He looks like a Pat to me.
Good guess: according to other links, he was arrested fighting protestors of a Gay Pride parade. He belonged to an organization called "Gay Anarchists Extreme Group".
Posted on 07/05/2005 8:27:56 AM PDT by mnehring
In January 2005, Jeremy Hammond and the hacker group collectively known as the "Internet Liberation Front" gained illegal access to the ProtestWarrior server. Thousands of customer credit card numbers were then stolen for the purpose of making millions of dollars in donations to various leftwing organizations. In early February, ProtestWarrior discovered the illegal breach and the identity of the criminals responsible.
Using the hacker recruiting ground www.hackthissite.org, Jeremy Hammond put together and led a team of politically motivated "hacktivists" to probe the ProtestWarrior server for months until an exploit was found. When an obscure vulnerability was discovered in the PW server's newsletter subscription code, they managed to upload malicious files that gave them the ability to execute commands on the server.
Upon discovering the hack, we immediately began collecting information on the breach and managed to penetrate Jeremy's inner circle. We then collected evidence that more than 5,000 credit card numbers had been stolen by Jeremy and the "Internet Liberation Front" and that they were planning on doing the following:
*charge hundreds of dollars per stolen credit card number as donations to various left-wing organizations by using an automated donation submission script
*send the entire ProtestWarrior HQ database (complete with usernames, passwords, and operation details) to left-wing groups hostile to ProtestWarrior (including the entire contents of our mail server)
*upload all credit card numbers and other sensitive customer information to hundreds of anarchist and left-wing sites (specifically Indymedia) as a downloadable zip file
*anonymously send press releases and material to thousands of media contacts to boast of the malicious hack and the millions of dollars defrauded, and to publish any and all sensitive information regarding the ProtestWarrior organization
*erase the entire PW server
*launch simultaneous attacks on other conservative sites
Upon discovering their plans, we contacted the FBI and the Secret Service, who immediately began investigating the case. We were able to provide them with a tremendous amount of evidence regarding the breach, the criminals responsible, and their plans to commit massive credit card fraud. We also reported the incident to all credit card companies involved to make sure that ProtestWarrior's customers were protected. With our help, the FBI was able to thwart Jeremy and his army of "hacktivists".
After contacting the FBI, we immediately hired a security consultant and removed all sensitive information from the server. We eventually moved the server to a new box, where we blocked off the system and data files from the web server and changed the online store software to a super- secure system that stores zero sensitive customer information. In addition, we hired an internet security firm to run a series of vigorous vulnerability tests on our server, which our server all passed.
The reason we haven't made this announcement earlier is that our customers were already protected and we didn't want to jeopardize the ongoing FBI investigation of Jeremy and his "hacktivist" army.
The reason we're posting this now is that Jeremy, in a desperate move, is publicly appealing to the internet community regarding his pending FBI investigation. Using his site www.freejeremy. com, he is trying to solicit donations for his defense fund and generate public sympathy while spreading slanderous disinformation regarding ProtestWarrior and the events leading up to the FBI investigation.
We will soon be releasing much more information and details regarding the incident and the ongoing FBI investigation. Rest assured, justice will be served.
-Kfir and Alan www.protestwarrior.com
If the Feds find out that Mr. Hammond has worked in conjunction with the Animal Liberation Front and Earth Liberation Front, he could be facing 30 years or more at Leavenworth Federal Prison.
I dunno, he reminds me of Alan Colmes, another useless idiot.
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No, but he does not deny it.. There are guys at the NSA and FBI way smarter than this kid and I am sure if that information is anywhere they will find it among off of his stuff..
And their mailing address. That South Dearborn address is for the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago.
Speaking at the Chicago benefit was a young anarchist, Jeremy Hammond, whom the PDC defended following his arrest at the 27 June 2004 Gay Pride Parade. Hammond and two others were seized by cops for defending their march from anti-gay bigots who attacked the parade. Recalling the IWW's slogan, "An injury to one is an injury to all," the PDC has a long history of mobilizing labor to defend gay rights. Chicago is the city, after all, where the PDC and Spartacist League mobilized hundreds of steel workers, auto workers, transit workers and others in defense of Gay Pride Day in 1982 when Nazis threatened it.
See my post directly above. Maybe Jeremy is gonna enjoy his jail time? I hope the judge has the sense to cut him off from computer access like they did with Kevin Mitnick.
Jeremy will probably end up in Marion.
Jeremy will probably end up in Marion. It's not exactly Club Fed.
...Or for that mater any conspiracy crime. But I tend to believe that he committed an actual crime here. If I left my back door open and you found out, came in and wrote down all my account numbers from my checkbook, whether you charged against my account or not has nothing to do with the fact that you invaded my home. Same should be said for servers. Finding an exploit is not an invitation to invade another's privacy.
If this is the same Jeremy maybe he won't mind getting gangbanged in the slammer. Who knows.
Informative links, tgslTakoma! Good job!
Thank YOU for the ping. Germy assaulted police. With his little underage buddies at this gayprideevent. Just read tsgltakoma's links in post 191.
Some recent signatures:
Dennis , California Jeremy did in fact hack into protestWarrior. He did in fact steal credit card information on many people who use the site. Jeremy is a CRIMINAL and deserves prosecution and prison for his crimes. Make no mistake, Jeremy is not a modern day Robin Hood, but more of a Techo Terrorist. Instead of shouting "Free Jeremy", we should be shouting "JAIL JEREMY". It doesn't matter what you think of Jeremy's political activism, criminal behavior is exactly that, regardless of so called "Good intentions"Ben Dover, Podunk AR -- Jeremy gives the best head of anyone I know. I think he'll be very popular in prison.
Andy Stephenson, -- We're just $10 away from freeing Jeremy!
Stupid, stupid kid. Isn't it amazing that a kid like this has the wherewithall to hack into a computer network, but not the ability to imagine, if ever sent to prison, how vulnerable he would be?
(Ok, so this is the mother in me talking - too bad his retard parents didn't slap those jowls of his silly)
He looks like a Pat to me.
Good guess: according to other links, he was arrested fighting protestors of a Gay Pride parade. He belonged to an organization called "Gay Anarchists Extreme Group".
This goes way beyond simple hacking.
He calls himself a Political Hacktivist, for God's sakes. That doesn't sound like some innocent guy with no agenda other than the pursuit of knowledge.
They have way to much information about the overall plans for all this pilfered information.
This kid is in big trouble.
I understand completely.
How can someone possess the intellect to do such difficult things with a computer yet lack the intelligence and foresight to ponder the inevitable outcome?
If I'd pulled something like this, my dad would've done far worse to me than the cops ever could.
Right after I got my first car, I got a speeding ticket at a highway speed trap.
It didn't matter that I was 4 mph over the limit only because I was passing a semi *and* that I [stupidly and obediently] pulled over for the trooper even though he'd actually been waving somebody *else* over, *I* still got the ticket.
I was terrified to go home that night.
It was the first time I ever "broke the law" and I felt like such a felon.
Luckily, the folks understood and I paid the fine and that was it.
He broke the law plain and simple. Let justice be done.
what an unforgiveably ugly loser! Looks like he fell off the top'o the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down face first.
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