China Admits Anonymous Hacks Occured 33
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from the offenders-shall-perish dept.
New submitter SolKeshNaranek writes "After Anonymous hacked hundreds of Chinese government, company, and other general websites, China has acknowledged the attacks. Meanwhile, Anonymous China has not stopped its onslaught. 'A few targets have had their administrator accounts, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses posted publicly. Last but not least, on many of the hacked sites, the group even posted tips for how to circumvent the Great Firewall of China. While Anonymous was not specifically mentioned, it's obvious what China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs was referring to during a briefing on Thursday, given the events during the last week.'"
Re:html defacing .. big deal? (Score:3, Insightful)
It's like breaking into the lobby of a bank and spray painting the windows from the inside, so not a terrible thing on the surface, but potentially bad depending on how secure the rest of the bank is from the lobby.
The perfect cover (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:The perfect cover (Score:5, Insightful)
As an added bonus it gives them an excuse to (try to) make the Great Firewall even tighter (and if you're wise enough to oppose their tighter controls they can just say "what are you...one of them anti-patriotic hackers!?" as they confiscate your machine and send you to labor).
Re:html defacing .. big deal? (Score:3, Insightful)
Not even remotely close. It's like breaking into the lobby of the bank, tying up all the tellers, and replacing them with people who tell the visitors your manifesto when they come in to do their banking. And/or possibly copy down their account information when they try to make a transaction. And maybe find the teller's passwords written on notes underneath their keyboards. A pretty bad thing on the surface, and possibly terrible, depending on how secure the bank's computer system is.
I don't understand your point (Score:4, Insightful)
Assad blames terrorists.
Putin blames foreign meddling.
An abusive husband/ boyfriend blames his wife's/ girlfriend's choice of dress.
Etc., etc.
Abusers everywhere always have a convenient excuse to be an abuser.
So I don't understand what the point of your post is. They will ALWAYS have an excuse. Is your point that if Anonymous didn't do what they did the Chinese Govt would go "we found no excuse today to deny Chinese people their freedoms so we're letting them express themselves freely now."
Seriously, what is your point? There is ALWAYS a scapegoat.
Pointing out that an abuser has an excuse or can find an excuse is completely useless. Explaining their excuse is useless. It's still just an excuse, and they can always find one. A scapegoat requires no effort and can be imagined in any way possible. Logic and reason is no limitation.
So please explain to me what the point of your post is?
Re:How convenient (Score:3, Insightful)
Yes, and 9/11 was an inside job, we never landed on the moon, Obama is a secret Communist Muslim, Roosevelt knew about Pearl Harbor beforehand, etc., etc.
Paranoid schizophrenia is a sad disease.