DDoS From 4chan Hits MPAA and Anti-Piracy Website 318
ACKyushu writes "Say what you like about 4chan; when they want something done, it gets done. Following a call to arms yesterday, the masses inhabiting the anonymous 4chan boards have carried out a huge assault on a pair of anti-piracy enemies. The website of Aiplex Software, the anti-piracy outfit which has been DDoSing torrent sites recently, fell victim to a DDoS itself. They were joined in the Internet wasteland by the MPAA's website, which also fell to a huge and sustained attack."
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Let the slashdotting commence!
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Seeing as the Slashdot editor/submitter were too lame to include links themselves, I'll give you all a hand at, um, investigating these fine websites.
Aiplex [aiplex.com]
MPAA [mpaa.org]
I actually didn't think the Aiplex site was correct at first, just because of how awful it is. Maybe they got into the "anti-piracy" business because they failed so amazingly hard at website design.
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...because they failed so amazingly hard at website design.
Great websites aren't designed. They are incepted.
truly nice post, btw
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Dilbert said it... (Score:5, Insightful)
http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1999-02-07/ [dilbert.com]
Re:And now... (Score:5, Interesting)
Well, that's rather interesting... when I went to the mpaa.org site, it immediately got stopped by NoScript; it was trying to redirect me to a URL in the form www.mpaa.org/my.ip.add.ress
Put on your tinfoil hats, everyone.
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That's the only way they know to log it.
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Fail at web server administration.
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Fail at web server administration.
At least their success rate is consistent.
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>>>mpaa.org site immediately got stopped by NoScript
Really? Noscript didn't flat anything. Of course I have it set for "temporarily allow top-level domains by default" and "allow 2nd level domains". Hmmmm..... I like where it provides a link to get TV shows/movies online legally including sites like Hulu and TheWB.com - worth bookmarking.
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it did for me, at about 9:20 EST
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Television and movies worth bookmarking.
Kleenex worth saving.
Flies worth counting.
Yugos worth restoring.
Feces worth polishing.
I suppose you can see where I'm going with this...
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PS. Well, naturally there is also tpb & eztv...
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Me too:
mpaa.org went to mpaa.org/my.ip.add.ress
and that, resolved to a page that set a cookie. Once I allowed the cookie, it redirected my to a page that said:
"The page you are looking for is cannot be found.
Please try again later. "
(sic)
So, it's probably an attempt to deal with the DDoS. Either that, or my IP was geolocated, and there is no appropriate content...
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The MPAA site works for me, rather well, and it seems like a high-bandwidth site, too. I'm in Finland, if that's of interest.
So, it seems MPAA recovered and/or the DDoS is over already.
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I've tried several times now...
Forty-seven million times?
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FYI, Your links don't work. I've tried several times now...
Keep trying!
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I notice that the MPAA site has a "Report Piracy" form at http://www.mpaa.org/contentprotection/report-piracy [mpaa.org].
As a member of the society that has granted copyright holders their limited, temporarily monopolistic usage rights, I am at this moment reporting the misappropriation of the terms "theft", "ownership" and "property" with respect to these rights and the content they cover. (They are violations because copyright is a social contract between creators of intellectual property and society, and any contract has two sides. The MPAA et al are violating their side of the contract.) I discovered these violations on their very website! Anyone else want to complain?
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I'd like you to grow up and stop endorsing shitty behaviour like the MPAA outsourcing their scumbaggery to the 3rd world.
The way to prevent copyright is through the legal system, NOT by employing fucking Indians to DDOS torrent servers.
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I actually didn't think the Aiplex site was correct at first, just because of how awful it is. Maybe they got into the "anti-piracy" business because they failed so amazingly hard at website design.
Wow, I see what you mean.
It looks a lot like a domain squatter/parking page.
Re:And now... (Score:5, Informative)
Seeing as the Slashdot editor/submitter were too lame to include links themselves, I'll give you all a hand at, um, investigating these fine websites.
