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Re: LOIC tool used in the "Anonymous" attacks
From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell () ufp org>
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:21:29 -0800
In a message written on Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:19:32AM -0500, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
LOIC makes no attempt to hide the IP addresses of the attackers, making it easy to trace them if they are using their own computers.
Perhaps the authors of the tool would rather keep the finite law
enforcement busy rounding up clueless highschool kids who install
this tool.
In that sense it's both a network packet DDOS, and a law enforcement
attacker DDOS. Brilliant in a way.
--
Leo Bicknell - bicknell () ufp org - CCIE 3440
PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/
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- LOIC tool used in the "Anonymous" attacks Marshall Eubanks (Dec 11)
- Re: LOIC tool used in the "Anonymous" attacks Beavis (Dec 11)
- RE: LOIC tool used in the "Anonymous" attacks Stefan Fouant (Dec 11)
- Re: LOIC tool used in the "Anonymous" attacks John Adams (Dec 11)
- Re: LOIC tool used in the "Anonymous" attacks Leo Bicknell (Dec 11)
- Re: LOIC tool used in the "Anonymous" attacks Marshall Eubanks (Dec 11)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: LOIC tool used in the "Anonymous" attacks andrew.wallace (Dec 11)
- Re: LOIC tool used in the "Anonymous" attacks mikea (Dec 13)
- Re: LOIC tool used in the "Anonymous" attacks andrew.wallace (Dec 11)
