Operation Darknet
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Overview
Operation Darknet (also known as #OpDarknet) is the codename for a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks carried out by Anonymous on Lolita City, a child pornography sharing website that is accessible in anonymity via The Tor Project's encrypted service. This campaign is not to be confused with two earlier Anonymous operations that have shared the same name, one from January 2010[19] to provide a solution to the censorship threatened by the ACTA (Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement) and another initiative from April 2011[1] to inform Anonymous members to start using I2P to protect their anonymity.[2]
Background
The operation began in early October 2011 with a mission to expose the underground pedophile community known as "Lolita City." The website was built via Tor[3], a software that allows users to host and browse websites anonymously. Built to protect the anonymity of Internet users under regimes that do not allow free internet access, the program has seen its use in least four other forum communities accused of hosting child porn, as well as a drug marketplace known as "Silk Road" where users could buy illegal drugs with Bitcoins.[4]
Notable Developments
October 14th – 15th: PasteBin Release
The major events of the Operation took place between October 14th and 15th, as archived in a Pastebin[5] document. On October 14th, Anonymous hackers began their mission by removing links to pornographic images and videos on the Hidden Wiki, located on Tor's Hidden Service Protocol.[6] Shortly after the links returned online, the site became inaccessible in its entirety, presumably as a result of DDoS attack initiated by the group.
October 15th: Target Freedom Hosting
Following the initial attack, Anonymous members found out nearly all of the pornography had the Freedom Hosting digital fingerprint and thus issued the host a warning to remove the content from its server at 9 p.m. (CST) on October 14th. Freedom Hosting refused to comply and two and a half hours later, Anonymous completely shut down Freedom's services with DDoS attacks that created a 1GB SQL and 100,000 ASCII files of Guy Fawkes masks every five minutes.[7]
Around 5 p.m. (CST) the next day, Freedom was able to restore service completely via backup servers. Anonymous issued several additional warnings to the company, giving them 3 hours before taking down the server again, this time using an attack codenamed "Chris Hanson," which uploaded episodes of "To Catch a Predator" labeled as "CP" on to the site.
October 17th: Anonymous Releases Communique
On October 17th, YouTuber BecomeAnonymous[8] uploaded a video with the Anonymous manifesto, explaining the motivations behind Operation Darknet and its future plans.
October 18th: Userbase Exposed
On October 18th, Anonymous released the names of the 1589 users of Lolita City via PasteBin[9], including their username, volume of images uploaded, and age of the account. They invited Interpol and the FBI to investigate the records further.
October 20th – 24th: News Media Coverage
News of the operation spread quickly, with the earliest news story appearing on the Examiner[10] on October 20th, Gawker[4] on the 21st, the Huffington Post[11] and PC World[12] on the 22nd, and Geekosystem[13] on the 23rd. The Examiner story was shared on Reddit[18] on October 22nd, where it received 2475 points in two days.
By October 24th, the news had reached the Wall Street Journal[14], Information Week[15], and the BBC.[16] Techie Buzz[17] also published an interview with a user named "arson" in the #OpDarknet IRC channel. Arson stated that their mission was only to take down illegal materials and the operation was not triggered by any particular event:
We vowed to fight for the defenseless, there is none more defenseless than innocent children being exploited.
November 2nd: Final Release
The last official PasteBin[20] communique from #OpDarknet was uploaded on November 2nd, 2011. They stated that the whole plan behind the operation was not to take down Tor or the darknet in general, but specifically to attack the CP sharing occurring on these sites. It revealed "The Honey Pawt," a modified TorButton for Firefox, which, when used, would log users information if they tried to access the Hard Candy wiki or Lolita City.
On October 27th, Operation Paw Printing went into effect for 24 hours, marking the end of the DDoS attacks on The Hidden Wiki and implementation of the modified TorButton, which was only available on the Hard Candy page. When a user of HC updated the button, their IP information was logged. Over the course of the day, 190 unique users and IP addresses were logged, mapped out below.
