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13 Members of Anonymous Indicted
AP via ABC News ^ | October 3, 2013 | PETE YOST

Posted on 10/03/2013 8:54:51 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows

A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted 13 members of the Internet hacking group Anonymous for allegedly carrying out cyber-attacks worldwide, including targets that refused to process payments for WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy website founded by Julian Assange.

The U.S.-based members of Anonymous are accused of zeroing in on the computers of governments, trade associations, law firms, financial institutions and other institutions that oppose the philosophy of Anonymous to make all information free for everyone, regardless of copyright laws or national security considerations.

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I strongly suggest reading the entire article. The cybervandals are starting to learn that actions have consequences.
1 posted on 10/03/2013 8:54:51 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
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To: Slings and Arrows

Caught in their own Web.


2 posted on 10/03/2013 8:57:02 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.))
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To: Slings and Arrows

Bump


3 posted on 10/03/2013 9:01:18 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Slings and Arrows

Not so anonymous now.


4 posted on 10/03/2013 9:09:11 PM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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To: Henry Hnyellar

Donut gets you a dollar they talked themselves into jail.


5 posted on 10/03/2013 9:12:07 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Only 13 out of 300. Another reason the government is worthless. However if you believe in freedom, then the government knows every thing it can about you.

To the posters point:The cybervandals are starting to learn that actions have consequences.

Cyber tech and their vandals, are so far ahead of our gov that it’s not even funny. 90% of cyber tech criminals will never be punished. The government is to slow, technology is fast. They will do their work out of different countries.

The US gov will do nothing beyond it’s reach. This is a stupid article.


6 posted on 10/03/2013 9:13:13 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose
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To: Slings and Arrows
In December 2010, the conspirators discussed possible targets related to WikiLeaks, which received more than 700,000 documents and some battlefield video from Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning...

OK, Pete, you lost a little credibility there. If you're willing to pretend the Bradley is Chelsea, how are we to take your writing on Anonymous seriously? Are these really hackers or let's-pretend hackers?

8 posted on 10/03/2013 10:07:52 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

The Associated Press ran a giant national fundraising pitch for Texas Democrat Wendy Davis today, only barely disguised as “news.”

“Wendy Davis stepping on national stage with gubernatorial bid, will need national support”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/wendy-davis-stepping-on-national-stage-with-gubernatorial-bid-will-need-national-support/2013/10/02/d2852142-2b98-11e3-b141-298f46539716_story.html

Yes, seriously, that was the headline.

They’re not even bothering with subtle anymore.


9 posted on 10/03/2013 10:12:58 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (Throw All The Bums Out.)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper; Billthedrill

*shrug* AP.


10 posted on 10/03/2013 10:19:23 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

So, the Anonymous weren’t.


11 posted on 10/03/2013 10:23:42 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (It's hard to accept the truth when the lies were exactly what you wanted to hear.)
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So, the Anonymous weren’t.

The old saying is that on the internet no one knows you're a dog.

Except the NSA.

They know you're a dog.

12 posted on 10/03/2013 10:26:42 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (Throw All The Bums Out.)
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To: EternalVigilance

Sometimes a MAC address is more than previously thought.

Word to the wise.


13 posted on 10/03/2013 10:27:53 PM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?s)
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To: Cyber Liberty

Appears not.


14 posted on 10/03/2013 10:39:24 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: EternalVigilance

>> They know you’re a dog.

My GSD can’t hit less than 16 keys at a time. So that rules out my dog.


15 posted on 10/03/2013 10:58:31 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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