FBI targets 12 ‘Anonymous’ hacktivists over Koch Industries cyber attack

Playinghardball

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Wed Jul-27-11 09:38 AM
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FBI targets 12 ‘Anonymous’ hacktivists over Koch Industries cyber attack

Source: Raw Story
By Eric W. Dolan

As part of an ongoing investigation into "coordinated cyber attacks against major companies and organizations" by members of the hacktivist collective "Anonymous," the FBI is investigating 12 individuals suspected of participating in cyber attacks against business websites operated by Koch Industries.

Koch Industries owners Charles and David Koch were being targeted by the group, an open letter from February stated, for their attempts "to usurp American Democracy." The two were chief financiers of the tea party movement and supporters of Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker.

According to a confidential FBI affidavit obtained by The Smoking Gun, the 12 suspects allegedly participated in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on Koch Industries sites in February and March. The attacks attempt to disrupt sites availability by overwhelming them with meaningless web traffic, slowing the site down and sometimes knocking it offline entirely.

Federal agents launched an investigation into the DDoS attacks against Koch Industries sites after the company contacted the agency on February 27 to report that its Quilted Northern site was being attacked.
The FBI was able to identify 12 targets thanks to firewall logs provided by Koch.

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/07/26/fbi-targets-12-anonymous-hacktivists-over-koch-industries-cyber-attack/

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joeybee12

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Wed Jul-27-11 09:39 AM
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1. Hacking web sites? Off with their heads! War crimes?

Well, let's move past that.

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fascisthunter

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Wed Jul-27-11 09:40 AM
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2. Why should we tax payers have our FBI serving the private interests of the Koches?

Edited on Wed Jul-27-11 09:41 AM by fascisthunter

how about we drag the Kockes and stick them in a small cell together for the rest of their fascist lives?

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Lint Head

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Wed Jul-27-11 09:43 AM
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3. So hacking Koch is more important than murdering hundreds of thousands of innocent people in

unnecessary wars, outing CIA agents and torturing people? Huh? We are experiencing the Twilight Zone in real time.

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N7Shepard

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Wed Jul-27-11 09:47 AM
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4. I thought the Kochs wanted govt cuts - would be funny if one

minimum wage earning agent showed up to help.

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CanonRay

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Wed Jul-27-11 10:04 AM
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5. That's our FBI and DOJ...defending corporate interests at all costs.

Torture? Banksters? Illegal hacking? Not so important.

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backscatter712

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Wed Jul-27-11 10:09 AM
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6. Ah, the legacy of J. Edgar Hoover lives.

You'd have to be a full-blown authoritarian with a deep-seated hatred for liberty and democracy to willingly join the FBI.

That entire agency is unamerican and unpatriotic.

Nothing but subhuman thugs who enjoy predation.

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