FREEP against the Hackers. This Christmas shop at Amazon, pay for it with Mastercard

Vanity and Computer World ^ | 12.9/2010 | me

[Bob Hyneman]

Computerworld - This morning's planned distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Amazon.com by Anonymous, a hacker group that has launched similar attacks against organizations it sees attempting to censor WikiLeaks, appears to have failed.

Vanity: The attacks by cyber terrorist groupitself "Anonymous" have backfired.

As soon as I heard they had attacked Amazon and visa I did all my Christmas shopping at Amazon.com . . .and paid for it with my visa.

Thanks to Anonymous Amazon.com is $350 richer.

Cyberterrorism: the illegal use of computers and the internet to achieve a poltical goal especialy an attempt to intimedate or coerce others for poltical ends

[GeronL]

So those of us who boycott Amazon for allowing ebooks about how to get away with molesting kids should stop?

[the invisib1e hand]

So those of us who boycott Amazon for allowing ebooks about how to get away with molesting kids should stop?

...related: so all of a sudden MasterCard is your friend, just because they were hacked by Assanges friends?

Boy I tell you what: if you let other people make up your mind for you, you'll be pretty dizzy these days...

[Bob Hyneman]

Oh I think amazon.com will profit nicely from being perceived as the victim of cyberterrorism.

Oh and MasterCard.com is up and running again.

[JerseyHighlander]

Remember back when ComputerWorld magazine has as thick as a deck of playing cards and you eagerly awaited the new edition to reach the mailbox or newsstand?

This original post... What a sad sad idiotic commentary on the abysmal quality of print that CW is putting out these days.

/still buys copies at newsstands