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Hackers take down ring of key progressive blogs (Astalavista)
1/07/09

Posted on 01/07/2009 9:18:44 PM PST by Libloather

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: astalavista; blogs; hackers; leftist

1 posted on 01/07/2009 9:18:47 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather
"As long as the United States professes to be in the free speech business, actions like these cannot be allowed to stand." - Little Sammy Smith.

I'll betcha a dollar to a donut Mrs. Smith's little Sammy is all in favor of his 'RAT massas reinstating their Censorship "Fairness" Doctrine.

2 posted on 01/07/2009 9:27:08 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (CIA Director!....So easy, a caveman can do it!)
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To: Libloather
"progressive" is Orwellian doublespeak for regressive.
3 posted on 01/07/2009 9:30:20 PM PST by JoJo Gunn
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To: Libloather

Obama refuses to give up his Blackberry, of course its monitored and recorded by the Secret Service but still it is also open to hacking.

And that raises the questions of national security, if Obama continues to use a device that can be hacked and he has information of a secure nature then he is committing treason.

Welcome to the Whitejailhouse Barry.


4 posted on 01/07/2009 9:30:42 PM PST by Eye of Unk (How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! SA)
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To: Libloather

astalavista? Is that what you say when you give up on microsoft windows?


5 posted on 01/07/2009 9:33:03 PM PST by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: Libloather

“(Astalavista)”??????


6 posted on 01/07/2009 9:35:22 PM PST by sionnsar (Iran Azadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY)|http://trad-anglican.faithweb.com/|RCongressIn2Years)
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To: Libloather
If members of Astalavista were actually involved with this, it had absolutely nothing to do with politics. They're mostly pretty liberal.

The blog-server owner wrote the blog platform but he didn't secure it, and it was being used as a proxy. From the story, it sounds like the internet provider notified the server owner.....meaning the internet provider saw the traffic, not that the servers were being attacked.

This guy's just being a lefty drama queen.

If Astalavista could find a backdoor to proxy through FR, they'd use it and none of us would notice it.

7 posted on 01/07/2009 9:41:31 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny (ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
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To: sionnsar
Astalavista.com and .org.

I used to subscribe to the .com. They had some sweet tools there.

8 posted on 01/07/2009 9:43:35 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny (ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
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To: Eye of Unk

“...and he has information of a secure nature...”

I’m hoping the adults in charge of him don’t let him anywhere near information of a secure nature.


9 posted on 01/07/2009 9:48:47 PM PST by ChicagahAl (So your bumper sticker says: "Don't blame me, I didn't vote!"? Duh!)
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To: sionnsar

Altavista was one of my favorite websites & search engines WAY BACK when Dial-up and Clinton were NEW!


10 posted on 01/07/2009 10:10:51 PM PST by PizzaDriver (an heinleinian/libertarian)
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To: JoJo Gunn
“progressive” is Orwellian doublespeak for regressive.
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We should call them what they are: Marxists!

And..Yes, Marxism and Communism is regressive! ( deadly too!)

11 posted on 01/08/2009 2:10:32 AM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are NOT stupid)
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To: Libloather

Let’s see what will more happening through cyberterrorism


12 posted on 01/08/2009 2:30:44 AM PST by rmarley
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To: Libloather
Don't know the backstory, but this comment seems humorous:

you geniuses are referring to ALTAVISTA not astalavista
Little White Sambo | Homepage | 01.07.09 - 10:58 pm

13 posted on 01/08/2009 2:35:18 AM PST by GVnana ("I once dressed as Tina Fey for Halloween." - Sarah Palin)
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To: GVnana
Isn`t astalavista Awwnold`d website?Guess it got TERMINATED!
14 posted on 01/08/2009 11:01:47 AM PST by nomad
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To: mamelukesabre

LOL!


15 posted on 01/08/2009 2:37:29 PM PST by darkangel82 (I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
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