Hackers Aprils fools day threat......Maybe!

PHIDIAS

An internet black out or april fools? Since annoymous are very active these days should we take this seriously. Is it possible that they can do this.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46420147...ence-security

LH Pathe

An Internet blackout on april fools. I assure you. 100% remember to quote on me on this, for we are legion?

MrStuffins

Feb: "We're gonna kill the net on April 1st"

Early March: "Remember, we're gonna down the net on April Fools Day, get ready...."

Late March: "Ooooooh, we're so gonna do it! You're internet will be gone dawg!"

April 1st: "So your net works? AAAHHHHHH APRIL FOOLS!!! We never planned to take down the net, we totally got you! Look at your face!! Priceless! Hahahahaha!! Hohohohohoho!! That was awesome".


Yeah, Anonymous aren't famed for their sense of humour!

PHIDIAS

MrStuffins wrote: »

Feb: "We're gonna kill the net on April 1st"

Early March: "Remember, we're gonna down the net on April Fools Day, get ready...."

Late March: "Ooooooh, we're so gonna do it! You're internet will be gone dawg!"

April 1st: "So your net works? AAAHHHHHH APRIL FOOLS!!! We never planned to take down the net, we totally got you! Look at your face!! Priceless! Hahahahaha!! Hohohohohoho!! That was awesome".


Yeah, Anonymous aren't famed for their sense of humour!

Ya was thinking the same myself, although yours are alot more animated than my thoughts:D

danniemcq

PHIDIAS wrote: »

Ya was thinking the same myself, although yours are alot more animated than my thoughts:D

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danniemcq

on a serious note though it seems a very meh statement on pastebin, usually there seems more to it or something.

also reminds me of the OPfacebook one from last year, some kid tries to start end and ends up getting destroyed himself.

Anon said at the time that they wouldn't go after Facebook as it was a tool they used, just like the internet is i guess.

why take down something that is helping uprisings and rebelions throughout the world?

Stiffler2

O NOOOOOOOO.

Downloads every DNS entry available

$hit - now my host file is 100000000TB


O well - my internets will work now so HAW HAW

44leto

Hackers are wkaners full stop.

Paparazzo

44leto wrote: »

Hackers are wkaners full stop.

If they take down the likes of sean sherlocks page I'm fine with hackers.

Run_to_da_hills

This so called "Hacking" will most likely be orchistrated either by by Mossad or the the CIA or both giving them any excuse to usher in further legislatrion to clamp down on internet freedom across the globe.

44leto

Paparazzo wrote: »

If they take down the likes of sean sherlocks page I'm fine with hackers.

I am not, Sean Sherlock is within the law and exercising his freedom of expression, if you don't like that, tough, that is freedom of speech.

So why do hackers feel they have a right to do that, ****.

44leto

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

This so called "Hacking" will most likely be orchistrated either by by Mossad or the the CIA or both giving them any excuse to usher in further legislatrion to clamp down on internet freedom across the globe.

Why would they bother they have all the access they need. The one thing you really need to know about the internet and hackers included, you are never invisible on the internet.

44leto

44leto wrote: »

I am not, Sean Sherlock is within the law and exercising his freedom of expression, if you don't like that, tough, that is freedom of speech.

So why do hackers feel they have a right to do that, ****.

Because they are also exercising their freedom of expression, if you don't like that, tough, that is freedom of speech.

44leto

Deleted User wrote: »

Because they are also exercising their freedom of expression, if you don't like that, tough, that is freedom of speech.

They are not, they are breaking the law, if I hacked your Facebook page or bank accounts that is not freedom of expression, that is invading your privacy and stealing from you.

biko

Anonymous are just as big mediawhores as Michael O'Leary.

ennisweed

44leto wrote: »

They are not, they are breaking the law, if I hacked your Facebook page or bank accounts that is not freedom of expression, that is invading your privacy and stealing from you.

only if something is actually stolen

John Doe1

They will probably will and everyone will assume beforehand that it is a joke because its april fools.

44leto

biko wrote: »

Anonymous are just as big mediawhores as Michael O'Leary.

That's his choice and he uses that well, Micheal O Leary and Ryan Air are joined at the hip, its very successful free advertising for that company.

