Revenge wikileaks attacks, hackers on the loose
Ever heard of 4chan hackers' board? Apparently they have hit on mastercard, paypal, Swedish prosecutor, and Swiss postFinance bank, and all wikileaks enemies. Oh, and the are using the DDoSing malware. Don't try this at home Here is the scoop http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11935539 -- ______________________ twitter.com/lordmwesh transworldAfrica.com <http://transworldafrica.com/> | Fluent in computing kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know
*from The Guardian at ** http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2010/dec/08/wikileaks-us-embassy-cables-... * *2.36pm:* The latest leaked provides interesting context to MasterCard and Visa touchiness over WikiLeaks. The US lobbied Russia this year on behalf of Visa and MasterCard in an attempt to ensure the payment companies were not "adversely affected" by new legislation<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/08/wikileaks-us-russia-visa-mastercard>, according to American diplomats in Moscow. A state department cable released this afternoon by WikiLeaks reveals that US diplomats intervened to try to amend a draft law going through Russia's Duma. Their explicit aim was to ensure the new law did not "disadvantage" the two US firms, the cable states. The revelation comes a day after Visa – apparently acting under intense pressure from Washington – announced it was suspending all payments to WikiLeaks, the whistle-blowing website. Visa was following MasterCard, PayPal and Amazon, all of which have severed ties with the site and its founder Julian Assange in the last few days.
for once i feel like installing a malware to my machine, wea can i find one of those lovely pieces of code? On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 5:37 PM, lordmwesh <lordmwesh@gmail.com> wrote:
Ever heard of 4chan hackers' board?
Apparently they have hit on mastercard, paypal, Swedish prosecutor, and Swiss postFinance bank, and all wikileaks enemies.
Oh, and the are using the DDoSing malware. Don't try this at home
Here is the scoop http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11935539
-- ______________________ twitter.com/lordmwesh transworldAfrica.com <http://transworldafrica.com/> | Fluent in computing kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know
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Oh my...I had a feeling this was coming... You do not victimize one hacker and think you will get away with it... On 12/8/10, gisho <gichuhie@gmail.com> wrote:
for once i feel like installing a malware to my machine, wea can i find one of those lovely pieces of code?
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 5:37 PM, lordmwesh <lordmwesh@gmail.com> wrote:
Ever heard of 4chan hackers' board?
Apparently they have hit on mastercard, paypal, Swedish prosecutor, and Swiss postFinance bank, and all wikileaks enemies.
Oh, and the are using the DDoSing malware. Don't try this at home
Here is the scoop http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11935539
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Maybe all these Wikileaks stuff is what is affecting M-Pesa :-)
Oh my...I had a feeling this was coming...
You do not victimize one hacker and think you will get away with it...
On 12/8/10, gisho <gichuhie@gmail.com> wrote:
for once i feel like installing a malware to my machine, wea can i find one of those lovely pieces of code?
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 5:37 PM, lordmwesh <lordmwesh@gmail.com> wrote:
Ever heard of 4chan hackers' board?
Apparently they have hit on mastercard, paypal, Swedish prosecutor, and Swiss postFinance bank, and all wikileaks enemies.
Oh, and the are using the DDoSing malware. Don't try this at home
Here is the scoop http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11935539
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*4.50pm:* Big news: MasterCard confirms that its SecureCode payments system is in trouble, issuing this statement<http://blog.securetrading.com/2010/12/mastercard-securecode-update-2/> : Please be advised that MasterCard SecureCode Support has detected a service disruption to the MasterCard Directory Server. The Directory Server service has been failed over to a secondary site however customers may still be experiencing intermittent connectivity issues. More information on the estimated time of recovery will be shared in due course.
and geeks will rule the world On Dec 8, 2010 6:09 PM, "Claire Njoki" <clairenjoki@gmail.com> wrote: Oh my...I had a feeling this was coming... You do not victimize one hacker and think you will get away with it... On 12/8/10, gisho <gichuhie@gmail.com> wrote:
for once i feel like installing a malware to my mac...
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ala, at this rate I will stay up all night *5.28pm:* More high-tech details on how Operation Payback is managing to create chaos some of the world's biggest e-commerce websites, thanks to Netcraft anaysis<http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2010/12/08/mastercard-attacked-by-voluntary-botnet-after-wikileaks-decision.html> : Operation Payback is announcing targets via its website, Twitter stream and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channels. To muster the necessary volume of traffic to take sites offline, they are inviting people to take part in a 'voluntary' botnet by installing a tool called LOIC (Low Orbit Ion Cannon – a fictional weapon of mass destruction popularised by computer games such as Command & Conquer). The LOIC tool connects to an IRC server and joins an invite-only 'hive' channel, where it can be updated with the current attack target. This allows Operation Payback to automatically reconfigure the entire botnet to switch to a different target at any time.
