Tag: DDoS
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Christopher Doyon – Hacker
Christopher Doyon Chris Doyon (alias “Commander X”), a self-described leader ‘within’ Anonymous, was arrested in September 2011 for a cyberattack on the website of Santa Cruz County, California. He jumped bail in February 2012 and fled across the border into Canada.(alias “Commander X”), a self-described leader ‘within’ Anonymous, was arrested in September 2011 for a cyberattack on the…
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Recommendations for the Hacktivist Community
Statement of Purpose I have been observing the hacker and hacktivist communities, at times very closely, for many years. The exact definition of “hacker” and “hacktivist” varies from author to author, so I shall make my interpretation of these words very clear. Let us define a “hacker” as someone who utilizes their knowledge of computers…
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No Place to Hide: #PayPal14, Glenn Greenwald, PayPal Billionaire
* Use the hashtag #PayPal14. Respond to tweets from @Pierre and @ggreenwald. Don’t forget Greenwald’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/glenn.greenwald.5 PRESS RELEASE The PayPal14 were arrested nearly three years ago on the front lines of the digital information war, helping put the hacktivist movement and specifically Anonymous on the map. Now the whistleblower/hacktivist culture they helped launch…
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Activist Barrett Brown Raided by FBI During Online Video Chat
http://youtu.be/eky-q9CE_co For the second time this year, self-proclaimed Anonymous spokesman Barrett Brown was raided by the FBI. The latest dramatic incident occurred late Wednesday evening while Brown and another woman identified by some as his girlfriend were participating in an online chat on TinyChat with other individuals. Two minutes into the recorded chat session, loud…
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Opinion: Why we need Anonymous 2.0
by Lisa Vaas on April 24, 2012 A few thoughts on the “hacktivist” group Anonymous that came out of Josh Corman and Brian “Jericho” Martin’s keynote at theSOURCE security conference in Boston last week: Hacktivist is a sloppy term. A small percentage of those who claim affiliation with the ideology, or movement, or brand, or whatever we wind…