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Did Anonymous Take Down CIA.gov?

Posted by timothy on from the scheduled-demolition-of-the-old-bailey dept.

jfruh writes "The CIA's website has been down intermittently since Friday, apparently the victim of a DDOS attack. One of the more interesting questions of the story is whether elements of Anonymous are behind this — a question that even prominent members of the Anonymous movement can't seem to answer with any certainty. Perhaps this is obvious, but it seems that an anarchic, leaderless grouping can be hard to keep tabs on."

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  1. XKCD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think XKCD summed up this situation best: http://xkcd.com/932/

    1. Re:XKCD by N0Man74 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ah-ha! So you admit that Anonymous took down the CIA website using a slashdotting hack!

    2. Re:XKCD by lidocaineus · · Score: 5, Funny

      Did you really have to explain it? This is /.

    3. Re:XKCD by KhabaLox · · Score: 4, Funny

      That comic is from 28 weeks ago!

      Randall is either a precog or the leader of Anonymous.

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      Ceci n'est pas un sig.
  2. It's a .GOV by ShavedOrangutan · · Score: 5, Funny

    They all left early on Friday, came in late on Monday, and have been in a meeting ever since. It'll probably be back online sometime Thursday.

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    Godaddy is a scam and a ripoff.
  3. Re:Authoritarians Do Not Grasp Distributed by TheCarp · · Score: 3, Funny

    > Even anarchists will organize a government given sufficient logistics problems to solve.

    And only those who couldn't get past a base dictionary definition of anarchism were surprised.

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    "I opened my eyes, and everything went dark again"
  4. try the seafood platter by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perhaps this is obvious, but it seems that an anarchic, leaderless grouping can be hard to keep tabs on

    And as for Anonymous, they're even worse!

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    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
  5. Re:The establishment needs a target to blame by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's like assuming that every Anonymous Coward is the same person.

    As the Anonymous Coward, I am fully qualified to say that I am, indeed, the same person.