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News New arrest made in Anonymous and LulzSec clampdown

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by arcticstoat, 28 Jul 2011.

  1. arcticstoat

    arcticstoat Minimodder

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  2. GravitySmacked

    GravitySmacked Mostly Harmless

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    Reading the Twitter feeds of the other involved parties it seems that it actually is him. Oh well you reap what you sow.
     
  3. Windural

    Windural Who said that?

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    Being from the Shetland Islands myself, I'm absolutely dumbfounded by this, the broadband speeds here are crap :¬P
     
  4. KiNETiK

    KiNETiK What's a Dremel?

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    Or have they! t.co/otsQJG2
     
  5. gcwebbyuk

    gcwebbyuk Dib Dabbler

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    I completely disagree with what these hackers have done / are doing - but I can't help but be amazed at what 17/18 year olds are capable of doing! Someone needs to put a leash on them, and then employ them!
     
  6. Necrow

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    It may be a setup, the poor sheep farmer from the Shetlands doesn't even own a PC lol
     
  7. Woodspoon

    Woodspoon What's a Dremel?

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    If it really is one of them, then I really really wouldn't want to be him, poking fun at plod for everyone to see is not going to go down well.
     
  8. thelaw

    thelaw What's a Dremel?

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    Maybe they can hack there way out of jail... /action break_bars.exe
     
  9. Jake123456

    Jake123456 Surprise!

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    Google is your friend at that age.
     
  10. SMIFFYDUDE

    SMIFFYDUDE Supermodders on my D

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    Couldn't have been hard to catch them, they were probably the only people using the internet in those areas.
     
  11. metarinka

    metarinka What's a Dremel?

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    I read a very interesting synposis of the whole thing. It would make a good book or movie. Anyways lulzsec were using various SQL injection techniques that are well known but hard to patch against. So It seems like they were taking a brute force / low hanging fruit approach. They just kept on trying the sem sploits on various servers until they got in.

    while they were effective, they weren't breaking new ground or discovering new vulnerabilities.
     
  12. thehippoz

    thehippoz What's a Dremel?

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    I dunno liked their sense of humor- a little out of control, but who isn't
     
  13. John_T

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    As long as they're prosecuted in this country and not shipped off to foreign parts, that's the main thing.

    (No offence intended to people from foreign parts, obviously...) :)
     
  14. Sloth

    Sloth #yolo #swag

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    Be interesting to see if this leads to anything, can see this ending with a deal trading a softer punishment in exchange for ratting out other members.
     
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    I have a strong suspicion theres related arrests happening in the US, they're just smart enough not to tell anyone.
     
  16. ccxo

    ccxo On top of a hill

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    A threat of extradition to the US will proably make them give up every other member or a country that will give them a long jail term.
     
  17. ssj12

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    i think you missed the point of anonymous... no one knows who is who.
     
  18. ccxo

    ccxo On top of a hill

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    Yet their members do turn against each other easily enough and name them.
     
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