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WikiLeaks Defenders Threaten Amazon

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the world-war-something-or-other dept.

healeyb writes "CNN is announcing that, starting at 11 AM EST, the hackers (coined Operation Payback) responsible for the DDoS attacks on MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, and PostFinance have promised to commence an attack against Amazon for their revocation of the WikiLeaks EC2 account. They released a do-it-yourself hacking tool online Thursday so other people can help with the attacks they say took down the websites of MasterCard and Visa..."

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  1. DIY hacking tool? by Hatta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is wget in a while loop insufficient?

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    1. Re:DIY hacking tool? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      It would be more interesting if they could run the tool from within EC2.

      just sayin'

    2. Re:DIY hacking tool? by entotre · · Score: 3, Funny

      The 'hacking tool' for everyone: object on F5-key

    3. Re:DIY hacking tool? by iter8 · · Score: 4, Funny

      The pseudocode for LOIC is:
      1. Post article on /. about Amazon being shutdown
      2. /.'ers rush to amazon.com to see if it's true
      3. Success!

  2. So by Kymation · · Score: 5, Funny

    My cat is a hacking tool?

  3. Re:M.A.D. by spun · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anyone who wants to flay is a terrorist. The only way to stop terrorism is molesting people. They haven't found any bombs yet, but that's proves that it's working.

    Doesn't that depend on what you want to flay? I mean, flaying a deer is okay. Flaying a TSA agent, not so much.

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  4. Re:M.A.D. by da5idnetlimit.com · · Score: 3, Funny

    There has been a few days (and a few harrassing plane tranfers) where the flaying of a TSA agent would have been welcome...

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  5. Re:M.A.D. by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pretty much. There always an "ist" of some sort to battle against.

    Christ!