Anonymous took down cia.gov

[midnight]

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]

1. Since it needs to be said...

There's a world of difference between the CIA website and hacking the CIA.

[midnight]

2. Cute cartoon...

[The Doctor.]

3. LoL... The CIA totally NAILED IT with that cartoon!

(Also... it's totally true. The cartoon is right. Nothing to see here.)

[RoccoR5955]

4. How true the cartoon is

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]

19. Or perhaps it's not their biggest priority over the weekend.

I can think of plenty of things more important to them....

[RoccoR5955]

22. Not my point

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]

11. Yep. (nt)

[PatrynXX]

13. I must be deaf. never would be the middle

o_O

[Capn Sunshine]

5. oh what a tangled web we weave

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]

6. And something we respect could be next. I see nothing good in this type of thing.

[Capn Sunshine]

7. it's like tossing a rock through the office window

it's annoying , rather like anonymous, who might actually be a CIA front in the first place.
But I've said too much.

[Tunkamerica]

8. Sounds like something the CIA might say

[rhett o rick]

10. I think you are giving the CIA too much credit. Didnt they find WMD in Iraq? nm

[harmonicon]

16. HAHAHA!!

Oh, yeah, they're a CIA front. Um... chemtrails?

[rhett o rick]

9. Dear Anon, dont bother with the CIA. Plez take down Karl Rove. nm

[BlueMTexpat]

14. Amen! eom

[midnight]

21. Now that would really help us here in Wisconsin...

[sarcasmo]

23. Plus they could take down the Koch brothers.

[rhett o rick]

24. Of course. nm

[limpyhobbler]

12. Guessing the agency senses the attack and then pretends to succumb so they can log, trace and

investigate all the participants as fully as possible. They map out the attack to study it and learn from it. That is all.

[Zorro]

18. Anonymous might not be so anonymous any more

The joke will be on them.

[rhett o rick]

25. Sounds like you choose to root for the CIA against Anonymous. Care to elaborate? nm

[Zorro]

26. Sounds like I'm saying Anonymous probably just outed themselves to the CIA

and thus they are anonymous no longer.

[rhett o rick]

27. How very clever. So do you support Anonymous or not? I support them. nm

[Zorro]

29. Support Anonymous? Gee, I don't know.

They're anonymous, after all.

Well, probably not to the CIA.

[rhett o rick]

30. So I take from that, that you dont support OWS. Would you care to

discuss or are you here just to snark?

[unionworks]

15. The C.I.A. does have a sense of humor

Google "The Covert Comic"

[razorman]

17. Now, if the CIA decides to take down Anonymous, there won't be many LULz.

[rhett o rick]

28. What wouldnt the CIA decide to "take down" Anonymous? Why havent they? nm

[razorman]

32. Maybe they don't consider it enough of an annoyance. Yet.

[PavePusher]

20. I'll feign stronger interest when they take on the NSA.

[kentauros]

31. And we'll never hear about them again!

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?

[razorman]

33. Or the NBA.