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Operation Payback and Hactivism 101

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the tread-softly dept.

Orome1 writes "While individual acts of hacktivism are inconvenient, something else happens when hacktivists group together — they commonly perform a DDoS attack. Techniques have advanced to automate the process, making the attacks more powerful and thus more able to bypass security controls — the effect, however, remains the same. Let us take a look at the recent Operation Payback which has gained notoriety in the past few months."

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  1. For further explanation of this concept by digitaldc · · Score: 4, Informative

    The DDOS Wikipedia Entry is much more informative than this article, I would suggest reading it instead.

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  2. Re:Let's break the law by Ihmhi · · Score: 3, Informative

    Only the public websites of Visa, Mastercard, et al. are being hit. The actual functionality of their payment system has been untouched.

    It's a slap in the face without disrupting their actual business.

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  3. Re:Wikileaks did it to themselves by SuricouRaven · · Score: 3, Informative

    They actually do retact the information. That's why it's coming out so slowly, a little at a time, rather than just sticking a multi-gig torrent up.

  4. Well it worked .... by unity100 · · Score: 4, Informative

    At first paypal was blabbering that they cut wikileaks due to 'violation of tos', and there was no political pressure involved. (probably liebermann warned them to say that). A few days with anonymous, they came around to openly say that they did it due to political pressure. A few more days, they decided to release the wikileaks funds they were holding ...

    you cant say it didnt work.

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