4chan DDoS's some anti-piracy sites.

[Howlin0001]

I just read two articles that just said 4chan has DDoSed at least two Anti-Piracy and is planning on DDoSing at least one more site.

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Following a call to arms yesterday, the masses inhabiting the anonymous 4chan boards have carried out a huge assault on a pair of anti-piracy enemies. The website of Aiplex Software, the anti-piracy outfit which has been DDoSing torrent sites recently, is currently down having been DDoSd. They are joined in the Internet wasteland by the MPAAs website, also currently under huge and sustained attack.

 

Dont mess with the Internet they say. Well, actually stronger terms than that are often used, but the end result is the same. When people get organized on the Internet, very strange and powerful things can happen and in few places can this be more true than on the 4chan message boards.

 

Sometimes things need sorting out, and what better way than getting hundreds of thousands of anonymous users of this notorious message board to work together to achieve it. If theyre not trying to bring down Scientology, theyre teaching foul-mouthed pre-teen girls a lesson or using their combined forces to destroy the lives of stupid bankers who think its funny to throw cats in the trash.

 

Yesterday two new targets hit the radars of Anonymous, the faceless and powerful hordes who carry out 4chan attacks. The beauty is that anyone can join in the action, 4chan membership is not even required. People wishing to participate can simply load up their Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) and enter the IP address they want to attack. The resulting assaults are massively distributed making defending against them almost impossible.

 

Yesterdays target one was everyones favorite Indian anti-piracy company, AiPlex Software. A completely unknown entity until a couple of weeks ago when they stupidly admitted to DDoSing uncooperative torrent sites (then unsuccessfully trying to backtrack), it seems their rise to fame came at a price.

 

Following claims that AiPlex had DDoSd The Pirate Bay, a few hours ago their website was taken down and remains that way at the time of writing. Along with the downtime came this message (pic):

How fast you are in such a short time! Aiplex, the bastard hired gun that DDoSd TPB (The Pirate Bay), is already down! Rejoice, /b/rothers, even if it was at the hands of a single anon that it was done, even if ahead of schedule. now we have our lasers primed, but what do we target now?

 

We

target the bastard group that has thus far led this charge against our websites, like The Pirate Bay. We target MPAA.ORG! The IP is designated at 216.20.162.10″, and our firing time remains THE SAME. All details are just as before, but we have reaimed our crosshairs on this much larger target. We have the manpower, we have the botnets, its time we do to them what they keep doing to us.

 

REPEAT: AIPLEX IS ALREADY DOWN THANKS TO A SINGLE ANON. WE ARE MIGRATING TARGETS.

 

While its claimed that AiPlex was taken down by a single attacker, the ongoing assault on the MPAA.org website is definitely a group effort. The site was attacked on schedule (9pm eastern time yesterday) and taken down in minutes. It remains down at the time of writing.

 

Update: After 18 hours the MPAA moved its site to a new IP-address, which means its up again. More news coming up tomorrow.

Source: http://torrentfreak.com/4chan-ddos-takes-down-mpaa-and-anti-piracy-websites-100918/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Torrentfreak+%28Torrentfreak%29

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Over the last 36 hours or so, the Anonymous masses and many unaffiliated sympathizers joined forces to attack the MPAAs website. Continuing with Operation Payback, today an attack will be launched on the RIAA. The ultimate in decentralized protests will go ahead and theres not a lawyer or police force in the world who can do anything about it. Is this the protest of the future?

 

Yesterday was a rare day when it comes to news connected to The Pirate Bay. Worn out and disillusioned by almost relentless news coverage of anti-piracy actions against the worlds most famous torrent site, Pirate Bay fans worldwide had a news story to celebrate and not only celebrate but become a part of too, and get a little bit of payback in the process.

 

Led by the users of the 4chan message boards, a coordinated and massive DDoS attack Friday and Saturday took down the websites of both the MPAA and the anti-BitTorrent AiPlex Software.

 

As word spread of the attacks, sympathizers who had never even been on 4chan joined the attacks, simply by loading up their Low Orbit Ion Cannons (LOIC) and following some very simple instructions.

 

According to a flyer being distributed around the net, Operation Payback will now spread to another popular hate figures website. At 3pm Eastern today a new DDoS attack will be launched against the RIAA, but they wont be the only targets. New information suggests that at the same time an attack will also be launched against the UKs BPI.

Counter provided by the attackers

 

Protesting in large numbers against unpopular entities and activities is nothing new but has traditionally required participants to physically travel to various locations. In the Internet age, however, anyone can travel anywhere in the world to be present at any location and make a nuisance of themselves with just the click of a mouse.

 

With some loose coordination through a community like 4chan, or indeed via like-minded individuals in any other Internet-based community, large amounts of attention can be brought to a cause. So can this type of action gain traction? Well, if nothing else, it certainly cant be stopped, which raises some interesting points.

 

While the likes of the MPAA have done fairly well over the years in bringing sites down, the RIAA has chosen to target thousands of individuals with direct legal action instead. While they have largely stopped that now, a new wave of groups are now developing into an even bigger threat.

