January 29, 2011 at 15:17Roundup on Anonymous
The intelligence services of the United States, Britain and the European Union, coordinated by the FBI, organized a simultaneous raid on members of the Anonymous group in different countries. In the UK, five people were arrested from 15 to 26 years old, in the United States conducted more than 40 searches . Investigative actions are also ongoing in Holland, Germany and France.
Trying to track one of the IRC servers, the FBI searched the Dallas Internet service provider Tailor Made Services . Another IRC server was tracked to the Hurricane Electric provider (Fremont, Califonia).
UK Pirate Party experts explain what could threaten young people to participate in a DDoS attack. Apparently, they were arrested on charges of violating the Computer Misuse Act 1990. According to experts, the use of DDoS scripts such as Low Orbit Ion Cannon for the purpose of intentionally causing damage could threaten imprisonment for up to two years.
The FBI in its press release states that "organizing or participating in DDoS attacks is punishable by imprisonment of up to ten years."
It seems that only Russian members of the Anonymous group can feel safe (and there are many of them). In Russia, such repression against Internet activists is difficult to imagine for political and legal reasons.
Trying to track one of the IRC servers, the FBI searched the Dallas Internet service provider Tailor Made Services . Another IRC server was tracked to the Hurricane Electric provider (Fremont, Califonia).
UK Pirate Party experts explain what could threaten young people to participate in a DDoS attack. Apparently, they were arrested on charges of violating the Computer Misuse Act 1990. According to experts, the use of DDoS scripts such as Low Orbit Ion Cannon for the purpose of intentionally causing damage could threaten imprisonment for up to two years.
The FBI in its press release states that "organizing or participating in DDoS attacks is punishable by imprisonment of up to ten years."
It seems that only Russian members of the Anonymous group can feel safe (and there are many of them). In Russia, such repression against Internet activists is difficult to imagine for political and legal reasons.