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Wikileaks DDoS Attacker Arrested, Equipment Seized

kaptink writes "The self proclaimed hacker that waged a DDoS attack on Wikileaks has been arrested and has had all his equipment seized. What is interesting is that local police conducted the raid and not a federal authority such as the FBI. The Jester (th3j35t3r) who has a reputation for attacking websites he disagrees with is said to be trying to raise $10,000 in expected lawyers fees. If anyone is going to be alight in the whole Wikileaks debacle, its going to be the lawyers. Personally I think anyone who spells their nick with numbers in an effort to look 'leet' deserves to have their computer confiscated."

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  1. th3j35t3r - Lame. by Teckla · · Score: 5, Funny

    A nick name like "th3j35t3r" is so unbelievably lame.

    It clearly should be "7h3j3573r".

  2. Re:Computer expert? by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Watch it with the comments about having numbers in your nick, dude. We're both on very thin ice here.

  3. Re:I'm surprised. by grub · · Score: 4, Funny


    Happy World AIDS Day to you, too!

    lol.

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  4. Re:Computer expert? by ArhcAngel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let me allay any doubts.

    Besides all you need to get a name without numbers is be good at mispelling things.

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  5. S(r3w u! by turing_m · · Score: 5, Funny

    1 \/\/4$ 4B4|\|D0|\|3D 4$ 4 (|-|1LD 4|\|D r41$3D b'/ |-|4>0r3r$, j00Z 1|\|$3|\|$171\/3 (L0D!

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    1. Re:S(r3w u! by Rich0 · · Score: 5, Funny

      You left off the required #!/usr/bin/perl at the start.

  6. Re:Summary Fail by NiceGeek · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Someone on here earlier was saying that the Jester doesn't have the smarts or the technology to pull off something like the DDoS "

    and if someone says something on Slashdot, it must be true!

  7. Re:Summary Fail by blind+monkey+3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    which makes locating and arresting him about as hard for a cop as scratching his own nuts.
    Hey, you try scratching your nuts when you have a donut in one hand and a coffee in the other... you get some strange looks if you start scratching against furniture.

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  8. Re:Fast response time... by grcumb · · Score: 4, Funny

    It only took two days since the attack occurred for the perpetrator to be tracked down and arrested? I can't say I've ever heard of such a fast response time to a computer crime. I'm quite surprised.

    Is this typical these days?

    Nah, not hardly. Let me demonstrate.

    I'll just fire up my handy-dandy scrypto-rama botnet infestor... there... and point it at Amazon... like that. And - hang on, there's someone at the doo%$^&%&*+++NO CARRIER

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  9. Re:Summary Fail by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    I may not have the smarts to do that either but I posted a link to my own server on slashdot and it stopped working.

  10. Re:Summary Fail by AndrewNeo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not if he was behind SEVEN PROXIES.

  11. Re:4n0nym0u5 by by+(1706743) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess this makes my nick even more lame (first level of lameness in that I didn't even get the right UID).

  12. Re:Summary Fail by ilikejam · · Score: 5, Funny

    "He has to make it past a belly bloated by years of coffee and donuts."

    Careful - these are IT types your talking to.

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