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Hackers Will Take Down the Stock Exchange on Monday, or Maybe Not
gawker.com ^ | 10/09/2011 | Anarcho-Doritologist

Posted on 10/10/2011 4:27:49 AM PDT by satan69

Anarcho-Doritologist hacker collective has declared war on the New York Stock Exchange and will launch a "raid" on the company's website on Monday, October 10! Or is "Operation Invade Wall Street" a "fake planted operation"? Or maybe it doesn't really matter either way.

If you buy the video (which, if it's a "plant," is convincingly self-serious), Anonymous' plan is essentially the same as the one that briefly took down PayPal and MasterCard: Convince a bunch of people to download and run a program that will effect a distributed denial of service attack on the target, in this case the NYSE website. It's called "Operation Invade Wall Street," and will happen on October 10.

http://gawker.com/5846697/hackers-will-take-down-the-stock-exchange-on-monday-or-maybe-not

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: computer; hacker; wallstreet

1 posted on 10/10/2011 4:27:58 AM PDT by satan69
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To: satan69

What odds are you giving mr satan?


2 posted on 10/10/2011 4:30:13 AM PDT by allmost
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To: satan69

Isn’t Columbus Day a Holiday???? This could be funny.


3 posted on 10/10/2011 4:31:04 AM PDT by Quick Shot
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To: Quick Shot

That is what I thought.


4 posted on 10/10/2011 4:32:32 AM PDT by doodad
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To: Quick Shot

Those hackers are not going to let a Federal holiday get in the way of their plans!


5 posted on 10/10/2011 4:35:28 AM PDT by fini
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To: satan69
"Hackers Will Take Down the Stock Exchange on Monday, or Maybe Not "

Good - an opportunity to throw a bunch of them in federal prison.

6 posted on 10/10/2011 4:35:37 AM PDT by wesagain
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To: Quick Shot

Is NYSE open on Columbus Day

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_NYSE_open_on_Columbus_Day


7 posted on 10/10/2011 4:37:27 AM PDT by satan69 (garden)
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To: Quick Shot

It’s open!

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_NYSE_open_on_Columbus_Day


8 posted on 10/10/2011 4:38:24 AM PDT by satan69 (garden)
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To: Quick Shot

Bond markets closed, stock market open. I’m on my way into work now. :-(


9 posted on 10/10/2011 4:42:05 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: satan69

either way, who freaking cares? Cuz I’m in gold baby. bring the chaos. Bring it. bring it.


10 posted on 10/10/2011 4:50:00 AM PDT by RC one (Voting isn't a simple act of civic duty anymore, it's a complex act of civil war.)
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To: satan69

I’m not sure the NYSE can be taken down by hackers.

Interrupted and interfered with but as I understand it, there’s no real connection to the net.


11 posted on 10/10/2011 5:18:39 AM PDT by cripplecreek (ALCS/NLCS playoff thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2789907/posts)
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To: RC one

all gold? Tsk tsk tsk


12 posted on 10/10/2011 5:19:10 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: cripplecreek

famous last words, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126102247889095011.html


13 posted on 10/10/2011 5:22:47 AM PDT by satan69 (garden)
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To: satan69
The Headline:
Hackers Will Take Down the Stock Exchange on Monday, or Maybe Not

From the article:
...and will launch a "raid" on the company's website on Monday, October 10!

Sorry, but a website is not bringing the NYSE down.

14 posted on 10/10/2011 5:43:52 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: allmost
He's just about got it cracked! A skype shot:


15 posted on 10/10/2011 5:48:54 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: satan69

Too bad the NYSE is closed for business Monday, i.e. Columbus Day.


16 posted on 10/10/2011 5:58:47 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: t1b8zs

not all gold. I own silver too. hehehe


17 posted on 10/10/2011 6:18:47 AM PDT by RC one (Voting isn't a simple act of civic duty anymore, it's a complex act of civil war.)
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To: Rummyfan

NOPE, It’s open, I posted the link below
!


18 posted on 10/10/2011 6:28:35 AM PDT by satan69 (garden)
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To: cuban leaf
It takes determination and effort. There is a greater abundance of pissed off youth, with plenty of determination and looking for an outlet in their efforts, than anytime in the last 30 years at least. This is the 2007-11 dem control of congress and obama’s desired result. I try not to underestimate other people. We are generally very intelligent when we try hard enough.
19 posted on 10/12/2011 3:41:06 PM PDT by allmost
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