Published: 3 Sep 12 16:19 CET | Print version
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A number of official websites in Sweden were rendered inaccessible on Monday, in what some have claimed to be a cyber-attack by supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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So why the pre-emtive 'retaliation' attack.
Isn't a pre-emtpive attack supposed to be precisely the sort of thing that Wikileaks is supposed to be against?
We are LEGION
We do NOT Forgive
We do NOT Forget
Sweden - Expect Us
|@d351n73rc3p70r|@Str0nGKK|@TheWikiBoatBr w/crew|r00tw0rm crew|#FreeSec crew|#NullCrew|#lulzsec reborn|Anonymous|
#TangoDown s for Julian by #OpFreeAssange - The AnonHive
Eye for an eye.or the price for being a lacay from the US with Hillary Clinton directing the show.
This is how Anonymous attacks.
The group uses a relatively new form of DDoS attack called Web LOIC (Low Orbit Web Cannon). Web LOIC leverages many end-user computers using pure browser technology (JavaScript) to launch the attack. Traditional DDoS attacks use dedicated bots to launch millions of requests to a website, which can be identified and blocked. Web LOIC instead uses modern web technology to allow anyone with a computer to open a browser, navigate to a web page that Anonymous built, and start an attack. For each attack request, the attack technology generates a random and legitimate user agent string, and a legitimate referer string(See below for an example). Browser-based attacks like this are much harder to identify and defend against.
Anonymous says:
We are ANONYMOUS
We are LEGION
We do NOT Forgive
We do NOT Forget
Sweden - Expect Us
themoron says: Sweden, expect Anonymous
A better approach is contacting MPs or writing to magazines and newspapers to express concern. A campus rally in Sweden would be a good idea.
If its Wilileaks supporters who are behind the DOS, I fear they are totally frustrated teenagers who don't understand what is happening and are trying to express by tinkering on the internet. Waste of time. Focus on the real threat: increasing intrusions of governments into daily lives under the pretext of national security. This will ultimately lead to disaster.
Freedom is the only protection from totalitarianism.
But perhaps, some day in the near future . . . . .
Denna vitryska säkerhetstjänsten för en björn attackera dig.