Feds Arrest GeneSimmons.Com Attacker

gManZboy writes "Federal authorities have arrested an alleged member of Anonymous in connection with an "Operation Payback" attack against the website of Kiss bassist Gene Simmons. The charges stem from a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Simmons' website over a five-day period in 2010. Simmons apparently drew the ire of the Anonymous set after he lambasted their peer-to-peer (P2P) downloading proclivities during a 2010 MIPCOM entertainment content media conference panel discussion, where he lamented the failure of the music industry 'to sue every fresh-faced, freckle-faced college kid who downloaded material.'"

Comments

Re:Proxies

[Lehk228]

more like noobs used 7 proxies all operating under *.fbi.gov

Gene Simmons is a gigantic ass

[BitHive]

Just listen to some of the shit he says to Terry Gross:

http://www.erim.net/archives/gene-simmons-and-terry-gross-inteview

Re:Gene Simmons is a gigantic ass

[bipbop]

Your link has a typo. Working link:

http://www.erim.net/archives/gene-simmons-and-terry-gross-interview

Re:Big surprise

[Trepidity]

you do realize that "Anonymous" is just any person who calls themselves that, right?

Kids stealing from hardworking artists, huh?

[The Archon V2.0]

where he lamented the failure of the music industry 'to sue every fresh-faced, freckle-faced college kid who downloaded material

Wonder if he's so quick to lament the failure of manga publishers to sue every fresh-faced, freckle-faced college kid who traced material and then sold it as their own?

For anyone who doesn't know what I'm talking about, look into Nick Simmons' "Incarnate". Not hard to find, just search for the words "Simmons" and "Incarnate" in a search engine and notice how many times the world "plagiarism" can turn up on a single results page.

Re:Kids stealing from hardworking artists, huh?

[Anonymous Coward]

Thanks for the informative comment. Tasty tasty hypocrisy.

Found a nice link: http://bleachness.livejournal.com/446299.html

Re:He is a marketing genius

[elrous0]

I do admire his ability to stand out as one of the biggest assholes in rock, a field DOMINATED by huge assholes. It's like he's dedicated his whole life to being the most selfish, arrogant prick on the planet--with great success. I almost think that being a musician was just a means to that real end. I picture him telling his fellow kindergarteners "When I grow up, I want to be the biggest douchebag in the world."