The PasteBin document noted that November 5th, 2011, Guy Fawkes Day, would mark the end of the Operation and Anonymous would be "sailing away for another Lulz."
February 2017: Freedom Hosting II Hacked
On February 3rd, 2017, an Anonymous-affiliated hacker infiltrated the servers of Freedom Hosting II, a controversial web hosting service that reportedly hosts 20% of sites on the Dark Web, and claimed to have shut down 10,613 child pornography and online scam websites in a message posted on some of the compromised websites. Featuring the signature tagline "we are Anonymous / we do not forgive / we do not forget," the message also revealed that all of the hosted files have been copied and the database has been wiped, while offering to sell the data back to Freedom Hosting II in exchange for 0.1 bitcoin (appx. $100).
click through for the transcript
On February 4th, VICE Motherboard[24] ran an interview with one of the hackers behind the Dark Web crackdown, who told the reporter that it was their "first hack ever" and they intend to hand over the user data to a security researcher for further investigation by law enforcement.
Search Interest
Though Lolita City has had consistent search hits, there is a huge spike in October 2011, coinciding with the Operation.
External References
[1] PasteHTML – #OpDarknet
[2] CyberGuerrilla – Anonymous – Press Release 4/26/2011 – OPERATION DARKNET #OpDarknet
[4] Gawker – http://gawker.com/5851459/vigilante-hackers-wage-war-on-underground-kiddie-porn
[5] PasteBin – #OpDarknet Major Release & Timeline
[6] Ars Technica – Anonymous takes down darknet child porn site on Tor network
[7] PasteBin – #OpDarknet – To Catch A Predator
[8] YouTube – Become Anonymous
[9] PasteBin – #OpDarknet – Lolita City user dump
[10] Examiner (via Wayback Machine) – Anonymous exposes pedophile ring – hacks Lolita City
[11] Huffington Post – Anonymous Hacks Lolita City Alleged Porn Ring
[12] PC World – Hacker Collective Anonymous Strikes at Child Porn Sites
[13] Geekosystem – Anonymous Takes Down Massive Child Pornography Server, Leaks Usernames
[14] The Wall Street Journal – Anonymous Hacktivists Target Child Pornography Sites
[15] Information Week (via Wayback Machine) – Anonymous Attacks Child Pornography Websites
[16] BBC – Hackers take down child pornography sites
[17] Techie Buzz – An Interview with an OpDarknet Anon
[18] Reddit – Anonymous exposes pedophile ring
[19] Anonymous Hamburg – AnonyNEWS – KW4
[20] PasteBin – #OpDarknet – Paws Up: A Sticky Situation
[21] The Verge – An Anonymous group just took down a fifth of the dark web
[22] Twitter – @SarahJamieLewis' Tweet
[23] Telegraph – Anonymous hacker knocks 20pc of dark web offline in campaign against child pornography
[24] VICE – We Talked to the Hacker Who Took Down a Fifth of the Dark Web
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I am interested.
Good work, Anonymous.
Fascinating, to say the least.
On THIS issue, I support Anonymous 100%.
Putting those skills to very good use.
Anonymous just went up in books again, always have been, just more so now
Well done, Anonymous. You guys united and did something great. Now let's hope the FBI goes after the people you exposed, they truly deserve punishment.
Now THIS is what Anon should continue to do.
Seems like we could finally get a good, oldschool anon raid.
Finally, Anonymous finally decides to put their resources into something objectively right for once. Anonymous is taking the right step in Internet vigilantism. It's been a while since Anonymous has done something I can show support for.
I support anon 100% on this.
However, it has been said that they could have compromised existing police investigations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbpxMEecp4w
My question is though, if anon can do this in such a short amount of time, then the actual authorities should have stepped up their game to take down these scum(scum seeing how they shouldn't be classified in the same category as normal people)
Go anon
Once again, Anonymous delivers. Or your money back, guaranteed.
