Interpol arrested 25 suspected Anonymous members
Interpol arrested 25 suspected Anonymous members
AFPFebruary 28, 2012 2:43 PM
Interpol has arrested 25 suspected members of the 'Anonymous' hackers group in a swoop on over a dozen cities in Europe and Latin America, the global police body said Tuesday.
"Operation Unmask was launched in mid-February following a series of coordinated cyber-attacks originating from Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Spain," said the world police body based in the French city of Lyon.
The statement cited attacks on the websites of the Colombian Ministry of Defence and the presidency, as well as on Chile's Endesa electricity company and its National Library, among others.
The operation was carried out by police from Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Spain, the statement said, with 250 items of computer equipment and mobile phones seized in raids on 40 premises in 15 cities.
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shraby
(21,946 posts)on sites..the ones that trash your computer unless you order their program..also the ones promulgating all sorts of virus invaders that also trash a home computer.
And don't forget the keyboard click tracker, that makes the computer soooo slow.
Those are the real crooks.
christx30
(6,241 posts)for that kind of thing is "Rogue antivirus". As a tech support agent, those things are the bane of my existence.
chrisa
(4,524 posts)I was like:
Versailles
(476 posts)Those things drive me nuts. On the other hand since I charge by the hour, and those thing typically take a good chunk of time to fully eradicate and make sure they are gone (assuming the client doesn't want the easy reinstall the OS option), it does help keep me profitable.
I am not happy that some of my income is based off of the gullibility of people and the maliciousness of others, but I know that when I see that is the problem with the computer, I'm going to be able to make it through another week in business...
christx30
(6,241 posts)"people suck"
And as long as people suck, there will be malicious people out there. They are going to try to use their gifts to cheat money out of people rather than getting a real job. And because they are online, they are hard to catch.
And as long as the bad guys exist, superheroes like you and me must stand fast, and help those in need. But we don't need to do it for free. My landlord won't accept "I'm helping people" in leiu of rent.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)They are amazingly annoying when they hack into organizations they don't like but I don't really see them as toppling world power structures when anyone with the time and the computer skills can do the same.
And in fact when other world governments are no doubt breaking into our systems and stealing our info at the same time.
Same as we do to them. It's all a pointless circle.
DaveJ
(5,023 posts)The powers that be do not want to feel like there is anyone more powerful than they are, even if the one's more powerful are better, more refined, more ethical, patriotic, and upstanding.
Those people seek power just for the sake of power, there is no other rationale. Just like cops pepper spraying innocent kids. It's not for the good of society, but their own selfish primal satisfaction.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Of course, if I speak of a blackop, I don't really know anything about a blackop, according to Stratfor...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002356939
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)And how the fuck are they going to process 25 people with a single name of "Anonymous"?
starroute
(12,977 posts)Anonymous is everybody or nobody. If you say you're Anonymous, you are. It's not an organization and it has no members.
They might have arrested these people for hacking, or for conspiracy to do something untoward -- but "being a member of Anonymous" is not a real thing.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)starroute
(12,977 posts)Googling -- anonymous illuminati -- produces a vast number of hits claiming either that Anonymous *are* the Illuminati -- or at least a tool of the Illuminati -- or else that Anonymous are doing battle with the Illuminati.
There's a whole new set of conspiracy theories in the making out there, and they're only going to get weirder.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)xchrom
(108,903 posts)what a waste.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)Or so it's being rumored on the interwebs.
Was Treasury Secretary Arrested, Questioned & Released??
By Lawrence Sinclair - February 27, 2012
This afternoon we received a phone call informing us that their were reports Treasury
Secretary Timothy Geithner was arrested, questioned and released by New York Police
February 24, 2012. The caller informed us that they were unable to find a single mention
of the reported arrest on any of the mainstream media outlets websites. After
performing a simple Google search we came across a number of blog reports claiming
Secretary Geithner was arrested in New York, was questioned and then released. Rather
than attempt to contact the individual blogs which made the claims, we contacted the
Department of the Treasury Press Office.
http://www.lsnewsgroup.com/2012/02/27/was-treasury-secretary-arrested-questioned-released/
xchrom
(108,903 posts)AnneD
(15,774 posts)the banksters that crashed the economy or Jon Corizine, Mozillo and other crooks that have done real damage walk free.
Some how this does not seem just.
Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)I laugh at that number. Those who were caught are more than likely novice hackers.
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)They got enough problems.
Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)Not.
drm604
(16,230 posts)Interpol can't arrest anybody.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol#Methodology