Anonymous and attacks on 'anti-wikileaks' sites - 4 views

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  #1 Ian Palm on 03 Apr 11

   

  BBC has a whole section based on the Wikileaks controversy, with several links to different concerns regarding the operation (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11863274).
  
  In this article:
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11957367
  there is an interview with one of the people involved in the attacks by Anonymous. As we've discussed, they attacked sites that have withdrawn their support of Wikileaks. The article mentions that Anonymous created 'a tool enabling computers to join the co-ordinated attacks against websites perceived to be "anti-Wikileaks" is now reported to have been downloaded more than 31,000 times'.
  The ease with which people are able to sabotage big name companies is alarming. It would be interesting to take a look at what this software is that allows anyone to participate in this destabilization of websites especially with news that people as young as 16 have been involved in it and arrested. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/09/teen-arrested-wikileaks-attacks_n_794641.html)

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">BBC has a whole section based on the Wikileaks controversy, with several links to different concerns regarding the operation (<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11863274" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11863274</a>). <br /> <br /> In this article: <br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11957367" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11957367</a> <br /> there is an interview with one of the people involved in the attacks by Anonymous. As we've discussed, they attacked sites that have withdrawn their support of Wikileaks. The article mentions that Anonymous created 'a tool enabling computers to join the co-ordinated attacks against websites perceived to be "anti-Wikileaks" is now reported to have been downloaded more than 31,000 times'. <br /> The ease with which people are able to sabotage big name companies is alarming. It would be interesting to take a look at what this software is that allows anyone to participate in this destabilization of websites especially with news that people as young as 16 have been involved in it and arrested. (<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/09/teen-arrested-wikileaks-attacks_n_794641.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/09/teen-arrested-wikileaks-attacks_n_794641.html</a>)</div>

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  #2 Randall Bass on 03 Apr 11

   

  Ian--I like these questions. That is, even if you understand what denial of service attack is, it still raises the question of how does one launch one, how easy is it to do so, etc.?

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Ian--I like these questions. That is, even if you understand what denial of service attack is, it still raises the question of how does one launch one, how easy is it to do so, etc.?</div>

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