Niet met formele verzoeken tot inzage, maar wel om te polsen. 'Wij zeggen: dat gaat jullie niets aan. Maar dan zeggen zij: ja, maar via jullie netwerk wordt er informatie verstuurd over hoe je bommen in elkaar moet zetten. Dat is niet goed hè? Dat kunnen we bij jou eruit vissen.' Theoretisch klopt dat, maar technisch is het nog erg moeilijk. Toch past het in de trend van overheden wereldwijd die de laatste jaren bezig zijn om internet steeds diepgaander te controleren en de afluistercapaciteit flink uit te breiden. Ook in Nederland wordt onderzocht of de Wet op de Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdiensten uitgebreid moet worden zodat ook via internetknooppunten als de AMS-IX afgetapt kan worden.

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Anonymous Hacker claims to have 20,000 debit card details from HSBC Cyberattack

One of Anonymous hacker groups "FawkesSecurity" who claim responsibility for a DDOS cyber attack on HSBC Bank says that they also manage to get 20,000 debit card details.

When HSBC said, "This denial-of-service attack did not affect any customer data, but did prevent customers using HSBC online services, including Internet banking.", Anonymous tweeted on Friday. “We also managed to log 20,000 debit card details.”

On asking, is there any proof of this claim , they replied ,“ We're debating whether to release them or not, HSBC knows debit details were intercepted, They probz won't admit it tho,”.

On the other hand, A group that calls itself Izz ad-Din Al Qassam , which has claimed responsibility for recent cyberattacks on at least nine other banks, also took responsibility for the assault on HSBC.

Who ever the real hitman behind this, but according to hacker's warnings - RBS, Lloyds TSB and Barclays Banks are next targets. In a YouTube video the group said it was holding back on its reason for the attack.

Fawkes Security #OperationHSBC

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Anonymous hacktivists to launch TYLER: “WikiLeaks on steroids!” – EXCLUSIVE interview, part 1

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In an exclusive interview to the Voice of Russia a member of Anonymous talks about the conflict that revolves around the coercive fund raising techniques and a lack of transparency regarding WikiLeaks. He also mentions the possible release of a list of what they view as WikiLeaks ethical violations. On December 21, 2012 Anonymous are planning to launch a secure, no cost and decentralized online leaks release platform called TYLER to circumvent to problems inherent in WikiLeaks and to continue to disclose information that governments, including US, are hiding from people.

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Anonymous: First, TYLER is but one of several disclosure platforms fielded by Anonymous and it's allies. There is the wonderful Par-Anoia project. And last year we launched LocalLeaks and HackerLeaks with the assistance of the Peoples Liberation Front. All of these platforms have their strengths, and all are important to Anonymous ongoing mission to find a secure, inexpensive and decentralized way to do disclosure.

What makes TYLER unique as a disclosure platform is that it will not be deployed on a static server. TYLER will be P2P encrypted software, in which every function of a disclosure platform will be handled and shared by everyone who downloads and deploys the software. In theory, this makes it sort of like BitCoin or other P2P platforms in that there is virtually no way to attack it or shut it down. It would also obviously be thoroughly decentralized.

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One man's criminal is another man's freedom fighter Anonymous, EXCLUSIVE interview, part 2

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Robles: "What country in the world does Anonymous feel has the freest system in the world?"

Anonymous: Iceland.

Robles: "What is the Anonymous position/opinion on the Russian Federation, the Russian net, and the flow of information to, from and within the Russian Federation?"

Anonymous: Russia is a modern and relatively free democratic country. And like all nations its size it has problems, it has issues. And some of those issues are of concern to Anonymous

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Op zondag 21 oktober 2012 22:41 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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http://pastebin.com/zWu8SWAR

Ohai /b/ros,
Welcome sit sit sit... Grab some popcorn and watch this fail.
Fawkes Security whether fed or disinfo fucktard, has been 100% fail since day one.
Here is a little list of fails:
False Facebook attack fails.
Taking credit for others ddos attacks fail.
Attempting to link Project Mayhem 2012 / TYLER with physical disruption fail... (Just like NSA & DHS have attempted.)
AND NOW Linking #OpV with a bomb plot fail!
w0000000hoooo!
Anyhow, this Anon has simply gain fame by reuploading Anonymous videos onto Youtube for almost a year while creating hardly any videos which have NEVER amounted to anything.

