Next up: US versus 'Anonymous'

[kpete]

Source: Raw Story/Agence France-Presse

Next up: US versus 'Anonymous'
US probes ‘Anonymous’ hacker threat over WikiLeaks soldier

By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 -- 4:01 pm

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Tuesday it had requested an investigation into a hacker group's reported cyber threat against a military base that is being used to hold a US soldier suspected of giving documents to WikiLeaks.

Pentagon spokesman Colonel David Lapan said the probe was requested after news that the hacker group called Anonymous was seeking to disrupt online activities at the Quantico, Virginia, base where Private Bradley Manning is incarcerated.

"The base at Quantico, including the brig, are aware of that and they have made law enforcement agencies aware of that as well," Lapan said.

The Financial Times reported that hackers known as "Anonymous," which had claimed credit for attacks supporting WikiLeaks in recent months, was seeking to disrupt communications at the US Marine base.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/08/us-probes-hacker-threat-over-wikileaks-soldier/

[inademv]

1. Bullshit fabricated "tip" n/t

[KansDem]

2. Stop torturing a member of the US military.

Problem solved...

[CLANG]

8. Stop torturing an American citizen. Period! It is against the law, and all treaties.

[RoccoR5955]

3. I guess they think that if you tell a lie enough times...

... it turns into truth.
BASS TURDS!

[joshcryer]

4. I just hope no one here used their DDoS tools that they distribute.

You can be sure that the majority of the big hackers in the hacking group Anonymous are well protected from actual prosecution.

The plebs running the software that Anonymous tells them to run?

Not so much.

[inademv]

5. Typically DDOS software isn't run knowingly or willingly n/t

[sudopod]

6. Clearly ordering 20 pizzas for some douchebag = terrorism.

at least they didn't mention battletoads.

[The Doctor.]

7. Well, right off the bat they've lost.

If they're going after a 'group', they've already failed.

They don't know how to fight actual ideas, so they're SOL.