Cyber Attacks/Terrorism

So it seems this hacker group Lulzsec is actually far more competent than their name implies.

They attacked Sony, Nintendo, and now have, to much fanfare and warning, hacked the FBI.

This is looking dangerous guys.

I'll bite. Why? What are you afraid of happening?

Well it shows we aren't even close to being secure for one.

Why give your private information ANYWHERE if it seems that anyone can go in and just steal it so easily now?

Link please?

Dont have an exact link but just google infagard or FBI hack, you'll see some news about it.

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So...are people now going to attack Nintendo just like they did Sony just because they got hacked too?

I wonder what this will mean for PSN, and anything else Sony has a hand in...

edited 3rd Jun '11 7:36:15 PM by Signed

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I'd hire them and pay them real nice to start patching up my security while simultaneously firing/kicking around my old security team if I was the owner of any of those companies.

Here's an escapist article by the way. Not encrypting again, Sony? Seriously, hiring hackers is the only way to reliably patch up these sort of things.

The thing about making witty signature lines is that it first needs to actually be witty.

I would not necessarily hire them to patch things, just because you are good at finding holes does not mean you are better at fixing them.

Even assuming you are HONEST about it.

What blueharp said. Also, they're anons, they could be script kiddies for all you know.

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Nah, hacking and patching up holes go hand in hand in programming. Doesn't necessarily mean your new patch will completely cover the hole, but it's an improvement. Honesty I don't have an answer for directly...

However, having two competing hacking teams and paying the winning team higher tends to fix that because then it's more profitable to not be hacked by the other guy. The government does it all of the time now a days. If you don't have multiple teams at your disposal, then paying a high amount and hoping is your only choice.

The thing about making witty signature lines is that it first needs to actually be witty.

Just hunt down their real world selves and put a bullet in their heads.

This isn't anon doing it, its some group called lulzsec, who sound alot more potent.

Better improvement: Redesign the system to be more robust instead of endlessly applying patches which break things elsewhere. But that's off-topic.

Well, they're clearly playing on the anon tradition*

, what with the "lulz" and image on the twitter, which is why I called them that.

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Well, yeah, getting an entirely new system would help with a lot of these places that still employ ten year old defenses. But it seems like companies are on the painfully short term as of late, resulting in said hacking.

The thing about making witty signature lines is that it first needs to actually be witty.

Blame sony we leaked your info and P Ws guys! No, how about you fuck off and die? Oh your not using it for illegal means? I'm sure the rest of the internet will be just as nice.

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?

Not saying the hackers are good either, but when it comes to thieves and the safe that holds my money (or in this case, your information which is probably linked to my money anyway), there's only one aspect I control, the safe, so I might as well bolt down that thing and make it as hard to open and steal as possible. In a perfect world, however, we wouldn't have hackers period.

I think it's sufficient for me to say, we aren't in a perfect world.

edited 3rd Jun '11 9:25:58 PM by Usht

The thing about making witty signature lines is that it first needs to actually be witty.

Noble Internet Crusading: Example A

I know a white-hat. He wasn't always a white-hat, though. He's a certified ethical hacker (CEH), and gets paid to do penetration testing on stuff.

In light of the recent Google cyber-hack from China, I can see this playing a much larger role in future conflicts; that of the use of state-backed hackers to degrade the opposing forces information assets.

Of course, that's not strictly terrorism.

Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.

Well recently the UK announced they're going to have what is I suppose combat hackers alongside conventional troops. I'm not entirely sure what that is meant to accomplish (versus just expanding the techies in the military).

As for hacking in general, the largest source of hacking is still the United States, so if you wanted to hire hackers, that's the place to go. I imagine in the future that China will eventually overtake America through sheer size.

Seriously guys? Lulzsec as cyber terrorists? Wow, and I thought that people on this forum have a bigger knowledge of internet culture than Fox News. Anyway, Lulzsec are hacktivists and I fully support hacktivism. It's basically the self-defense mechanism of the internet

"Take your (...) hippy dream world, I'll take reality and earning my happiness with my own efforts" - Barkey

I say freedom fighter, you say terrorist, surely you know how it goes.

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Releasing peoples passwords is self defense against sony pictures because..... honestly, hackers want to dick around with the government/companies whatever, I couldn't care less; screw with regular peoples security however..

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?

nzm, you have no idea how hard I'm face palming at your statement. You know the problem with "hacktivists", a lot them go do shit like this, attacking random companies because they can and revealing people's personal information when they could have simply, you know, emailed the company directly and said "Hey, we got through your defenses, we recommend upgrading those". Plus, there was nothing done in self-defense here, this was just them attacking the company for whatever reason. This would actually have a point behind it if they had the barest of reasons other than to show the world that they hacked Sony, but no, no news article has told me otherwise. I'm all for ethical hacking, but this isn't ethical at all.

The thing about making witty signature lines is that it first needs to actually be witty.

Lulzsec, even if they have a dumb name they HACKED PBS AND THE FBI.

They aren't doing this to 'help' them out, they are just trying to show how huge their internet penises are.

If they wanted to help they would be doing it silently and not disrupting the places.

edited 4th Jun '11 11:24:32 AM by Thorn14