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Wikileaks DDoS Attacker Arrested, Equipment Seized

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-feel-safer-already dept.

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. Real vigilantes do not by losttoy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1. Attack Amazon's infrastructure from their home computer
    2. Post about it on twitter
    3. Make videos of the attack and blog
    4. Try to recruit sidekicks
    5. Brag about it on IRC and the interwebs

    You do any or all of the above, and you are not a vigilante or a cracker. You are just another idiot you got his/her paws on a computer.

  2. Re:Summary Fail by NiceGeek · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The nice thing about conspiracies is that they can be blamed for everything.

  3. Re:On a related note by Amouth · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Kudos to Amazon for knowing where their bread is buttered.

    NO.. no kudos for them - now if they where presented with a court order to shut it down then by all means.

    but this is a violation of due process if not, and as far as i'm concerned places Amazon out of what could be reasonably considered a common carrier on their EC2 platform..

    which means they should be liable as assisting any illegal activity that happens on their EC2 platform.

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