Operation Payback and Hactivism 101 423
Orome1 writes "While individual acts of hacktivism are inconvenient, something else happens when hacktivists group together — they commonly perform a DDoS attack. Techniques have advanced to automate the process, making the attacks more powerful and thus more able to bypass security controls — the effect, however, remains the same. Let us take a look at the recent Operation Payback which has gained notoriety in the past few months."
It is Not DDoS (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:This isn't activism (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:It is Not DDoS (Score:5, Interesting)
It is not DDoS or cyber-war it is cyber-picketing.
It used to be that when you had a disagreement with a company people picked it and disrupted its business that way. Well, welcome to the 21 century you can now picket the business from the comfort of your own home.
Interesting. Though I loathe the "cyber" prefix... That doesn't seem like a completely inaccurate description. Hadn't thought of it that way.
Re:Can we PLEASE.... (Score:4, Interesting)
Programming is a hacking subculture. Or, program hacking is a subculture of hacking generally.
The people who are program hackers today, would have been gearheads 60 years ago, constantly tweaking their engines for performance.
Re:Let's break the law (Score:2, Interesting)
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Re:This isn't activism (Score:5, Interesting)
Guess what, the Taliban calls you a "spoiled brat acting like thugs".
Iran calls you that.
North Korea calls the western world that.
It makes it a lot easier to hate the other side if you give them a derogatory name and belittle them.
Re:It is Not DDoS (Score:4, Interesting)
No picketer ever stopped someone from entering a store. Such an action would be an arrestable offence, as it would involve, at minimum, the physical assault of prospective customers, and probably trespass...
...neither of which apply to the online equivalent.