Aiplex [aiplex.com] MPAA [mpaa.org]
I actually didn't think the Aiplex site was correct at first, just because of how awful it is. Maybe they got into the "anti-piracy" business because they failed so amazingly hard at website design.
Let's skip the web site design and just look at the content -- is this for real?
Aiplex has a blend of technology savvy & process driven dedicated team bringing about a paradigm shift in rendering customized solutions to its clients. We have steadily grown in reach and service offerings with a favorable cost-benefit ratio & keeping pace with the emerging business needs of our customers.
First - you're using "&" in the description of your business? Second, those sentences don't actually make sense...
Now let's look at the <title> element of the web page:
Medical transcription , Search engine optimization , AiPlex Software Pvt. Ltd. , MT & seo , Seo & mt , transcription services , medical transcription , medical transcription services , medical transcription work , medical transcription job , medical transcription company , medical transcription medical transcription karnataka , medical transcription india , medical transcription news , medical transcription offers , medical transcription company in bangalore , medical transcription company in india , medical , information , medical records , medical dictation , medical transcription night shift work , mt night shift job , mt work , mt jobs , mt careers , mt business , mt training , mt desk , mt daily , mt bangalore , mt india , mt 24*7 , mt company in banglaore , mt company in india , mt outsourcing , mt careers in bangalore , mt jobs in bangalore , mt hipaa regulations , mt hipaa compliance , out source medical transcription , aiplex , aiplex mt , aiplex mt bangalore , aiplex medical transcription , voice files , dictation , medical dictation , mt dictation , doctor voice files , patient record , patient charts , health care india , security in healthcare , security in medical dictation , Processing million lines a month , office based mt opportunities , home based mt work , home transcription , HT bangalore , aiplex home based benefits , mt career opportunities , aiplex guarantees 98.5 % accuracy , aiplex quality management system ensures customer expectations , toll free dictation , disaster recovery plan , attractive prize of 8cents per line of transcription , 360 degree machanism to deliver flawless transcripts , robust infrastructure for data back, data security & confidentiality , 12hrs turn around time ( TAT) , mt resume online , direct submission previlage at higher rates for HTs , enhanced benefits for enhanced targets , medical transcriptionist , proof reader , Quality analyst , Best MT company in bangalore.
Alas, though they boast "SEO" in their title among other things... a search for "medical transcription" on google doesn't turn them up (at least in the first page). The I'm not usually a fan of this kind of "justice", but in this case the web was a slightly better place for the duration of this site's outage.
On the other hand, if this is who the Bollywood (not the MPAA as TFS implies) employs to do their dirty work, then the only real concern is that torrenters will fall off of their chairs laughing. In the process they might collectively hit their heads on their power strips and take their dirty file-sharing systems offline.
On the third hand, looking back through the press coverage of Aiplex, I notice that the *only* person who claims that Aiplex is working with Bollywood is the owner of Aiplex. This hints to me that their rather successful attempt to bltiz the media with their name has backfired in the most extravagantly perfect way possible.
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Oh the irony.
Wait, this is irony, isn't it?
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MPAA is down for me and aiplex is still trying to load.
I'm in Canada though.
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aiplex will only load the title and it just kind of sits there. Haven't tried the MPAA. While I legal torrent I don't like hackish (and amateurish) attempts at using more than web server logs to record my IP address.
Re:And now... (Score:5, Funny)
It's so cute when people think Slashdot could still actually Slashdot anything.
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Why would one hold a belief that one did not believe was correct?
Right. When Aiplex and the MPAA attack sites and people, that's OK. If some group attacks them in return, it's akin to terrorism.
Does anyone care? (Score:5, Insightful)
Oh noes their website went down for a few hours, that's sure to stop all of their operations! Or not...
counterproductive (Score:4, Insightful)
I think neither the MPAA nor Aiplex really care about about their websites getting knocked down; if anything, it gives them more publicity and lets them generate additional FUD about the dreaded "pirates". If anonymous members can't target more essential parts of their business with their attacks, they shouldn't bother.