This is a good study on cyber warfare On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
ala, at this rate I will stay up all night
*5.28pm:* More high-tech details on how Operation Payback is managing to create chaos some of the world's biggest e-commerce websites, thanks to Netcraft anaysis<http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2010/12/08/mastercard-attacked-by-voluntary-botnet-after-wikileaks-decision.html> :
Operation Payback is announcing targets via its website, Twitter stream and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channels. To muster the necessary volume of traffic to take sites offline, they are inviting people to take part in a 'voluntary' botnet by installing a tool called LOIC (Low Orbit Ion Cannon – a fictional weapon of mass destruction popularised by computer games such as Command & Conquer).
The LOIC tool connects to an IRC server and joins an invite-only 'hive' channel, where it can be updated with the current attack target. This allows Operation Payback to automatically reconfigure the entire botnet to switch to a different target at any time.
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I think Wikileaks just started World War Three .. or should i say WWW ... On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans@gmail.com> wrote:
This is a good study on cyber warfare
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
ala, at this rate I will stay up all night
*5.28pm:* More high-tech details on how Operation Payback is managing to create chaos some of the world's biggest e-commerce websites, thanks to Netcraft anaysis<http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2010/12/08/mastercard-attacked-by-voluntary-botnet-after-wikileaks-decision.html> :
Operation Payback is announcing targets via its website, Twitter stream and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channels. To muster the necessary volume of traffic to take sites offline, they are inviting people to take part in a 'voluntary' botnet by installing a tool called LOIC (Low Orbit Ion Cannon – a fictional weapon of mass destruction popularised by computer games such as Command & Conquer).
The LOIC tool connects to an IRC server and joins an invite-only 'hive' channel, where it can be updated with the current attack target. This allows Operation Payback to automatically reconfigure the entire botnet to switch to a different target at any time.
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This is the kapage with the software used to bring all the drama, http://pastehtml.com/view/1c8i33u.html What happened to this page http://api.paypal.com/? And apparently www.amazon.com is the next target....
Sorry am told the next world war will be fought with stones :-) On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
This is the kapage with the software used to bring all the drama, http://pastehtml.com/view/1c8i33u.html What happened to this page http://api.paypal.com/? And apparently www.amazon.com is the next target....
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Proud to be in the tech industry.... We should print t-shirts with a message to this effect, no? On 9 December 2010 21:14, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
Sorry am told the next world war will be fought with stones :-)
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
This is the kapage with the software used to bring all the drama, http://pastehtml.com/view/1c8i33u.html What happened to this page http://api.paypal.com/? And apparently www.amazon.com is the next target....
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yes, print the T-shirts www.bu.co.ke On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Simon Mbuthia <simon.mbuthia@gmail.com>wrote:
Proud to be in the tech industry.... We should print t-shirts with a message to this effect, no?
On 9 December 2010 21:14, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
Sorry am told the next world war will be fought with stones :-)
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
This is the kapage with the software used to bring all the drama, http://pastehtml.com/view/1c8i33u.html What happened to this page http://api.paypal.com/? And apparently www.amazon.com is the next target....
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Yah... something like http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/itdepartment/c7e0/ What are your rates like? On 10 December 2010 09:35, Eric Mugo <kabugum@gmail.com> wrote:
yes, print the T-shirts
www.bu.co.ke
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Simon Mbuthia <simon.mbuthia@gmail.com>wrote:
Proud to be in the tech industry.... We should print t-shirts with a message to this effect, no?
On 9 December 2010 21:14, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com>wrote:
Sorry am told the next world war will be fought with stones :-)
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
This is the kapage with the software used to bring all the drama, http://pastehtml.com/view/1c8i33u.html What happened to this page http://api.paypal.com/? And apparently www.amazon.com is the next target....
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oh and then the US spies will be able to locate each one of you ... and kill you at night ....;-) On 10 December 2010 10:06, Simon Mbuthia <simon.mbuthia@gmail.com> wrote:
Yah... something like http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/itdepartment/c7e0/
What are your rates like?
On 10 December 2010 09:35, Eric Mugo <kabugum@gmail.com> wrote:
yes, print the T-shirts
www.bu.co.ke
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Simon Mbuthia <simon.mbuthia@gmail.com>wrote:
Proud to be in the tech industry.... We should print t-shirts with a message to this effect, no?
On 9 December 2010 21:14, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com>wrote:
Sorry am told the next world war will be fought with stones :-)
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
This is the kapage with the software used to bring all the drama, http://pastehtml.com/view/1c8i33u.html What happened to this page http://api.paypal.com/? And apparently www.amazon.com is the next target....
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I think the whole issue of this "hackers" was overated, the crowdsourcing could not bring the sites down, which means this are amatuers. Real hackers never go looking for help, they just wreck havoic
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com>wrote:
Sorry am told the next world war will be fought with stones :-)
Good news for the "omeras" since they will all be enlisted in the militaries, and they can as well be "guns for hire" (aka mercenaries) because they are much experienced with stones:-) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
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