dagblog - Comments for "TPM.com suffers DOS attack after publishing mug shots of 14 accused of being "Anonymous" hacktivists"

It came to mind that it could

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:17:08 +0000

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It came to mind that it could be just completely incompetent SysAdmins at TPM who dropped the site themselves.

Occam's Razor. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

Must admit it came to mind it

artappraiser — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:50:22 +0000

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Must admit it came to mind it could also be a group of angry TPM commenters who are also geeks in their Mom's basement, finally fed up & not gonna take it anymore with yet another change of the commenting system and the general quality level of such software systems and support installed nearly annually at the site. Masquerading as "Anonymous" because what the heck, the powers that be aren't ascared of commenters there, they don't even notice 'em, nor the spam. Wouldn't take credit for it, would rather have management think it's a bigger scarier club.

I considered opining on all

artappraiser — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:48:14 +0000

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I considered opining on all manner of related issues after reading some of the above comments, but then I changed my mind after reading the comments over at TPMuckraker on Ryan J. Reilly's thread. (Reilly is the one who filed the FOIA request.) Because I think all the bases are pretty well covered there, with some intelligent if vehement discussion (atypically for TPM these days.)

One thing that's surprising, among others, is how many members are voicing their displeasure at the tabloid-ization of TPM and feel that the publication of the mug shots are the latest and worst example. There are also ample examples of people pointing out the increasing Orwellian doublethink coming lately from "Anonymous."

Actually it's an inside job

cmaukonen — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:51:05 +0000

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Actually it's an inside job by a CIC operative who tells them he's with the CID so they think he is really with the CIB.

Oh geeze. Josh aggressively

kgb999 — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:37:16 +0000

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Oh geeze. Josh aggressively moved to publicly embarrass people who may or may not be associated with Anonymous for the sole purpose of benefiting commercially.

That isn't journalism, but sensationalistic nonsense.

What the hell do you expect from the /btards?

To hell with Anonymous. This

Doctor Cleveland — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:46:59 +0000

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To hell with Anonymous. This isn't activism, but thuggery. (We will punish those who do not serve our institutional interests, or anyone who crosses us.)

That's a little hard to

Beetlejuice — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:43:55 +0000

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That's a little hard to believe ... no dead body count lying around to claim credit for.

My theory is that an Islamist

Verified Atheist — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:40:39 +0000

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My theory is that an Islamist radical group wants you to think that a radical extreme right-wing fringe tea-bagging group is trying to scapegoat anonymous hacktivists.

Well, the TPM Cafe blogs was

Beetlejuice — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:29:21 +0000

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Well, the TPM Cafe blogs was too much for them to handle so they cut that out. Makes me wonder if they'll shutdown TPM on-line and just go the Twitter/Facebook route.

I think it would be safe to

Beetlejuice — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:27:14 +0000

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I think it would be safe to say it's a definite maybe TPM's DOS attack was as a result of their publishing the fotos of those "alleged" anonymous hacktivists. I suspect the true culprits are some other group ... imho - a radical extreme right-wing fringe tea-bagger type ... using the cover of the anonymous group to reek a little digital mayhem and havoc, perhaps as a trial run for what's to come as Nov 2012 draws near. The anonymous hacktivists are the perfect scapegoat or to use a techie term - honeypot - to lead people down a digital dead-end while the real perpetrators slowly recede back into the cover of the cloud. It's a perfect hit-n-run guerrilla tactic especially when there's another fall guy everyone will assume is guilty to take the heat.