Lulz Security announced via Twitter that they’d taken down CIA.gov (which is, for the record, still incapacitated) a little before 6pm EST. No details about their methodology, or the motive behind/beyond the lulz. Which, really, who needs more reason than that to take on the intelligence wing of the US government?
At the rate Lulz is going, their conquests will be Napoleonic before the summer’s out. And at this point, it’s hard to see how they’ll be stopped short of a land war in Russia.
Update: Looks like there may have been a motive after all, albeit an unlikely one. Apparently LulzSec was goaded into the CIA attack by random Twitterer Quadrapodacone, who repeatedly called LulzSec soft for attacking what he considered small-fry targets. And good news! He’s still not impressed. So don’t be surprised if CIA.gov turns into a hosting service for Mama Cass gifs before this whole thing runs its course. [LulzSec]
Justice
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 10:45 AMyeah, this is going to end well.
David
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 12:01 PMRemember their ‘new’ electronic warfare policy
“”A cyber attack is governed by basically the same rules as any other kind of attack if the effects of it are essentially the same,” Gen. Dunlap said Monday. The U.S. would need to show that the cyber weapon used had an effect that was the equivalent of a conventional attack.”
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/06/us-says-itll-respond-to-online-attacks-with-offline-warfare/
olearymo
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 3:16 PMIs there any defence against a DDoA?
ChemZ
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 6:49 PMWhat’s the point? It’s just a damn useless website… besides, when was the last time you visited the CIA homepage?
Marek
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 5:28 AMThis makes me happy because I really want to see the looks on people’s faces as they realise that what you do on the internet can have real-world consequences.
olearymo
Friday, June 17, 2011 at 9:26 AMDDoS, i think i mean. damnit.