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Anonymous Now Attacking Corporate Fax Machines

Posted by Soulskill on from the distributed-denial-of-stationary dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Anonymous has claimed responsibility for distributed denial of service attacks against several anti-WikiLeaks websites this month. In a novel twist to the campaign, Mission Leakflood has started a new DDoS attack against fax numbers belonging to Amazon, MasterCard, Moneybookers, PayPal, Visa and Tableau Software. Some numbers have already stopped responding, and Twitter and PostFinance have since been added to the target list."

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  1. A what? by jamesl · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's a Fax Machine?

    1. Re:A what? by pspahn · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's a machine that stores, retrieves, and serves Fax. Fax such as "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop" and "how often does Google watch me in the shower?"

      Current forms of Fax Machines are Wikipedia, and Answers.com. They serve their purpose and serve it well. Previous incarnations include the Rosetta Stone, Newpaper Rock, and the Black Monolith. While comparatively primitive by modern standards, these archaic Fax Machines undoubtedly sparked the minds of those who used them.

      Honorable mention goes to Baghdad Bob for keeping faithful to the true heart of Fax Machines, though ultimately his Fax were deemed inaccurate.

      --
      Someone flopped a steamer in the gene pool.
    2. Re:A what? by makubesu · · Score: 4, Funny

      An additional source of confusion is that Fox uses a Faux machine to generate its stories.

  2. Mommy won't be happy... by RightwingNutjob · · Score: 5, Funny

    when the feds bust down the door to her house because you've been dialing out of her basement.