Who's that guy in Seattle, again? Doesn't matter; have anon.
To all anons involved in the operation:
Bravo!
Gasp Anonymous are actually doing something good for once!
I think its funny how quickly some people forget how much they hated anon. Last 4 or so raids were received with negativity yet this one, although for admitably a better cause, has an overwhelming amount of positive feedback.
They just made themselves heroes, bravo.
Go Anonymous!
This is definitely an action I can get behind. Way to go, Anonymous.
You guys fucking rock for doing this!
I deeply admire anon, even if sometimes they have this righteous and holier-than-thou face that I so much hate in people that think they have the moral high ground. But in this case they truly have it. Using a freedom of speech tool to distribute vile content undermines its purpose, and it is good to know that there are someone with the skills to give swift retribution and defend our freedom of speech at the same time.
Now if the government, the entertainment, music and movies mafia and Facebook wouldn't be such greedy scums, anon would be more focused on THIS kind of endeavors.
I love Anon for almost everything they do. They need to do more things like this to show their true colors: The internet militia.
Fighting against censorship, attacking things such as Child Pornography and racism.
Anon: I <3 you guys!
This actually puts a smile on my face that a group that is considered "bad" since they are hackers are doing something good. Keep up the good work!
good for them
And if the FBI says "Hay, Annonimouse, y u hac that are bad we can has arrest?" I will be, like…super angry! I will be, like, so super angry with them!
I will…I WILL WRITE AN ANGRY LETTER!
but this is a perfect example of vigilante justice. Non-violent vigilante justice, to boot. /applaud
Wow, Anon just kicked Pedobears ass! :D WHOO!
Good fucking job!
Now this. This right here. THIS IS WHAT ANONYMOUS SHOULD DO ALL THE TIME. Not that other crap that it does far too often.
two words:
Havn't supported Anon in quite a while, but this is absolutely brilliant! Down with the pedo's! Continue to do that shit, dudes! They must feel the pain of a million suns burning their skin! Sick motherfuckers.
One good deed does not erase a hundred villainous ones. This is a planned PR move on Anon’s part, and frankly I do not see it as being sincere. Like most DDOS attacks this is simply a temporary inconvenience for the scum who peddle this smut, so really this isn't anything more than Anon saying to the public “see, sometimes we attack bad people too," and I see right through it. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hates pedophiles too, but that doesn't make him any less of a colossal douchebag.
DO NOT WANT
to be fair, that is a funny number of upvotes to get locked in to.
@Timstuff "Planned PR move?"
If that was even possible when there are no real leaders of Anon and just about anyone can call themselves a member, then yes.
Yes finally anonymous! Your doing it right!
Now urdoinitrite.
@ Timstuff:
You forgot that they not only reported it to the FBI, but also released the personal information of everyone who accessed the website.
Anonymous, not sure if proud or suspicious… keep up the work, channel the Guy Fawkes within
Now if only Anonymous could go back to doing stuff like this more often (with the occasional amusing hacking for the lulz) I'd fully support them. Get back down off your high horse and back to taking down animal and child abusers: they'd have my full support.
@sting_auer: Like I said, I still look just as badly upon anonymous as I did before, because they are still criminals who attack 1,000 innocent people for every 1 legitimately bad person that they take down. Isn't their catchphrase "we do not forgive, we do not forget?" Why are so many people so eager to forget all of the horrible crimes Anonymous has committed just because they took down some child molesters? Going back to my previous comparison, the secret police in Iran take down pedophiles too, but getting vengeance on those few scumbags does not absolve them for all the evil they commit against innocent people. Not by a long shot.
Anonymous is going to see that we support what they just did and stop doing it, imo.
Still did good.
Anonymous: The Batman (with loose morals) of the Internet!
That is all.
For once, Anons, you're doing it right. Keep up the GOOD work.
