"Anonymous" turns into nothing more than common thieves

[Elle Benusconi]

That wonderful group of hackers known as "Anonymous" has now gone from being a group with a "cause" to being nothing more than common thieves.    What a surprise.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_HACKER_CHRISTMAS?SITE=CALAK&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[Imnotgoing Sideways]

Anyone and everyone who claims to be Anonymous is not Anonymous. ()y

 

 

[JeanneAnne]

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Elle Benusconi wrote:

That wonderful group of hackers known as "Anonymous" has now gone from being a group with a "cause" to being nothing more than common thieves.    What a surprise.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_HACKER_CHRISTMAS?SITE=CALAK&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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Yeah! "Common thieves" like Robin Hood: "One hacker said the goal was to pilfer funds from individuals' accounts to give away as Christmas donations..."

You go! Anonymous!! Put these corporate thieves out of business. Bring down Babylon! You have the support of tens of millions of the common people.

Jeanne

[Griffin Ceawlin]

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JeanneAnne wrote:

You go! Anonymous!! Put these corporate thieves out of business. Bring down Babylon!

You have the support of tens of millions of the common people

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Do they?

[Ceka Cianci]

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Griffin Ceawlin wrote:

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JeanneAnne wrote:

You go! Anonymous!! Put these corporate thieves out of business. Bring down Babylon!

You have the support of tens of millions of the common people

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Do they?

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i could have sworn is was like a kajillion x eleventytwo

but those numbers are subject to change  i'm sure Oo

[Innula Zenovka]

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JeanneAnne wrote:

Yeah! "Common thieves" like Robin Hood: "O

ne hacker said the goal was to pilfer funds from individuals' accounts to give away as Christmas donations..."

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 Well, that's not too bright a way of doing it, to my mind.   As the article explains,

 the breach doesn't necessarily pose a risk to owners of the credit cards. A card user who suspects fraudulent activity on his or her card can contact the credit card company to dispute the charge.

So all they're actually doing is causing a deal of inconvience and expense not only to the card users and the credit card companies, but also to the recipients of these donations.   

The credit card companies can, if they want, recoup the administration costs through their overall charges, but the charities are being put to unnecessary work in sorting out the mess for no good purpose other than to give these people some lulz.

[Lynda Baran]

A thief is a thief is a thief.   Just because you say you have a worthy cause doesn't change that one iota.  Stealing and revealing personal information just shows what those A-holes are really all about.  Any good will their other activities may have generated should be negated by this sort of criminal act.

But the fact that Stratfor didn't bother to encode their data is unforgivable, especially in this day and age.

 

[Pussycat Catnap]

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Innula Zenovka wrote:

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JeanneAnne wrote:

Yeah! "Common thieves" like Robin Hood: "O

ne hacker said the goal was to pilfer funds from individuals' accounts to give away as Christmas donations..."

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 Well, that's not too bright a way of doing it, to my mind.   As the article explains,

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There's the real rub. They're not quite doing a real revolution there, and they've not yet the frustrations it would take to jump off the system. They're just a distraction.

The problem is that we masses are way too placated.

The true secret of a 'free press' is actually that it empowers the savvy tyrant. The 1%ers of the US can get away with a lot more than the 1%ers of Red China... If King Louis had understood propaganda, he would never have paid a visit to Madame Guillotine, and he could have left his people vastly more destitute than they were.

 

[amarock Amat]

no, they have the support of a million sheep

 

Change comes from the pepole, who bear the risk and show their faces. Not from a bunch of random folks, who think denial of service attack, is anywhere near as helpeful as holding a fundraiser for legal action against a coperations injustice.

[Canoro Philipp]

not necessarily, many changes in the world were made by people that were never in the spotlight. not all heroes are recognized, and many dont want recognition, they just want to make their good deed.

[Phil Deakins]

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Lynda Baran wrote:

A thief is a thief is a thief.

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Exactly.

[Pussycat Catnap]

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Phil Deakins wrote:

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Lynda Baran wrote:

A thief is a thief is a thief.

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Exactly.

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Unless you work for a bank or the wealthy.

 

[Ima Rang]

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Pussycat Catnap wrote:

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Phil Deakins wrote:

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Lynda Baran wrote:

A thief is a thief is a thief.

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Exactly.

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Unless you work for a bank or the wealthy.

 

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So if you are a thief working for a bank or the wealthy...you are something other than a thief? Robin Hood?