Posted on 08/17/2004 9:58:41 AM PDT by areafiftyone
Protesters have been targeting government and corporate websites for years. But when online activists strike at Republican domains during the G.O.P.'s convention later this month, the digital demonstrations might turn out to be more than symbolic, for once.
In the past, activists have been able to shut down the website of, say, the World Economic Forum for a few hours. But the impact of such a takedown was nebulous at best: It's hard to argue the organization really suffered from a few-hour lag in posting its press releases online.
In this year's presidential race, however, campaign websites have moved beyond the margins. During John Kerry's acceptance speech in Boston last month, for example, his website was visited by 50,000 people an hour, according to ComScore Networks, the online traffic-measuring firm. That's a droplet compared to the millions who'll watch the convention on TV. But taking down a campaign website would nevertheless remove a critical tool for reaching the public -- and likely generate a slew of stories in the mainstream media about the crash.
So it's no surprise that hardened electronic activists are planning to jam up the servers of georgewbush.com, rnc.org, and related websites, once the Republican National Convention gets underway on August 29.
"We want to bombard (the Republican sites) with so much traffic that nobody can get in," said CrimethInc, a member of the so-called Black Hat Hackers Bloc.
"said CrimethInc..."
Liberal media covering for these savages by allowing them to use aliases. Unconscionable.
Of course.
Yet they didn't launch a DOS on the Kerry/Edwards website.
Again, we see which side of the debate is civilized.
I was just going to put this up. Did you see this on DUmmiesville? That's where I saw it.
Becuz free speech iz 4 lozerz!
"crimethink" - the one-word Orwellian catch phrase for the Declaration of Independence.
Coincidence?
Sounds like this is one time we can help the GOP by avoiding their website.
GWB should by a super computing cluster to use as a host for his web site. And when the campaign is over, they could donate it to an adult stem cell research firm.
Not to defend the liberal media, but I am sure they are quoting a post the guy made somewhere, and don't know his real name any more than I know yours (unless your real name is jojodamofo).
The "Black Hat Hackers Bloc" are nothing but scriptkiddies and anklebiters. I've dealt with their kind before: pimply-faced pissant punks who couldn't get laid in a morgue.
I personally hope that "CrimethInc" enjoys tossing Bubba's salad. That's precisely where he's headed if he keeps this crap up...
And the Dept of Homeland Defense will be monitoring and tracing attacks on these sites to root out a few more of these spoiled rotten trust fund babies.
What's all this brouhaha and folderol?
Members of a group opposed to the Republican National Convention, many describing themselves as anarchists, said yesterday that they would carry out illegal protest activities on the convention's second day.
In this thread, someone posted a link to a list of scheduled speakers at a hacker convention. This was the key information that I saw when I went to that link:
Electronic Civil Disobedience and the Republican National ConventionAn introduction to the theory of hacktivism and the usage of hacking skills as a means of fighting for social justice by pressuring corporations and government to adopt progressive changes. Explores the history of electronic civil disobedience, tips on how to wage your own ECD campaigns, and how to participate in the upcoming actions to coincide with the protests against the Republican National Convention in late August.
CrimetheInc is an Anarchist hacker revolutionary having led successful electronic civil disobedience campaigns against a variety of government and corporate targets. Experienced political activist, having helped organize dozens of large protests against the war in Iraq, global capitalism and neo-liberal free trade agreements. Is currently organizing a multi-pronged hacktivist campaign against the Republican National Convention to coincide with the massive demonstrations to take place in New York City. Specific history about the speaker is not available due to the nature of this project.
"Civil Disobedience"? No. Vandalism caused by Brownshirts For Kerry.
Hit a few hacker sites, and you'll see they all use aliases. Of course, the reason why is a no brainer ; )
Coincidence?
Nice catch.
Actually I did see it there but they were posting from Wired News which we can't post on this website. I posted another article from DefenseTech and I saw this one on the same page so I figured DefenseTech has not complained yet about copywrite infringement.