@Timstuff: Dude, you really should learn who and what anonymous is, what they have done, and why you are a part of it, then you will understand.
Your days are fucking numbered, pedos. Make sure you bring some lube with you to prison. Actually, nevermind, don't.
I'm sure that under that mask is a gigantic smile.
Keep it up anon.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but well done Anon.
I've hated the actions of Anon lately. However, this is so much fucking win!
Hell yeah. Another "good" victory for them and the whole internet.
Good work, Anons. Good work.
Thank you, Anonymous. Doing something productive for once!
Anon? Doing something good! Hot damn. I'm actually proud of them.
Finally.
keep it up, anon.
I've never been more proud of you than I am now
Anon… I am proud.
Finally they go back to doing what they do best… being assholes to even worse people and getting some moral high ground outside the artillery range. I hope Anon keeps this up and leaves stuff like attacking random police officers to the criminals and crazy people.
Wow. Pretty badass. See guys, Anon doesn't wanna kill your ass and hack stuff ALL the time!
TAKE DOWN THOSE MOTHERFUCKING SITES!
Who the fuck do these people think they are? Fighting for complete freedom only to decide what is right and what is wrong. Hippocratic idiots. Sure some things like CP and even gore don't sit well with me but none of it interferes with the rest of the net. The second they decide to try and eliminate what they view as negative then are fighting against the true freedom they claim to fight for. Expose lies not sick-o's, because your fighting a never ending and loosing battle. Similarly to the war on drugs, you just can't stop it.
tl;dr version: Nothing is sacred, learn that rule fags.
I do believe Anonymous did it because it was funny in their view, not for what was right or wrong. It DOES effect the internet when CP sharing is involved, especially if an unsuspecting user has photos of their children on a private website and cannot have it removed because authorities cannot access it without special means.
The war on drugs will be on-going, but CP can certainly be stopped. Maybe if people were to quit whining at the sideline about issues (take you for example) and actually get involved with reporting & possibly removing such horrendous websites, Anonymous wouldn't have to take matters into their own hands.
P.S: The word is "hypocrite".
P.S.S: Funny how you use "tl;dr", especially since that's a common term on 4chan, the website which started the Anonymous group.
u mad Fisk?
I suppose next attack shall be the Facebook. Everyone got their popcorn ready?
so anon do goodies? finally. they deserve cookies. double chocolate. with milk.
Bravo, anonymous.
I'm no fan of Anon,but I'm with them on this operation 100%
so Anon,
Keep fighting you magnificent bastards… keep fighting for the freedom and good will of the internet!
"…a drug marketplace known as “Silk Road” where users could buy illegal drugs with Bitcoins"
Wat.
190 pedos had a seat over there.
I've heard of some pretty shitty things coming from Anonymous, but when they actually do something good, it's always really good.
This makes up for the PSN hacking. See Anon, don't you see just how great you guys can be when you go after Pedophiles instead of video games?
@kewln00b Anon wasn't behind the psn hacking. They went out of their way to state this; the real hackers were just using anon as a scapegoat. When anon is behind something, they never deny that they did it; in fact they go out of their way to make sure that they receive credit for it. And besides, why would anon hack psn and cause the outage when there is a large chance that many anons themselves were affected. That's like stabbing yourself in the eye; you'll find no lulz there.
Wow. The people behind Pool's Closed, Operation Megaupload and other nefarious full-scale assaults on the Internet actually did something good.
WHAT HAS THE WORLD COME TO??!!
Pool's Closed was the operation against unfair banning of HABBO players due to alleged racism.
This is why every member in the operation was "successful Black Man" with an afro.
Anonymous never did shit, i'm sorry, the only thing they did was to publish a few thousand usernames, which are public on the main page of the website.
Oh, and now that Freedom Hosting overloaded and self-destructed, LC is down! So…
Pool's Closed was the operation against unfair banning of HABBO players due to alleged racism.
This is why every member in the operation was "successful Black Man" with an afro.