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Re:counterproductive (Score:5, Informative)
You misspelled "the lulz".
Re:counterproductive (Score:5, Insightful)
I think neither the MPAA nor Aiplex really care about about their websites getting knocked down; if anything, it gives them more publicity and lets them generate additional FUD about the dreaded "pirates". If anonymous members can't target more essential parts of their business with their attacks, they shouldn't bother.
I doubt that is the kind of publicity the MAFIAA seeks.
4CHAN isn't just attacking their websites - they are mimicing the MAFIAA.
If DOS'ing a website is wrong then why is Aiplex Software, a proxy of the MAFIAA, doing it too?
Re:counterproductive (Score:5, Insightful)
. . . because he who has the deepest pockets and slimiest lawyers win!
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. . . because he who has the deepest pockets and slimiest lawyers win!
No, technically it's who has the fattest pipes.
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Or the most pipes... ..oh...wait....
Hence, the D in DDOS.
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You had me laughing at "respectable"
Re:counterproductive (Score:5, Insightful)
I think neither the MPAA nor Aiplex really care about about their websites getting knocked down; if anything, it gives them more publicity and lets them generate additional FUD about the dreaded "pirates". If anonymous members can't target more essential parts of their business with their attacks, they shouldn't bother.
If 4chan manages to DDOS the official sites of the upcoming and just-out movies produced by MPAA members, they'll be hurt pretty badly. All of their ads, TV, web, printed, and so on, point to these sites.
So DDOS van be a viable weapon, if that's how MPAA wants business done.
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DDoSing a movie site would do diddly squat to the bottom line.
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Re:counterproductive (Score:5, Insightful)
If anonymous members can't target more essential parts of their business with their attacks, they shouldn't bother.
So should they do black faxes then?
Re:counterproductive (Score:5, Funny)
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Ssssshhhhh!
The first wave of attacks was merely a distraction. General Pedobear is leading an attack through the backdoor to crush them once and for all.
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The first wave of attacks was merely a distraction. General Pedobear is leading an attack through the backdoor to crush them once and for all.
The general is talking about surprise buttsex, right? General Pedobear should be one of the most experienced in that field.
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Correct, until the real pirates get a call to arms and go destroy the building and run the staff off the plank, this is nothing more then a cool stunt.
Well (Score:4, Interesting)
At the very least, this should show the MPAA that no matter what kind of resources they have, 4Chan can muster the same or more. I mean, obviously this didn't have any short or long term effect other than someone probably saying "oh, our websites are down." But ya, if they are capable of this (with sheer numbers), they could be capable of more.
Basically I'm for anything that scares the MPAA somewhat, or at least is a force fighting them, even if the "fighting" (in this case) is rather pointless and somewhat childish.
Re:Well (Score:5, Insightful)
This is nothing. This is a "moral" victory for idiots who need to feel important online because they don't know how to do that in the real world.
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How is it giving them ammo? Neither website was an important part of their respective business. They didn't lose any money over it. It's more symbolic than anything else. What we really need to do is figure out the IP addresses of the machines doing the DOSing of TPB and send them a few trillion nastygrams. DDOSes need to be responded to in kind. If it brings down half the internet (as in the Make Love Not Spam debacle), well good! That is the fucking point. This kind of behavior should not be tolerated.
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What we really need is a screensaver application to DDOS these bastards. Maybe Lycos could help code it. I agree that we have to keep our attacks up for at least as long as Aiplex does. Aiplex is an international Cyber-terrorist. Where are all of our so called cyber-warriors when we need them? If only the CIA were one of the good guys, the president of Aiplex would find himself facing multiple kiddie rape charges. Then the charges would be dropped and then reinstated again just to add to the publicity. Chil
Matthew 26:52 (Score:4, Funny)
Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
In schoolboy terms "they started it!"
wrong target (Score:3, Informative)
wouldn't it be more efficient to target Aiplex's and MPAA's gateway so that workers would have difficulty to "work"? If they don't use their own websites, they might have not noticed at all.