Channels:
https://www.youtube.com/user/FawkesS3curity
https://www.youtube.com/user/FawkesSecurity

This Anon is a cancer to the internet.
As for this Anon linking Project Mayhem 2012 to harmful and illegal activities ('Fawkes Virus', releasing viruses on 12.21.2012 and physical disruption.) we say, bring on the disinfo, we encourage it. Any disinfo you throw at us will only be fuel to the fire that will burn this world, because EVERYONE knows PM2012 will NEVER do ANYTHING ILLEGAL.

Love and Lulz,
Anonymous

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Preventia to Unveil Functioning Prototype of Anti-Piracy Technology; Demo for Global Software Industry by November 30

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Alan Mintzer, DRMI CEO, notes, “Never before has software piracy been fought in this manner. I believe all digital media industries will find our soon-to-be-completed technology prototype extremely effective in eliminating the piracy of their products. Our solution is simple yet sophisticated. Thanks to the skill of the DRMI development staff, we expect the prototype to be completed by the November 30 deadline and look forward to demonstrating this remarkable product to the software industry.”

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U.N. calls for 'anti-terror' Internet surveillance

United Nations report calls for Internet surveillance, saying lack of "internationally agreed framework for retention of data" is a problem, as are open Wi-Fi networks in airports, cafes, and libraries.

The United Nations is calling for more surveillance of Internet users, saying it would help to investigate and prosecute terrorists.

A 148-page report (PDF) released today titled "The Use of the Internet for Terrorist Purposes" warns that terrorists are using social networks and other sharing sites including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Dropbox, to spread "propaganda."

"Potential terrorists use advanced communications technology often involving the Internet to reach a worldwide audience with relative anonymity and at a low cost," said Yury Fedotov, executive director of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

The report, released at a conference in Vienna convened by UNODC, concludes that "one of the major problems confronting all law enforcement agencies is the lack of an internationally agreed framework for retention of data held by ISPs." Europe, but not the U.S. or most other nations, has enacted a mandatory data-retention law.

That echoes the U.S. Department of Justice's lobbying efforts aimed at convincing Congress to require Internet service providers to keep track of their customers -- in case police want to review those logs in the future. Privacy groups mounted a campaign earlier this year against the legislation, which has already been approved by a House committee.

The report, however, indicates it would be desirable for certain Web sites -- such as instant-messaging services and VoIP providers like Skype -- to keep records of "communication over the Internet such as chat room postings." That goes beyond what the proposed U.S. legislation, which targets only broadband and wireless providers, would cover.

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Free Anonymous BitTorrent Becomes Reality With BitBlinder

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There can be little doubt that the provision of an effective and free service for BitTorrent anonymity would prove hugely popular. Today we bring you a detailed report on BitBlinder – a brand new open source project which promises to cloak your torrents, hide your browsing and get round many obstructive filters.

Update: BitBlinder is no more but TorrentPrivacy currently has a limited free trial available here.

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Anonymous Hackers Call for Protests Against Joris Demmink on October 28 [Video]

Anonymous hacktivists have released a video statement calling the citizens of the Netherlands to protest on October 28 in The Hague against Secretary General of the Dutch Ministry of Justice, Joris Demmink, who has been accused of molesting children.

“This is because we Anonymous demand a new investigation and to reveal the truth behind his filthy deeds. But supported by the Minister of Justice Ivo Opstelten facts are tried to be shove aside. But we know the truth about Joris Demmink (sic),” the hackers stated.

“We, Anonymous, find this outraging and we need to stop persons like Joris Demmink and many more who have this sick and twisted kind of mind.”

Apparently, they plan to march to the official’s house and “reveal the truth about him.”

Similar protests against Demmink have already taken place in New York City.