I do believe Anonymous did it because it was funny in their view, not for what was right or wrong. It DOES effect the internet when CP sharing is involved, especially if an unsuspecting user has photos of their children on a private website and cannot have it removed because authorities cannot access it without special means.
The war on drugs will be on-going, but CP can certainly be stopped. Maybe if people were to quit whining at the sideline about issues (take you for example) and actually get involved with reporting & possibly removing such horrendous websites, Anonymous wouldn't have to take matters into their own hands.
P.S: The word is "hypocrite".
P.S.S: Funny how you use "tl;dr", especially since that's a common term on 4chan, the website which started the Anonymous group.
DO NOT WANT
See, Law and Order? The Darknet actually did something good for society.
to be fair, that is a funny number of upvotes to get locked in to.
Anonymous:
Huh, so 4chan raids aimed at people who actually deserve it driven by non-political motives instead of raids In The Name of Kek and The God Emperor® were still a thing. Who would have thought. It has been a good minute since the last one.
I can only wonder if they were aiming for "justice", though. Willing to sell copious amounts of forcibly confiscated child pornography back to the original host for a mere 100 dollars as "donation to support us" (sure) hardly sounds like something a "good" guy would do. They just seem to want money and/or fame through self-promotion, what with the "how we hacked you" link that nobody asked for and even bothered updating (because of course you want to tell in detail to the hosts of CP sites how to protect themselves from future hacks, no..?), being the hackers' first hack (and yet taking credit for past ones by correlating themselves with Anonymous) and using that "We are anonymous" shtick that honestly looks cringey and outdated as hell in this day and age, as if it came from an edgy fanfiction about hackers.
But hey, it is better than nothing, right..? In this particular case, the act of vigilantism is still better than the punished criminal act in question, so… if some children were protected by this, then good for them.
Actually, selling it back to them is an ingenious maneuver. Why?
Because it is evidence for law enforcement.
If the hacker is working with the law to bust these guys out, then putting the porn back into their hands will just add to the case against them. Plus the hacker gets a little spending money out of it, lol!
It's like putting the stolen jewels right into the criminals hands just as the cops show up.
In fact, now that I think of it, maybe they do not even plan to sell the CP back at all, and it is only a trap to have further evidence of the crime. It is an ingenious maneuver, if that really is the case here.
In fact, now that I think of it, maybe they do not even plan to sell the CP back at all, and it is only a trap to have further evidence of the crime. It is an ingenious maneuver, if that really is the case here.
Wait, wat?. Why did they save (copy) more than 37GB worth of child porn?
Wouldn't do much good for accusing someone of hosting child pornography if you didn't have the evidence to back it up.
It's still probably not much good. How are they going to prove where it came from?
I'm no hacker or data analyst, but I'd say data logs with upload times and points of origin (if they have those) can be linked to the name of the video files to show when and where they came from. Really you'd have to ask someone who actually specialises in that field.
Well you also have to know that he was willing to give it all back to the host of the sites, for that "small donation". Depending on the methods used to deliver it, if he is really working with the law then they should be able to track it more carefully.
And then on top of things, thats putting the evidence of the crime right back into the hosts hands. If it is pulled off well, this will straight up screw up some serious pedo bs.
Well you also have to know that he was willing to give it all back to the host of the sites, for that "small donation". Depending on the methods used to deliver it, if he is really working with the law then they should be able to track it more carefully.
And then on top of things, thats putting the evidence of the crime right back into the hosts hands. If it is pulled off well, this will straight up screw up some serious pedo bs.
I'm no hacker or data analyst, but I'd say data logs with upload times and points of origin (if they have those) can be linked to the name of the video files to show when and where they came from. Really you'd have to ask someone who actually specialises in that field.
Well you also have to know that he was willing to give it all back to the host of the sites, for that "small donation". Depending on the methods used to deliver it, if he is really working with the law then they should be able to track it more carefully.
