Anonymous to launch more effective site-attack tool Saturday, when it occupies Wall Street

[tama]

Source: IT WORLD

Hactivist group Anonymous announced it will launch a new weapon on Saturday to replace the Low Orbit Ion Cannon application it uses to automate distributed denial of service attacks.

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The app, written in Perl, Python and JavaScript app is designed to max out a web-site's server not by sending a flood of requests from the outside, but by launching an overwhelming number of processes on the server itself, freezing or bringing it down as its resources are exhausted.

The release of #Ref#Ref is timed to coincide with the combined online/real-world protest against the economic power of Wall Street firms, which it scheduled for 7 a.m. Eastern time Saturday, Sept. 17.

The operation dubbed #OccupyWallStreet was announced several weeks ago. Its stated intent is to persuade as many as 20,000 people to camp out on the streets of Manhattan's financial district until the Obama administration meets its demands.

Read more: http://www.itworld.com/security/203799/anonymous-launch...

[tama]

1. Final comments

from the article:

"Just to be on the safe side, I'd be sure to get enough cash from the bank Friday to carry through to Monday.

And leave your tent at home."

[AtheistCrusader]

2. Tent?

uh... I don't get it.

[Saokymo]

3. It's against NYC law to put up tents on city streets

So if people do camp out for the operation, they can't use tents.

[AtheistCrusader]

5. Ah-ha, thank you.

[brooklynite]

23. Zucotti Park isn't public land...

...so as far as I can see, there are no restrictions if people camp there.

That being said, it's ironic that the anti-Wall Streeters are being given a campground by a Wall Street fat cat.

[tama]

4. NYC regulations

Camping/protesting with sleeping bags on sidewalks legal, tents are not and will give police excuse to do what police do. The original Adbuster announcement asked people to come with tents a là Tahrir square, changing and adapting tactics.

[Canuckistanian]

6. K&R

A Tahrir Square in the US of A. I like it.

[digitaln3rd]

7. "Hacktivist"? Cyber idiots are more like it.

Sorry but they're nothing but stupid little children and hopefully they'll be caught soon.

[Arctic Dave]

9. Still angry they didn't let you in the club. ;)

[tcaudilllg]

14. Poor baby! ;_;

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[Odin2005]

17. That's what the PTB say about ALL protestors.

"They are childish"
"they need to grow up"
"adults learn to accept authority"

[Imajika]

20. Mostly a bunch of kids doing it for the lolz..

Amazing to me that people actually think "Anonymous" is some kind of left wing activist group when in reality it is just 4chan kiddies doing it for laughs.

[Modern_Matthew]

8. More power to them.

I cringe when people bring up petty laws that might be broken during peaceful protests.

[correaman13]

10. The whole thing was originally proposed and fueled by Adbusters Magazine

... Which is a anti-consumerism promoting publication. Here is a link to their website: http://www.adbusters.org / . When the proposed protest started picking steam on the net Anonymous lent their "name/brand recognition" to what they believe is a just cause.

That all being said I really wish I could participate in the occupation of Wall Street but unfortunately I live no where near the areas where the protests will be taking place

[Bigmack]

18. Adbusters is a FAB magazine!

Actually we discovered it in Canada! Ms Bigmack

[NBachers]

11. A new outlet for the San Francisco BART protesters

[tcaudilllg]

13. Go Anonymous!!

Right into the heart of Mt. Greed, where the Ring of Plutocracy was forged!

[midnight]

15. K&R Wall Street crimes need attention.

[No Elephants]

16. They're getting a lot of attention from Main Street, just not from K Street, and C Street

is probably praying for them to prevail, again.

[boppers]

19. What a horrible article.

Straight up disinfo, maybe. Hint: Javascript does not run on server-side.

[greyl]

21. SSJS is server-side javascript. nt

[boppers]

22. You are correct.

I should have said "Executing Javascript/ECMAscript on the server, sent from the client, is mind-bogglingly rare".