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.'"

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Gene Simmons

[Anonymous Coward]

Legality, etc. aside, I thought I'd chime in on Mr. Simmons. If there's a bigger jacka$$ in the U.S., I'd like to see him/her. For 30+ years he has been a living tutorial on annoying self-promotion.

Re:Why DDoS Simmons Site?

[Ethanol-fueled]

What is important to note is that Gene Simmons, being Jewish, is the ultimate bad stereotype and does nothing but harm acceptance of his people. He is greedy, has a large nose, has adopted a reptilian("demonic") stage persona, and is pissing off the same demographic that made him rich decades ago.

In a series of brief interview excerpts shown on Entertainment Weekly's website, celebrities are asked what the best gifts they received were:

BRITNEY SPEARS - ''This little butterfly necklace I got from my little sister. She always liked butterflies.''
GENE SIMMONS - ''Shares in Krispy Kreme. I made a handsome profit.''

My heart goes out to the captured anon and I hope that Gene takes a firsthand look at Krispy Kreme's factory, specifically the oven-baking process.

Big surprise

[RobinEggs]

Anonymous would be a lot more effective if they focused on one thing longer than a week...they've done everything from embarrassment campaigns against child pornographers to hacking secret societies and crime syndicates to various political hacks to that one bizarre incident where they organized a hate mail campaign against a teenager with an anti-profanity site.

They fancy themselves hacktivists but they don't seem to try very hard at sending messages to the public, which I assume is who you'd like to reach if you think the entire government and corporate landscapes are irredeemably corrupt.

Bottom line, I don't get them. I don't think they have to be an absolutely coherent, focused force with an official spokesperson in a tie to be taken seriously, but they usually don't even seem like they're trying to change something; they're just fucking around and punishing people at random.

Re:Big surprise

[rtb61]

I see you fail to understand 'Anonymous'. There is no group, there are only individuals who choose to conduct a protest activity and donate the outcome of that activity to 'Anonymous' rather that taking individual or group credit for the activity.

So anyone at any time can conduct protest activity and proclaim that activity to be the work of 'Anonymous'. There is no group, no conspiracy, just individual choice to participate in protest activity. In the case of denial of service, nothing more than the temporary non-damaging disruption of a marketing channel and where more than one person participates, all that counts is the individual effort. So they must prove that the persons who was involved actually did disrupt, rather that the total efforts of many people ie you can not change one person with an outcome produce by many people, only their individual impact can be measured and whether that would have impacted the service.

The Title Got My Hopes Up

[Ben_R_R]

I first read it as "Feds Arrest Gene Simmons". You can imagine my disappointment.

Re:Who the hell actually listens to KISS songs?

[Artifakt]

People point out that there are some very good bands that have never made the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Rush and Yes for two). Then they mention that Kiss hasn't either, and all the Rush and Yes fans realize the process isn't completely broken and chill.

Re:excellent

[PopeRatzo]

I cannot think of a better use of taxpayer money.

Quoth, Gene Simmons:

"Make sure your brand is protected," Simmons said. "Make sure there are no incursions. Be litigious. Sue everybody. Take their homes, their cars. Don't let anybody cross that line."

One possibly better use of taxpayer money would be a Predator strike on Gene Simmons' house, then making sure that his progeny are all imprisoned, to the seventh generation.

I do believe however, that lenience should be shown to the eighth generation, because to do otherwise would be overkill.