And then on top of things, thats putting the evidence of the crime right back into the hosts hands. If it is pulled off well, this will straight up screw up some serious pedo bs.
Wasn't there some guy back in the heyday of Gamergate who did the exact same thing to 8chan except then everyone kept claiming that the only reason to save it was because he had to be a pedophile himself?
I honestly wouldn't know. I don't usually pay attention to these sorts of news bits.
I honestly wouldn't know. I don't usually pay attention to these sorts of news bits.
Well you also have to know that he was willing to give it all back to the host of the sites, for that "small donation". Depending on the methods used to deliver it, if he is really working with the law then they should be able to track it more carefully.
And then on top of things, thats putting the evidence of the crime right back into the hosts hands. If it is pulled off well, this will straight up screw up some serious pedo bs.
It's still probably not much good. How are they going to prove where it came from?
I'm no hacker or data analyst, but I'd say data logs with upload times and points of origin (if they have those) can be linked to the name of the video files to show when and where they came from. Really you'd have to ask someone who actually specialises in that field.
Well you also have to know that he was willing to give it all back to the host of the sites, for that "small donation". Depending on the methods used to deliver it, if he is really working with the law then they should be able to track it more carefully.
And then on top of things, thats putting the evidence of the crime right back into the hosts hands. If it is pulled off well, this will straight up screw up some serious pedo bs.
Well you also have to know that he was willing to give it all back to the host of the sites, for that "small donation". Depending on the methods used to deliver it, if he is really working with the law then they should be able to track it more carefully.
And then on top of things, thats putting the evidence of the crime right back into the hosts hands. If it is pulled off well, this will straight up screw up some serious pedo bs.
I'm no hacker or data analyst, but I'd say data logs with upload times and points of origin (if they have those) can be linked to the name of the video files to show when and where they came from. Really you'd have to ask someone who actually specialises in that field.
Well you also have to know that he was willing to give it all back to the host of the sites, for that "small donation". Depending on the methods used to deliver it, if he is really working with the law then they should be able to track it more carefully.
And then on top of things, thats putting the evidence of the crime right back into the hosts hands. If it is pulled off well, this will straight up screw up some serious pedo bs.
Wasn't there some guy back in the heyday of Gamergate who did the exact same thing to 8chan except then everyone kept claiming that the only reason to save it was because he had to be a pedophile himself?
I honestly wouldn't know. I don't usually pay attention to these sorts of news bits.
I honestly wouldn't know. I don't usually pay attention to these sorts of news bits.
Well you also have to know that he was willing to give it all back to the host of the sites, for that "small donation". Depending on the methods used to deliver it, if he is really working with the law then they should be able to track it more carefully.
And then on top of things, thats putting the evidence of the crime right back into the hosts hands. If it is pulled off well, this will straight up screw up some serious pedo bs.
Wouldn't do much good for accusing someone of hosting child pornography if you didn't have the evidence to back it up.
It's still probably not much good. How are they going to prove where it came from?
I'm no hacker or data analyst, but I'd say data logs with upload times and points of origin (if they have those) can be linked to the name of the video files to show when and where they came from. Really you'd have to ask someone who actually specialises in that field.
Well you also have to know that he was willing to give it all back to the host of the sites, for that "small donation". Depending on the methods used to deliver it, if he is really working with the law then they should be able to track it more carefully.
And then on top of things, thats putting the evidence of the crime right back into the hosts hands. If it is pulled off well, this will straight up screw up some serious pedo bs.
Well you also have to know that he was willing to give it all back to the host of the sites, for that "small donation". Depending on the methods used to deliver it, if he is really working with the law then they should be able to track it more carefully.
And then on top of things, thats putting the evidence of the crime right back into the hosts hands. If it is pulled off well, this will straight up screw up some serious pedo bs.
I'm no hacker or data analyst, but I'd say data logs with upload times and points of origin (if they have those) can be linked to the name of the video files to show when and where they came from. Really you'd have to ask someone who actually specialises in that field.
