Teh One Who Knocks
07-21-2011, 10:25 PM
By Mike Wehner, Tecca
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Just days after a massive nationwide crackdown on suspected members of hacker brigade Anonymous, the faceless online entity issued a statement directed at the FBI. In a joint action with LulzSec — a hacker troupe closely associated with Anonymous — the statement warns that the efforts of law enforcement to bring down the group will only serve to bring more members into its ranks.
The statement was a response to FBI director Steve Chabinsky, who said shortly after this week's raids "We want to send a message that chaos on the Internet is unacceptable, [even if] hackers can be believed to have social causes, it's entirely unacceptable to break into websites and commit unlawful acts."
In recent months, the "hacktivists" have been implicated in attacks on Sony, Paypal, credit card companies Mastercard and Visa, and even the Pentagon. The FBI's raids earlier this week consisted of 35 search warrants executed from coast to coast, and nabbed a total of 16 suspected hackers as well as mounds of computer equipment.
However, Anonymous and LulzSec haven't missed a beat, and remain as defiant as ever, stating "These governments and corporations are our enemy. And we will continue to fight them, with all methods we have at our disposal, and that certainly includes breaking into their websites and exposing their lies."
"We are not scared any more. Your threats to arrest us are meaningless to us as you cannot arrest an idea. Any attempt to do so will make your citizens more angry until they will roar in one gigantic choir. It is our mission to help these people and there is nothing - absolutely nothing - you can possibly to do make us stop."
The FBI hasn't officially responded to the statement, though it likely already has its hands full attempting to pin convictions on the 16 suspected hackers already in custody. Whatever the case, it's clear that neither side is willing to budge, and we're likely just scratching the surface of this virtual conflict.
http://i.imgur.com/RokyU.jpg
Just days after a massive nationwide crackdown on suspected members of hacker brigade Anonymous, the faceless online entity issued a statement directed at the FBI. In a joint action with LulzSec — a hacker troupe closely associated with Anonymous — the statement warns that the efforts of law enforcement to bring down the group will only serve to bring more members into its ranks.
The statement was a response to FBI director Steve Chabinsky, who said shortly after this week's raids "We want to send a message that chaos on the Internet is unacceptable, [even if] hackers can be believed to have social causes, it's entirely unacceptable to break into websites and commit unlawful acts."
In recent months, the "hacktivists" have been implicated in attacks on Sony, Paypal, credit card companies Mastercard and Visa, and even the Pentagon. The FBI's raids earlier this week consisted of 35 search warrants executed from coast to coast, and nabbed a total of 16 suspected hackers as well as mounds of computer equipment.
However, Anonymous and LulzSec haven't missed a beat, and remain as defiant as ever, stating "These governments and corporations are our enemy. And we will continue to fight them, with all methods we have at our disposal, and that certainly includes breaking into their websites and exposing their lies."
"We are not scared any more. Your threats to arrest us are meaningless to us as you cannot arrest an idea. Any attempt to do so will make your citizens more angry until they will roar in one gigantic choir. It is our mission to help these people and there is nothing - absolutely nothing - you can possibly to do make us stop."
The FBI hasn't officially responded to the statement, though it likely already has its hands full attempting to pin convictions on the 16 suspected hackers already in custody. Whatever the case, it's clear that neither side is willing to budge, and we're likely just scratching the surface of this virtual conflict.