Hackers Say Attacked CIA Site, Service Disrupted

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Source: Reuters

Hackers say attacked CIA site, service disrupted

Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:49pm EDT

BOSTON (Reuters) - The Lulz Security group of hackers said in a Tweet that it had launched an attack on the public website of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

The site, www.cia.gov, was unavailable for a few minutes on Wednesday evening, immediately after the group announced the attack via Twitter.

"We are looking into these reports," a CIA spokeswoman said.

The group Lulz Security announced the attack shortly before 6 p.m. East Coast time. "Tango down," the group Tweeted, pointing to www.cia.gov.

Read more: http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE75E6JC20110615?irpc=932

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1. recommend

[RandomThoughts]

2. Howmany people in politics, or media have signed with various

groups that use smear and secrecy.

I really don't know for sure, but when you see coordinated tactics in media, targeting some people, that mention some things.

Then it is possible that some groups working in secrecy, not for the people of the USA or the world, since I am due beer and travel money, and that has not been sent, and that is just and compassionate. Some of those groups are a problem, and may be instructing many in politics or media, and even the private sector. And there are many that say they are 'in those group' and get people to do things, and the secrecy never gets anyone to question who they are really working for.

Or maybe it is a lesson in journalism, or what they might think the purpose of journalism is.

[NoodleyAppendage]

3. Not the fight I would choose to pick. n/t

J

[nichomachus]

4. Service disrupted?

You mean some leftist government will have to wait a few days to be overthrown?

[KittyWampus]

5. LulzSec Continues Global Hack Attack: CIA Down, Senate Attacked Again!

Source: International Business Times

Hacker group LulzSec is relentlessly continuing its attack: the public website of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) i.e. www.cia.gov was hacked by the group and taken down temporarily on Wednesday even as the U.S. Senate said it had foiled a renewed hacking bid by the same group.

After claiming responsibility for the attack on U.S. Senate, PBS' servers and Fox.com and Sony earlier this year, the loosely organized group LulzSec continued their crazy attack on CIA. Recently they even opened a hotline for their fans asking them the name of websites they want to be put down. Now CIA seems to be in that target list.

"Tango down - cia.gov - for the lulz," the group wrote on twitter at 5:48 East Coast time. Immediately the CIA website could not be accessed by users.

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On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate also acknowledged that LulzSec tried to break into its website for the second time this week. Deputy Senate Sergeant at Arms Martina Bradford said the hackers managed to get their hands on some information from the public site but failed to access sensitive data as they were blocked by a firewall. The hack group tried to breach the Senate's earlier during the weekend too.

However, the threat continues. Who will be LulzSec's next target? What does LulzSec want? Is the group a threat to governments and companies of the world? Leave your comments below.

Read more: http://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/articles/163646/20110615/lulzsec-global-hack-attack-cia-down-senate-attacked-hotline.htm

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6. It seems some people here want to destroy the federal government as much as the right wingers.

[girl gone mad]

7. oohh.. scary cybercrime.

:scared:

Better get that internet kill switch, ASAP.

:sarcasm:

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8. CIA is a threat to democracy, equality and people's government --

There were times when evidently as much as 50% of our Federal education budget

was money for the CIA!!

Meanwhile, the CIA has always taken rightwing money from any source -- including

the KKK and Nazis.

[Sirveri]

9. What does LulzSec want? Uhhh... Lulz, DUH.

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10. "What does LulzSec want?"

They keep telling us what they want. They're in it for the lulz.

Anonymous may have a higher agenda, but these guys are just into mayhem. I mean, why else would they DDoS Minecraft and get half the planet's geeks on their case?