Well you also have to know that he was willing to give it all back to the host of the sites, for that "small donation". Depending on the methods used to deliver it, if he is really working with the law then they should be able to track it more carefully.
And then on top of things, thats putting the evidence of the crime right back into the hosts hands. If it is pulled off well, this will straight up screw up some serious pedo bs.
Wasn't there some guy back in the heyday of Gamergate who did the exact same thing to 8chan except then everyone kept claiming that the only reason to save it was because he had to be a pedophile himself?
I honestly wouldn't know. I don't usually pay attention to these sorts of news bits.
I honestly wouldn't know. I don't usually pay attention to these sorts of news bits.
Well you also have to know that he was willing to give it all back to the host of the sites, for that "small donation". Depending on the methods used to deliver it, if he is really working with the law then they should be able to track it more carefully.
And then on top of things, thats putting the evidence of the crime right back into the hosts hands. If it is pulled off well, this will straight up screw up some serious pedo bs.
It's still probably not much good. How are they going to prove where it came from?
I'm no hacker or data analyst, but I'd say data logs with upload times and points of origin (if they have those) can be linked to the name of the video files to show when and where they came from. Really you'd have to ask someone who actually specialises in that field.
Well you also have to know that he was willing to give it all back to the host of the sites, for that "small donation". Depending on the methods used to deliver it, if he is really working with the law then they should be able to track it more carefully.
And then on top of things, thats putting the evidence of the crime right back into the hosts hands. If it is pulled off well, this will straight up screw up some serious pedo bs.
Well you also have to know that he was willing to give it all back to the host of the sites, for that "small donation". Depending on the methods used to deliver it, if he is really working with the law then they should be able to track it more carefully.
And then on top of things, thats putting the evidence of the crime right back into the hosts hands. If it is pulled off well, this will straight up screw up some serious pedo bs.
Charging a $100 ransom:
"Ok, you can get all the weed I stole from you back if you bring 1$ to this specific location. See you there.
P/s: this is not a trap"
I'm no hacker or data analyst, but I'd say data logs with upload times and points of origin (if they have those) can be linked to the name of the video files to show when and where they came from. Really you'd have to ask someone who actually specialises in that field.
Well you also have to know that he was willing to give it all back to the host of the sites, for that "small donation". Depending on the methods used to deliver it, if he is really working with the law then they should be able to track it more carefully.
And then on top of things, thats putting the evidence of the crime right back into the hosts hands. If it is pulled off well, this will straight up screw up some serious pedo bs.
Wasn't there some guy back in the heyday of Gamergate who did the exact same thing to 8chan except then everyone kept claiming that the only reason to save it was because he had to be a pedophile himself?
I honestly wouldn't know. I don't usually pay attention to these sorts of news bits.
I honestly wouldn't know. I don't usually pay attention to these sorts of news bits.
Anonymous, where've you been? We missed you.
Well I mean there are lots of pages on Facebook claiming to be them. They're mostly pretty cringy. I doubt they're run by the people who did this, because that would require them taking a break from posting edgy memes to actually hack something.
But why should you help expose child sex slave trafficking when you have much more important stuff to do like posting memes abou why you're much more intellectual and woke because you don't listen to pop music like all these other sheeple?
But why should you help expose child sex slave trafficking when you have much more important stuff to do like posting memes abou why you're much more intellectual and woke because you don't listen to pop music like all these other sheeple?
Finally they pick a worthy target. I hope they mined much keks from these scum's misery.
Bear in mind, everyone: Anonymous as it is meant to be does what it does for entertainment, not for JUSTICE or morality.
If Marvel and DC Comics taught us something, it is that you can pursue justice AND entertainment combined. Hell, Deadpool is literally all about that, so, definitely not impossible to do.
>100,000 files of ASCII Guys Fawkes masks.
>Every five minutes
This is the best thing I heard all day
You actually read it.