Anonymous Calls Out To Protest Against Joris Demmink

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Anonymous To Leak Documents, Records Exposing Criminality At A Major Religious Organization

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The hacktivist collective is gearing up for what could be one of their “biggest operations” to date. WTF News has been granted information on the operation, which is anchored by a data leak to be made later this week, against a major religious organization. Ahead of the operation, we have also received the data to be leaked but have agreed to withhold it for the safety of those involved. The leak points to possible widespread financial misconduct, intimidation, embezzlement, abuse and more. Anonymous also obtained admin and database management data for organization websites.

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Anonymous leaks 1.35GB of Italian State Police after hack (Polizia di Stato)

The Italian Anonymous collective has claimed to have compromised 1.35 Gigabyte from the Italian State Police (Polizia di Stato).

The hackers uploaded the compromised data in par-anoia.net , also they have posted a TOR mirror for the leak.

"Obviously the data is in Italian, thus limited information is available at this time. But several Italian researchers are busy with assessing the material already." The hackers posted in their official site.

The hackers point out the sample folder which contains assorted material from the archives, like details about wiretaps from Telcom Italia and confidential technical information about interception devices.

According to anon-news.blogspot.de report, the full archive contains 3500 private documents.

Torrent file can be found here: http://1337x.org/torrent/(...)ce-Polizia-di-Stato/

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Op zondag 21 oktober 2012 22:41 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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th3j35t3r twitterde op woensdag 24-10-2012 om 21:28:39 A Brazilian and an Englishman walked into a bar, one was @cr7801 and the other was @fawkesSecurity, which ones going to jail? #tickTock reageer retweet

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Anonymous zoekt via hack steun bij Britse politieagenten

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De hackersbeweging Anonymous heeft een ongebruikelijke oproep gedaan aan de Britse politie. De hackers vragen in een manifest, dat per e-mail aan agenten werd gestuurd, om steun. De agenten wordt gevraagd 'verraders niet te steunen'.

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Give social networks fake details, advises Whitehall web security official

A senior government official has sparked anger by advising internet users to give fake details to websites to protect their security.

Andy Smith, an internet security chief at the Cabinet Office, said people should only give accurate details to trusted sites such as government ones.

He said names and addresses posted on social networking sites "can be used against you" by criminals.

His advice was described by Labour MP Helen Goodman as "totally outrageous".

Ms Goodman, shadow culture minister, told BBC News: "This is the kind of behaviour that, in the end, promotes crime.

"It is exactly what we don't want. We want more security online. It's anonymity which facilitates cyber-bullying, the abuse of children.

"I was genuinely shocked that a public official could say such a thing."

'Sensible'

Mrs Goodman, MP for Bishop Auckland, in the North-East of England, said she had been contacted by constituents who have been the victims of cyber-bullying on major social networking sites by people hiding behind fake names.

Mr Smith, who is in charge of security for what he described as the "largest public services network in Europe", which will eventually be accessed by millions of people in the UK, said giving fake details to social networking sites was "a very sensible thing to do".

"When you put information on the internet do not use your real name, your real date of birth," he told a Parliament and the Internet Conference in Portcullis House, Westminster.

"When you are putting information on social networking sites don't put real combinations of information, because it can be used against you."

But he stressed that internet users should always give accurate information when they were filling in government forms on the internet, such as tax returns.

"When you are interacting with government, or professional organisations - people who you know are going to protect your information - then obviously you are going to use the right stuff.

But he said that fraudsters gather a lot of personal information "from Google, social networking sites, from email footers, all sorts of places".

He added that they were "bringing this information together and cross-collerating information and then they are using it against you".

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http://talkweb.eu/openweb/1819

I just bought more than 1 million …Facebook data entries. OMG!

I have the bloody habit to look for cheap deals on some websites and today I’ve got the featured offer to buy more than 1 million Facebook entries containing Full Name, e-mail and Facebook profile URL.

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http://talkweb.eu/openweb/1842

Mixed Feelings After My Conversation With Facebook.

Warning: According to Facebook you are not allowed to read this post, so beware.