Anonymous claims to have breached NATO security

[TalkingDog]

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/07/21/anonymous-hackers-claim-to-breach-nato-security/

A group of computer hackers claims to have breached NATO security and accessed hordes of restricted material.

The group called Anonymous says it would be "irresponsible" to publish most of the material it stole from NATO but that it is sitting on about 1 gigabyte of data.

[newfie11]

1. holy shit!!!

[OneGrassRoot]

2. Were a bunch of them arrested or not, does anyone know?

I kept seeing references to reports but nothing concrete.

Were any Anonymous hackers arrested the other day?

:shrug:

[TalkingDog]

6. Police arrested 3 men in their early 20's who they said were members of th org.

But nothing since then.

There is a suggestion that about 50% of the anonymous group is either govt. or people who have been turned by being arrested and threatened with jail time unless they snitch.

But that may be disinfo to dissuade people on both sides of the equation.

Personally, I'm from Missouri.

[OneGrassRoot]

7. LOL. Thanks for the info. :) n/t

[TalkingDog]

11. Maybe this has some answers:

http://pastebin.com/RA15ix7S


Hello thar FBI and international law authorities,

We recently stumbled across the following article with amazement and a certain amount of amusement:

http://www.npr.org/2011/07/20/138555799/fbi-arrests-alleged-anonymous-hackers

The statements made by deputy assistant FBI director Steve Chabinsky in this
article clearly seem to be directed at Anonymous and Lulz Security, and we are
happy to provide you with a response.

You state:

"We want to send a message that chaos on the Internet is unacceptable,
hackers can be believed to have social causes, it's entirely
unacceptable to break into websites and commit unlawful acts."

Now let us be clear here, Mr. Chabinsky, while we understand that you and
your colleagues may find breaking into websites unacceptable, let us tell
you what WE find unacceptable:

* Governments lying to their citizens and inducing fear and terror to keep
them in control by dismantling their freedom piece by piece.

* Corporations aiding and conspiring with said governments while taking
advantage at the same time by collecting billions of funds for
federal contracts we all know they can't fulfil.

* Lobby conglomerates who only follow their agenda to push the profits
higher, while at the same time being deeply involved in governments around
the world with the only goal to infiltrate and corrupt them enough
so the status quo will never change.

These governments and corporations are our enemy. And we will continue to
fight them, with all methods we have at our disposal, and that certainly
includes breaking into their websites and exposing their lies.

We are not scared any more. Your threats to arrest us are meaningless to
us as you cannot arrest an idea. Any attempt to do so will make your
citizens more angry until they will roar in one gigantic choir. It is our
mission to help these people and there is nothing - absolutely nothing - you
can possibly to do make us stop.

"The Internet has become so important to so many people that we have to
ensure that the World Wide Web does not become the Wild Wild West."

Let me ask you, good sir, when was the Internet not the Wild Wild West? Do
you really believe you were in control of it at any point? You were not.

That does not mean that everyone behaves like an outlaw. You see, most
people do not behave like bandits if they have no reason to. We become bandits
on the Internet because you have forced our hand. The Anonymous bitchslap rings
through your ears like hacktivism movements of the 90s. We're back - and we're
not going anywhere. Expect us.

[midnight]

3. I think I remember reading something that they were going to do this..

There was warning, but I forget the reason.... They mean business...

[Champion Jack]

4. Yeah. They said they had Murcochs e-mails too

where are they?

[postulater]

5. Wish they'd go after Walker. nt

[flamingdem]

8. They need to ante up. So far HUGE claims, where's the bacon? nt

[tridim]

9. I'm starting to think these anon and lulzsec stories are disinformation

Seems like they breach security of something or someone every other day, and the targets are getting bigger and more serious.

I think this stuff is being floated by powerful people who want anonymous taken out.

[TalkingDog]

10. Yeah... as i suggested upthread: I'm from Missouri

The "Show Me" state.