Finally, some legit good news.
"Ok, you can get all the weed I stole from you back if you bring 1$ to this specific location. See you there.
P/s: this is not a trap"
Well I mean there are lots of pages on Facebook claiming to be them. They're mostly pretty cringy. I doubt they're run by the people who did this, because that would require them taking a break from posting edgy memes to actually hack something.
But why should you help expose child sex slave trafficking when you have much more important stuff to do like posting memes abou why you're much more intellectual and woke because you don't listen to pop music like all these other sheeple?
Were they also involved in capturing the pedo who's involved with the notorious Daisy's Destruction? It was a good thing they were captured in the Philippines (my country) but due to the corrupt justice system and government there in general, it was said the pedo mastermind was given a VIP treatment inside the prison (even uses a computer with wifi) and is still communicating with other pedos worldwide. Also, he may have the chance to be freed as it was said there were no evidences that he was involved in any of those child porn. Just wtf.
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Was there proof for anyone arrested because of anonymous or was it just some Anonymous PR the plebs eagerly lapped up?
Actually, selling it back to them is an ingenious maneuver. Why?
Because it is evidence for law enforcement.
If the hacker is working with the law to bust these guys out, then putting the porn back into their hands will just add to the case against them. Plus the hacker gets a little spending money out of it, lol!
It's like putting the stolen jewels right into the criminals hands just as the cops show up.
In fact, now that I think of it, maybe they do not even plan to sell the CP back at all, and it is only a trap to have further evidence of the crime. It is an ingenious maneuver, if that really is the case here.
Well you also have to know that he was willing to give it all back to the host of the sites, for that "small donation". Depending on the methods used to deliver it, if he is really working with the law then they should be able to track it more carefully.
And then on top of things, thats putting the evidence of the crime right back into the hosts hands. If it is pulled off well, this will straight up screw up some serious pedo bs.
Stale leigon shtick in >currentyear aside, this is some good greyhatting. Sure, they could have just reported it to the police, but is that the sort of thing we associate with Anonymous? The hackers have just squeezed a little juice out of the fruit before it's thrown into the blender. I think they should have demanded more, but that's just me.
It is a good thing they also shamed them publicly even if it passes out as egocentric, because now the police will not be able to dismiss the case aside as they often do without people knowing about it. People will expect justice to be made now and, if it does not happen, then the police will get shit, too. And, knowing Anonymous, they would just paint a "hack me next" target over themselves, as well.
So now mob “justice” is a good thing all of a sudden?
So now mob “justice” is a good thing all of a sudden?
You actually read it.
If Marvel and DC Comics taught us something, it is that you can pursue justice AND entertainment combined. Hell, Deadpool is literally all about that, so, definitely not impossible to do.
In fact, now that I think of it, maybe they do not even plan to sell the CP back at all, and it is only a trap to have further evidence of the crime. It is an ingenious maneuver, if that really is the case here.
It is a good thing they also shamed them publicly even if it passes out as egocentric, because now the police will not be able to dismiss the case aside as they often do without people knowing about it. People will expect justice to be made now and, if it does not happen, then the police will get shit, too. And, knowing Anonymous, they would just paint a "hack me next" target over themselves, as well.
So now mob “justice” is a good thing all of a sudden?
What if turns out that authorities knew about these sites long before this?
They have. The FBI has been running and hosting such sites for months after hijacking them, ameliorating the sites and download speeds in the process. Remember: Your tax dollars pay to ensure pedos can download their CP faster!
But why should you help expose child sex slave trafficking when you have much more important stuff to do like posting memes abou why you're much more intellectual and woke because you don't listen to pop music like all these other sheeple?
They have. The FBI has been running and hosting such sites for months after hijacking them, ameliorating the sites and download speeds in the process. Remember: Your tax dollars pay to ensure pedos can download their CP faster!
So now mob “justice” is a good thing all of a sudden?
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