Anonymous took down cia.gov
At approximately 3:10 p.m. Eastern time one of twitter accounts related to the hackers' group announced "cia.gov DOWN. #UMAD?#Anonymous."
The CIA website became the latest victim in a series of attacks conducted by the elusive group of hackers against US law enforcement agencies and copyright holders. As RT reported earlier, Anonymous took credit for crashing the websites of the US Department of Homeland Security, which was quickly revived, and the FBI.
The CIA seems to be less prepared for fighting Anonymous than other agencies. If the work of dhs.gov was revived in mere minutes, the CIA's site was still down even hours after the attack. One of the twitter accounts affiliated with Anonymous explained the reasons of the attack: "We do it for the lulz," referring to the popular online abbreviation "for laughs."
http://rt.com/usa/news/anonymous-hacked-cia-hackers-049/
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)There's a world of difference between the CIA website and hacking the CIA.
midnight
(26,624 posts)The Doctor.
(17,266 posts)(Also... it's totally true. The cartoon is right. Nothing to see here.)
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)I even know how to deal with a DDOS attack. If the CIA can't do it, they REALLY need some website security.
They probably hired some kid to do it.... Then again, it was probably a .NET "programmer" who set up their site.
PavePusher
(15,374 posts)I can think of plenty of things more important to them....
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)My point being, even if they had a private outfit running their website, it would be protected from a simple DDOS attack, if it was run by an outfit that was more than some kid working out of his or her parents' basement!
There are so many ways to protect against this, it's not funny. Anyone who sets up TCP/IP networks for a living knows how to do this. Take it from one!
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)o_O
Capn Sunshine
(14,378 posts)Anonymous is just really taking it to 'em, hey? Wow, those guys are just on the forefront of protest. I'm waiting for the sequel, where somethng happens.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)Capn Sunshine
(14,378 posts)it's annoying , rather like anonymous, who might actually be a CIA front in the first place.
But I've said too much.
Tunkamerica
(4,444 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)harmonicon
(12,008 posts)Oh, yeah, they're a CIA front. Um... chemtrails?
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,372 posts)midnight
(26,624 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)investigate all the participants as fully as possible. They map out the attack to study it and learn from it. That is all.
Zorro
(15,748 posts)The joke will be on them.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Zorro
(15,748 posts)and thus they are anonymous no longer.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Zorro
(15,748 posts)They're anonymous, after all.
Well, probably not to the CIA.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)discuss or are you here just to snark?
unionworks
(3,574 posts)Google "The Covert Comic"
razorman
(1,644 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)razorman
(1,644 posts)PavePusher
(15,374 posts)kentauros
(29,414 posts)Or, we'll hear everything about them. How do home-computers and laptops compete with whole floors of buildings filled with mainframes and the Ph.Ds that utilize them?