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FBI Jan. 27 press

artappraiser — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 01:16:33 +0000

In reply to UK police arrest WikiLeaks backers for Web attacks

FBI Jan. 27 press release:

Search Warrants Executed in the United States as Part of Ongoing Cyber Investigation

including this politely worded suggestion:

The FBI also is reminding the public that facilitating or conducting a DDoS attack is illegal, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, as well as exposing participants to significant civil liability.

(Serendipity: check out "Operation Bot Roast II" back in the olden dayz of 2007, found doing search for above..)

I always use...I mean,

jollyroger — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:07:18 +0000

In reply to as a subtext, (not that i

I always use...I mean, doesn't everyone have an army of 'bots for this kind of thing?

as a subtext, (not that i

jollyroger — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:02:39 +0000

In reply to UK police arrest WikiLeaks backers for Web attacks

as a subtext, (not that i would ever do anything online for which I might apprehend legal liability...) given the name of the outfit, and the evident failure of their cover, are we to assume that they used their home IP addresses or is state surveillance more penetrating than we mighgt hope/believe?

I sense a subtle bias in how

Verified Atheist — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:51:48 +0000

In reply to UK police arrest WikiLeaks backers for Web attacks

I sense a subtle bias in how that article was written. It seems to me that a careless reader could easily come away with the impression that these cyber warriors were affiliated with WikiLeaks.