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
I hope he didn't pay a lot for that haircut. Those dark circles around his eyes give him sort of an Uncle Fester look.
Not true, trust me I know. You don't need to use the info to go to prison.
I'm sorry, I wasn't clear. Sure the possibility exists that he'll go to prison. However, since no actual financial damage was done, the chances of probation just skyrocketed.
Hopefully he spends a LONG time in the pokey for his behavior, and has a long time to think about it.
Ah...so he's wonderfully stupid, then?....:)
You're the second person on this thread with that opinion.
One more and we've got a majority vote....;))
[I wuz jist gonna gofer "he'd gag a buzzard off'n a gut wagon" but abstained due to inherent social delicacy]...LOL!
Why isn't this in breaking news with a banner headline? This should be broadly known.
Loo's like he'll have a lot of close friends in prison.
Bumping to top
Techno Terrorists should be held at Gitmo until the end of the War on Terror, per the rules of war.
Hopefully, Jeremy will get lot's of "fan mail" in response to all of this well-deserved publicity.
(Twisted Smiley.)
-good times, G.J.P. (Jr.)
ha ha ha ha...
:))
-good times, G.J.P. (Jr.)
I'd suggest just the opposite - if the prosecutors and judge look at his rap sheet (and no doubt they will), they'll see he was previously arrested for resisting arrest, etc. See the links posted above.
Shades of Lyndon LaRouche, although he merely defrauded his actual contributors, if memory serves, or perhaps stole the old fashioned way, using a boilerplant operation of phone banks. Thanks Dubs, for the ping.
I'm thinkin', no white collar prison for these a-holes. Send them to the Don't-Drop-the-Soap university for a real education.
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