Via Twitter: New Attack Underway Against Kochs' Club For Growth. Anonymous.

[Kurovski]

The tweet: "I've been informed a #DDoS is underway against http://www.clubforgrowth.org #Anonymous #OpWisconsin #WIunion #WeAreWI "

http://twitter.com/AnonNewsNet

It's coming up, but slowly. Let's see what happens.

[Kurovski]

1. Aaaand...It's down.

[Poll_Blind]

2. I recced this purely because I fancy pound signs.

Honest.

PB

[Kurovski]

4. I'm fond of phantasmagoric situations.

[madinmaryland]

3. Un-recced for no comprehensible comments in the twitters.

[Kurovski]

5. OK

[madinmaryland]

6. Rather than posting a twitter post, why not post the links

that you feel are important and that you think we should see here. Linking to a bunch of 10 word comments and making us slog through it is not worth while.

Thanks!

[Kurovski]

7. The relevant tweet is in the OP. I put the link in to show I'm not making it up.

It's presently the Fourth tweet down.

[boppers]

18. I'll translate.

The original:
"I've been informed a #DDoS is underway against http://www.clubforgrowth.org #Anonymous #OpWisconsin #WIunion #WeAreWI "

Broken down:
"I've been informed"
(I am not claiming responsibility or involvement)

"a #DDoS is underway"
(This is the current attack target, with people around the world overloading the site by trying to visit it)

"against http://www.clubforgrowth.org"
(This is the web site that is the current target)

"#Anonymous #OpWisconsin #WIunion #WeAreWI"
(People who follow Anonymous, the Anonymous attack plans relating to Wisconsin (#op is standard parlance to prefix targets), Wisconsin Unions, and a Global effort to make a presence known in WI should be interested)

[Dappleganger]

8. k&r, and I understand what was in the OP.

No need to change a thing.

[Kurovski]

9. Thanks. I always wonder about that, and i'm willing to listen.

[Dappleganger]

10. If anyone has been reading Catherina's posts on the middle east...

they'd at least have half a clue what tweets mean.

Using tweetdeck makes it easy to filter out the nonsense when necessary.

[madinmaryland]

13. I suppose that is why a lot of us have not figured out twitter. BTW, what is a tweetdick?

:wtf:

[Kurovski]

14. I don't know...I'll go look it up.

My own familiarity with twitter comes from reading what DUers bring here. this is the first time I've gone to the page.

Hold on...

[boppers]

15. tweetdEck

http://www.tweetdeck.com/

[Dappleganger]

19. Thank you, at least one person reads, lol.

TweetDECK is just another application which helps to sort Twitter, which can be overwhelming at times.

[Skip_In_Boulder]

25. Thanks for the heads up on TweetDeck

It's pretty cool.

[Kurovski]

16. I guess it means giving too much personal info...

Don't Be a Tweet Dick, Here's How
Capital of Nasty, an Electronic Magazine - ISSN 1482-0471
Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 20:00 (3815/89)
Posted by capnasty
Categories: Culture, HowTo, Internet, Twitter

A recent study from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign suggests the microblogging site can improve relationships in RL (that's Real Life). But it's also become a venue by which people may -- to put it plainly -- overshare. It can be tough to recognize when you're beating the TMI drum just a little too loudly -- the need for a reaction from your followers can often outweigh your better judgment -- but sometimes a simple edit is all you need to avoid the dreaded "unfollow".


http://con.ca/news/3815


I also found this: :D

http://twitter.com/tweetdick

[madinmaryland]

32. Heh! That's funny!!

:rofl:

[Kurovski]

36. See how nicely a misunderstanding can work out?

:D

[Kurovski]

17. Do you have to download something to use tweetdeck?

[Dappleganger]

20. No, just download the application.

It runs on its own apart from whatever browser you use. I make mine a skinny column and keep it to the right.

[Warpy]

11. Yeah, we noticed they were gone yesterday

and someone here earlier said they got a copy of the mail.

They'll be back, but the Koch boys will have to invest more and more of their money to try to make it bulletproof.

Somehow, with all the other stuff Anonymous has done, I doubt that will be possible for long.

I just want to see a lot of the private correspondence of those old boys with their hired help published. That should be the beginning of the end for them.

[Kurovski]

12. It was "Americans for Prosperity" that was down yesterday.

This is another, different Koch sponsored site. It's a new attack

[Dappleganger]

21. Anything to make them run circles

and waste money, that's ok by me.

[Kurovski]

23. If, (like Warpy mentions upthread) they gather up some email, all the better.

Busy busy busy!

[Tsiyu]

22. Still down

Just checked LOL

Charles and David; kiss my narrow ass, you obscenely greedy, pathetic Calvinist fucks!

:rofl:

[DainBramaged]

24. Service Unavailable

:toast:

[Kurovski]

26. Down.

[onestepforward]

27. It's back up :(

[Kurovski]

28. Net assistant comes up for me. but no Club4Growth.

Even when I refresh page.

Did it take a while for it to come up for you?

[onestepforward]

29. I just checked and it is down again

The first time I checked, the page loaded quickly. Glad it's back down!

[Kurovski]

30. I wonder what kind of goodies they might find inside.

Something useful, I hope.

[RainDog]

31. You and me both

Jon Stewart played clips of the bullshit that is being shoveled on Fux News - the only reason to watch their news is if want to be a servant of the rich.

...the American news media either ignores what the Koch's are up to or pretends this is class warfare and the poor widdle wich white guys are the victims. in what the fuckity fuck universe do those people think we live in?

so, yeah - I hope Anon gets some nasty dirt on these folks because they play dirty every day. If that could've stopped the Nazis back in day, I would've supported that too. (not to say the Koch's are Nazis - they're just fascists.)

But this is what it has come down to - the rich are so powerful we don't have legislative means to fight them b/c they've already made their deals to pay off the pols - Walker's bill that lets the Koch's buy utilities with no bids - what the fuckity fuck!!!!!

ENOUGH OF THIS SHIT.

[socialist_n_TN]

35. "(not to say the Koch's are Nazis - they're just fascists)"

And Nazis are? :)

[PA Democrat]

33. Is Club for Growth funded by the Kochs?

[rbixby]

34. I don't see how bringing down their website temporarily

has any long term effects. I think Anonymous should look for ways to make a big long term difference, kind of like they did with that internet security firm.

[Safetykitten]

37. Still down. I love Anonymous!

[Kurovski]

38. Now it's up.

This is like Rush limbaugh and his viagra habit.

[Kurovski]

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