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No, they directly targeted the load balancers, which is much more effective.
Wider area of splash damage.
Knock It Off (Score:2)
The "good guys" cannot flood nearly as significantly as the bad guys. Worse, the good guys are significantly more exposed -- they have corpnets, they have partner nets, etc. Today it's the website, tomorrow it's Hulu.
There are paths on which the anti-piracy people have the high ground (not moral high ground, tactical high ground). DDoS, in no uncertain terms, is not on
Re:Knock It Off (Score:5, Informative)
Actually, the MPAA has been paying Airplex to DDOS torrent sites for some time now. In this case, Han really didn't shoot first. In effect, they DID legitimize the DDOS and so this is Anonymous saying "Oh, OK then".
"Anti-piracy?" (Score:5, Insightful)
I wouldn't call the MPAA "Anti-Piracy."
THEY would call themselves "anti-piracy" but they actually lobby for legislation that gives them control over content beyond what copyright law allows, in order to reap greater profits. They also try to lock down and control content delivery mechanisms and channels in order to maintain a monopoly.
Not really an "anti-piracy" group.
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I've always loved those commercials; that guy and everyone else on the regular staff got a paycheck for their work long before the movie came out. If they actually made a percentage of the film's profits, which I guarantee none of them do, then they'd have a right to complain. I guess the point I'm trying to make is moot since that guy wasn't really a carpenter anyway, but an actor.
As the call to attack said... (Score:2)
Payback's a bitch.
On a Saturday? (Score:2)
What the hell is the point of DDOSing a company on a weekend? All the people who deserve it are out at their summer houses throwing their last party of the season. The only person who'll actually care is the poor networking flunky who has to come in on his day off or risk being fired.
Arms race, anyone? (Score:5, Insightful)
The only winners in an arms race are the arms dealers. In this case, that'd be bandwidth providers, security specialists, anybody who "helps" you in your attempt to win the fight.
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RIAA being attacked next (Score:2, Informative)
A casual trip through 4chan's boards found an interesting tidbit. They are planning another assault, on the RIAA now. It is planned for Sunday. Finding the details on 4chans boards should be trivial for any slashdotter. Just trying to be informative.
Another important link (Score:4, Informative)
Interesting seems like 200+ people are in a chatroom coordinating this right now.
http://pastehtml.com/view/1b3tqp1.html
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what kind of english is this? (Score:4, Insightful)
quoted from 'aiplex':
Solution
To eradicate piracy at its best possible, we strategically follow some of the best practices outlined below;
Finding the links of the unauthorized content using appropriate software which co-relates the copyright / licensed material in any given format.
Our 24/7 net vigilance agents & customer support team will have a rigorous check on video sharing communities and perform regular scrutiny for copyright deviation.
A list of leading 159 video sharing communities where videos in any forms are uploaded will be on a rigorous check for any new uploads.
We shall approach the service provider with the authenticated links of the pirated products being uploaded & appeal them to remove the content/file by issuing legal notice / request letter for violation of copyrights.
Our 24/7 support team would also prevent the damage by issuing instant legal notices to the service provider & block the account for deviating copy right laws.
wtf?? I mean, they seem like kids or something. not very good english for an 'official' net-sheriff (oops, that was another clown on teh intertubes, pardon me).
I'm not impressed. sorry.
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I think it's because Aiplex is located in Bangalore.
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Buzzword compliance... Look at the rest of their site for some Dilbert-esque lulz
People :
Aiplex is staffed by a strong, coherent, and well-trained team of 100 plus people who have witnessed a sense of growth that is unparalleled in the industry. We have nurtured an atmosphere of teamwork, commitment, and accountability enabling the team to meet business demands consistently.
