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LulzSec Teams With Anonymous, In Operation AntiSec

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the summon-dennis-leary dept.

c0lo writes "After a brief spat where the notorious Anonymous hacking collective sniped at Lulzsec, the 'upstart' hacking collective, for crowing about low-rent Denial of Service attacks on the CIA and 4chan websites, the two groups have apparently teamed up in operation Anti-Sec. The operation's 'top priority is to steal and leak any classified government information, including email spools and documentation. Prime targets are banks and other high-ranking establishments. If they try to censor our progress, we will obliterate the censor with cannonfire anointed with lizard blood.' We can only predict that the following will be unpredictable: store canned food and flash batteries, change your eBanking password daily."

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  1. Impact on bitcoins? by turkeyfeathers · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're targeting banks and other high-ranking establishments... are my bitcoins at MtGox going to be safe?

    1. Re:Impact on bitcoins? by tenaciousj · · Score: 5, Insightful

      This will in no way affect your bitcoin collection. They will still be as big of a joke in the future as they are now.

  2. Misguided Intentions by what2123 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    While I am not against their intentions of trying to open up the government-corporation love affair, this will only result in the creation of stupid legislature where everyone is forced to present an ID on the internet. Of course, those that want to get around this will, the same way all ID-thieves work, steal some other persons information.

  3. This is what happens when... by pandrijeczko · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...one hacking group with small willies meets another hacking group with tiny penises.

    --
    Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
  4. Re:Ignore the script kiddies by pla · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So it is their fault you voted for a totally corrupt out of control government who tramples on your rights daily in the name of "security"? Perhaps you should vote for someone who will actually uphold the US Constitution?

    Because in the US, we have a choice between people who will ignore the constitution to build their utopian socialist welfare state, and people who will ignore the constitution to build their Christian-Industrial heaven-on-Earth.

    I'd say showing support for the likes of LulzSec by publicly cheering them on comes about as close as most people can get to really voting for "none of the above".

  5. Re:Inflated sense of self-importance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I work in a bank and I'll confirm this. There has been a big "security" push around here lately but it only consists of stupid shit like imposing the most ridiculous password policies for the 5 or so different incompatible systems in use plus a slew of sites and applications that don't use any of the centralized systems. The end result predictably being that everyone has taken to writing down their passwords. Banks are all about the semblance of security, not actual security.

  6. Re:Inflated sense of self-importance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Dear Slashdot,

    Please continue to provide updates on one of the most important events in recent technological history.

    These people are putting into motion a chain of events that will first, lead to massive draconian regulation of internet presence as well as personal internet usage and finally, start a revolution online which will create the most open and free global network the world has ever seen.

    They're also exposing the complete failure of the "whitehat" information security industry as a whole. They are a joke, they are thieves, and they deserve to be humiliated forever for the scams they perpetrate.

    We should be thanking Lulzsec and anyone else who agrees with what they do.