International Monetary Fund Braces For Possible Hack Attack From Anonymous

[cory777]

Source: Huffington Post

The International Monetary Fund is ready to be hacked.

According to the Wall Street Journal, an IMF spokesperson confirms that it is taking measures to safeguard against a possible hack attack from cybervigilante group Anonymous.

"We are aware of the threat, and have taken appropriate action," an IMF spokesman told the WSJ.

Anonymous posted a tweet on Wednesday urging followers to set their sights on the IMF website. "#OperationGreece: Target: http://www.imf.org," the tweet read. The time of the attack is still "TBA."

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Anonymous released a missive on May 25 condemning the Greek Government and the IMF for accepting the loan without letting citizens vote on the agreement, and for subjecting the people of the country to "prolonged poverty and a dramatic decrease in their standards of living."



Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/01/anonymous-imf_n_869914.html

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[joshcryer]

1. Just a heads up, if you see people offering DDoS tools to "help" politely decline.

"Anon" got a bunch of dorks in trouble for running their apps to DDoS sites.

[boppers]

2. If you don't know how to use the tools, don't try.

For example, if you're going to use LOIC (or even just a bunch of ab threads), don't do it from a static, home, IP, without laundering through TOR or similar.

If you don't know what that means, stay away from DDoS tools.

[JackInGreen]

3. Don't use TOR man

If you DDOS through the TOR proxy, all you're doing is hitting their proxy server.

[boppers]

4. Well, you're hitting both systems.

Point being: don't leave an easily tracked path.