You've just "witnessed" a "sense" of growth? In other words, you didn't actually grow, you just "witnessed" something that feels like growth... After truthiness, growthiness?
They also seem to be into SEO; sounds like quite a sleazy company...
Get out and vote... (Score:5, Insightful)
I wish I could mobilize 4chan dwellers and /b/tards in particular to go out and vote for their national Pirate Party come election time, but it appears the vast majority haven't reached the age of maturity yet...
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The DDoS will be beneficial to the **AAs in the long run and the shortsighted idiots on 4chan are handing it to them on a silver platter.
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Next up, MPAA execs arrive at work to find 10,000 flaming bags of dog crap on their "porch"
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That's a bit extreme, can we try the dog poop first?
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I think they are exactly the sort of people who believe only they should be allowed to throw shit around.One incident wouldn't do more than annoy them, but if they get home and find more of the same, they might well turn out to be exactly the sort of deeply paranoid (in the colloquial sense) people who would be horrified to know that the unwashed masses know where they live and have a personal grudge.
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However, the measures are, as his name states, very trollish.
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"You just told the powers in the world to stop fucking around on the Internet and to start fucking around with jackbooted thugs knocking down doors."
That was inevitable. One must eventually decide what to do about the thugs.
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But you can imprison senior management. You know, those who control the company
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Firebombs make great imprisonment devices. Just make sure all exits are covered.
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Re:Awesome.. (Score:4, Insightful)
"Ddosers likely think that they are attacking the big corporate giants but instead it's just the network admins who get all the shit and still desperately try to keep the sites up."
The servant of an enemy is still an enemy.
Re:Awesome.. (Score:4, Insightful)
Yes, and when you vote with your wallet and refuse to buy the products of some corporation which you don't like - guess what, the people who get all the trouble (of a lower figure on their paychecks, or possibly even being laid off) are its employees! O horror!
I honestly don't understand where this line is coming from. I work for a large and rather unpopular (around here, anyway) corporation. As such, I fully expect the flak it may receive from disgruntled customers - should there be enough of it - to be reflected on my paycheck, bonuses etc. After all, impressive profits that it makes every quarter are most certainly reflected that way, so that would only be fair. A share is fair when it's of everything that goes in, whether gold or shit.
Same for MPAA admins. I've no idea if it's a high-paying job or not, but either way, the money they get doesn't materialize out of thin air - it is a result of MPAA business, and, more specifically, the business decisions that it makes. If one feels comfortable using such a pay source as a means of supporting themselves, they should also accept the strings attached to that paycheck.
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I got wood...
Like this? [memedepot.com]
Re:DDoS Software (Score:4, Informative)
Anything wrong with this?
Re:DDoS Software (Score:4, Informative)
There is something wrong with this: pings are being blocked. Substituting it with wget seems to be working just fine though.
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Sorry about the chain of replies to myself, but mpaa.org seems to be blocking my IP after 440 successive wgets :)
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Are you sure you're not blocked after 420 wgets ? :)
Re:DDoS Software (Score:4, Funny)
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Bash + curl.
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Bash fork()ing might work with "wget target.com".
Re:What's with Aiplex? (Score:4, Interesting)
Actually their involvement in medical transcription rather bothers me. Much of medical transcription in the USA is now outsourced to India. If companies like this one exhibit ethically questionable behavior in regards to one aspect of communications, can they be trusted to properly handle the sensitive identity and health care information that is at the core of medical transcription? There is no assurance that these greaseballs who admit to deliberately corrupting portions of the Internet are not doing things like compiling lists of patients with terminal diagnoses to sell to funeral homes so the undertakers can use targeted marketing techniques more effectively....
I'd like to see some USA Federal or State Attorney General do some investigation about whether there may be criminal activity, or the potential for that, here.