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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. So by Kymation · · Score: 5, Funny

    My cat is a hacking tool?

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

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

    Christ!