He is due an outrageous comment to get the free column space, TV and endless internet discussion for his Airline.

danniemcq

also this story isn't really hacking...

more ddosing

44leto

ennisweed wrote: »

only if something is actually stolen

Is your details, freedom of expression and privacy not a tangible thing to you, because they are to me. I remember when Boards was hacked the owners on behalf of the sites users took that very serious.

Sindri

biko wrote: »

Anonymous are just as big mediawhores as Michael O'Leary.

Michael O' Leary is a saint. A SAINT!

ScumLord

Hackers like virus in the biological world actually make the internet evolve for the better

44leto wrote: »

Hackers are wkaners full stop.

Son Of A Vidic

LH Pathe wrote: »

I assure you. 100% remember to quote on me on this, for we are legion?

Or perhaps just a schizophrenic.

44leto

ScumLord wrote: »

Hackers like virus in the biological world actually make the internet evolve for the better

If that is true I thank them, now they can fuk off.

Besides you can't compare a biological virus to a computer virus, one is a living organism which want to survive, the other is not.

Leeg17

I can break it now if ye want?

*types google, into google*

Kabooom!

Odaise Gaelach

What'll end up happening is the same with all these Anonymous attacks: they'll take down a website that I never use for a few hours, and then it's brought back and things return to normal. The End.

Proxy

I guess the point is, with all the threats to internet freedom and net neutrality of late, by taking down the internet for a day would show just how important keeping it free and open is.

I'm all for it.

ScumLord

44leto wrote: »

If that is true I thank them, now they can fuk off.

Besides you can't compare a biological virus to a computer virus, one is a living organism which want to survive, the other is not.

They essentially do the same thing and have the same effect, a virus exploits a weakness in code. Inferior code is destroyed by the process. In nature the virus plays a huge part in the evolution of every species on the planet and the same argument can be made for computer virus, if they weren't around we'd have a very buggy and easily broken internet.

We may not like suffering either virus but both have been essential in improving code. I think really technology needs that outside influence as they won't get it naturally.

44leto

ScumLord wrote: »

They essentially do the same thing and have the same effect, a virus exploits a weakness in code. Inferior code is destroyed by the process. In nature the virus plays a huge part in the evolution of every species on the planet and the same argument can be made for computer virus, if they weren't around we'd have a very buggy and easily broken internet.

We may not like suffering either virus but both have been essential in improving code. I think really technology needs that outside influence as they won't get it naturally.

Good point and post,
But viruses create fear, we are afraid of them for good reason. The same fear is created on the net. You are afraid to open up certain sites or have your details hacked. So that fear takes away some of the freedom of the net.

And that is why I don't like hackers or their viruses. I wish they would now go away.

ScumLord

44leto wrote: »

Good point and post,
But viruses create fear, we are afraid of them for good reason. The same fear is created on the net. You are afraid to open up certain sites or have your details hacked. So that fear takes away some of the freedom of the net.

And that is why I don't like hackers or their viruses. I wish they would now go away.

I can appreciated why anyone including myself would get pissed at internet virus and hackers that spread them but the way I see it there's little to no point in getting upset about it, just as there's little point in getting angry at natural viruses that make our life hell. There's always a silver lining, it's the circle of life continuing on in digital form. I think it's a fascinating concept.

BaconZombie

There are ~253 Root DNS Server not 13!!!
Also they are completely forgetting about Anycast Servers.

THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN.

Edit:

Link to a mail list for people who run most of the Servers and backbone Networks in US.

http://seclists.org/nanog/2012/Feb/459

BaconZombie

BaconZombie wrote: »

There are ~253 Root DNS Server not 13!!!
Also they are completely forgetting about Anycast Servers.

THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN.

Well.. they know now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf5FRPfGiC8

Capt'n Midnight

Getting your security news from MSNBC ?

Goodtimes all over again :P


Even if someone took out all the root servers completely, your ISP will still have the addresses of the vast majority of sites you could look at cached. It would only affect you if you wanted to visit a site that no one else connected to your ISP has looked at recently.

DNS cache poisoning would be a slightly different story, but that is usually targeted at hijacking a specific site address stored on a particular DNS server.

Capt'n Midnight

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