Tempers Flare
Unfortunately I was unable to attend the Electronic Civil Disobedience and the Republican National Convention talk given by a teenager called CrimetheInc (real name unknown). With a talk title like that, you know that sparks may fly, and they did. I cannot report exactly what the speaker said, as the tape has not yet been made available. Hopefully they will appear on the Defcon media archives page soon. According to eyewitnesses who saw the talk, some attendees took offense to what the speaker was saying. At the end of the talk, someone ran up to the stage and tried to assault the speaker. Security grabbed the speaker and placed him in isolation for a few hours.
http://www20.tomshardware.com/business/200408021/defcon-07.html
Simple, the people watching will get their eye candy, but for putting out information, have several websites to do such with and hand a paper to the press at the convention based on what is easiest to use.
We can include Free Republic in that list too, I'd wager.
Prairie
You fail the l33t-speak final. A better form would be:
Probably. "Step into my parlor", said the spider to the fly...
You use an online wizard to make l33t speak, dont you? Fess up....
Hmmm. Maybe you should notify Wired of DU's infraction.
Updated FR Excerpt and Link Only or Deny Posting List due to Copyright Complaints
Unless they are playing "favorites" by not directly authorizing such use (These publishers have asked us not to allow any material at all to be posted to FR: wired.com).
Nope... just spent waaaay too much time on the Internet in general (back to the old Usenet days), and Slashdot.org in particular.
Would you prefer that the Press be an arm of a Gestapo?
Ack.. what a poser I am... this is better...
A good firewall will defeat anything except a massive distributed DOS attack. Setting that up would require launching a trojan to infect unsuspecting internet users.
Attack them and their supporters (like DNC, MoveOn.org, etc.) first.
Might not be a bad idea for dealing with the protesters as well. Took most of the sizzle out of the anti-Vietnam 1971 attempt to "shut down the government" in DC. Strike them in their marshaling areas the day prior. Shut down their websites with electronic attacks, jam their cell phone numbers, arrest them for every sort of even marginally illegal activity. Make no pretense of civil tolerance for their uncivil demonstrations and dissent.
Oh, and as Shakespeare so eloquently put it..."The first thing we do is kill all the (their) lawyers." Figuratively speaking, of course.
Maybe so, but if any police department can deal with this, it is New York's. Think about what they've dealt with over the past few years. An extra 60,000 or 70,000 people in town for a few days is barely perceptible. And if some punks get out of line...well...let's just say the Apple ain't Seattle.
Apparently a couple of Republican sites are down right now- at the same time.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1193455/posts?page=10
bump!
MAN THE COMPUTER STATIONS.....WATCH OUT FOR THE ENEMY viruses. RED ALERT!!!
It's not vandalism. It's destruction of property and unauthorized access to computers. Those are felonies.
A “Good Firewall” is only an inconvenience. I have a public IP, and one night, I was up at 2 AM (I am a Programmer who was a Hacker long enough ago that the statutes have expired…) and my public Network lights up with activity that I am not causing, so I log on to the Server, some guy has gotten through the hardware firewall (not hard) and is port scanning my server, I fire up some software I have, back trace his IP through a couple of remote controlled computers, and find out his IP is from the old Soviet block. I started a scan of his home IP, and he shut down his computer faster than you can say OOPS!!! (then I blocked all the IP Addresses belonging to his ISP)
The point is, if these guys want to get caught, just attack where people will be watching… (That’s a Dare, go on Attack the GOP during their Convention, and you WILL be caught), So come on guys (and gals) show how sneaky you are attack a big heavily watched site, make a name for your selves, and help us get you off the (net) streets.
I was a smart Hacker, if there is such a thing, because: 1) I never damaged anything 2) I never bragged about where I’d been, and 3) I decided on my own it was not a fun game without having to be caught.
Cheers
I thought I was being clear that a firewall could defend against a DOS attack. Nothing else was implied. Of course a massive attack will overwhelm the pipe, but that's hard to pull off.
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