 

One of those groups has even enrolled support from a lawyer who has made a career out of stopping peoples right to protest. Trying to do that on the Internet should prove very interesting.

 

In the home of the RIAA, the United States Copyright Group (USCG) are targeting thousands of BitTorrent users, largely those who use The Pirate Bay, with extortion-like letters demanding many thousands of dollars to make potential lawsuits go away. As recently listed by Slyck.com, this practice is spreading at an alarming rate.

 

In the UK, home of the BPI who are also in line for attack today, lies a group who have easily done more damage to file-sharers (again, largely those from The Pirate Bay) than their music business counterparts. Just like USCG, lawyers ACS:Law have also sent out tens of thousands of letters demanding cash settlements.

 

But this is where it gets interesting.

 

Not only have the practices of ACS:Law warranted the company to be referred to law regulation authorities in the UK, but they have also been accused of harassment, so much so that a rival law firm have offered to represent letter recipients in a group action.

 

Fighting back, a couple of days ago ACS:Law published a piece on their website where lawyer Tim Lawson-Cruttenden supports the fight against file-sharers and denounces claims that the company harassed individuals it sent letters to. As it turns out, Lawson-Cruttenden is an interesting choice of supporter and a character who is reported to have made a career of opposing peoples right to protest.

 

To his many enemies, Timothy Lawson-Cruttenden is the establishment solicitor who gags their protests, began a piece in The Independent in 2007. To his clients, he is legal barbed wire an expert who can hold back a rabble.

 

Apparently Lawson-Cruttendens firm has also helped arms manufacturers, GM crop pioneers and animal research establishments get rid of unwanted group attention. With swathes of injunctions obtained through the courts, he has successfully stifled protesters and backed them into a corner.

 

However, his impressive power has limitations its only effective in the real-life, physical world. If, for example, the RIAA, MPAA or indeed ACS:Law had hired Lawson-Cruttenden to stop the 4chan protests against them, he would be completely and utterly impotent.

 

No lawyer, no injunction and no police force can stop these kind of attacks from happening and those carrying them out love the sense of power, the sense of payback they provide.

 

Little wonder that Pando Security have dubbed this weekends attacks as the future of cyber protests.

Source: http://torrentfreak.com/4chan-to-ddos-riaa-next-is-this-the-protest-of-the-future-100919/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Torrentfreak+%28Torrentfreak%29

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Do you think this is the start of online piracy fighting back against the anti-piracy companies or will it simply die out after a few days?

 

Some anti-piracy companies have admitted to DDoSing a few sites already link. I don't think this is going to help either side all that much tbh.

[Alg]

I don't want to post a facepalm demotivator, even though it perfectly describes my opinion of this.

 

This is like watching a bunch of spoiled kids having a tantrum.

[Jimmyw3000]

ewww lure, it's anti-piracy not piracy.

 

*pokes topic title*

 

 

anyway er... trouble is, if i support the piracy sites, i'll get some disapproval, but if i support the others, im lying.

[obfuscator]

I don't support ddosing, and that includes by the anti-piracy sites. They should be taken to court over that.

[Comical]

Trying to destroy piracy is like trying to destroy crime. It's like a hydra. Chop off one head and 500 more heads sprout to take its place that are each 10x more powerful. I'm not saying I support the DDoS, I'm just saying that any type of anti-piracy that's instituted can and WILL fail miserably.

[Orpheus]

I don't support ddosing, and that includes by the anti-piracy sites. They should be taken to court over that.

Question is, who would they take to court? If the attackers can't be identified, could a court case really be made over this?

[obfuscator]

No - the anti-piracy sites should be taken to court over their ddosing of TPB.

[Orpheus]

Oh, alright. That makes sense. That post was a bit too vague.

[stevepole]

It's not the first time they've done it, and I don't support what they did and like Y_Guy I feel they should be taken to court.

 

I've never really understood 4chan but I've always seen them as being a much of misfits who hide themselves behind an anonymous identity that try and bring chaos to the internet.

[Giordano]

It's not the millions of TPB users can fly over to America (I'm guessing) and conduct a successful court ruling.

 

Let it be known the world isn't safe, even on the web.

[Alg]

Let it be known the world isn't safe, even on the web.

So effectively, internet terrorism?

[Giordano]

Let it be known the world isn't safe, even on the web.

So effectively, internet terrorism?

Uh, sure? But with a name like that, people are going to think Al-Quida's funding it.

[Saru Inc]

This is awesome. While as many of you are correct, the majority of them are 15-18 year olds, it's still awesome. I support pirated music for my own reasons, and I find all of the humanity that has come together, no matter the age, is legitimately heart warming.

[Alg]

Let it be known the world isn't safe, even on the web.

So effectively, internet terrorism?

Uh, sure? But with a name like that, people are going to think Al-Quida's funding it.

Which would be their fault for not knowing that terrorism isn't just a bunch of crazy Muslims with bombs... :razz:

[obfuscator]

Not all terrorism is Al Queda. This is internet terrorism - and in my opinion it's the anti-piracy sites fault for perpetrating it in the first place.

[Alg]

Not all terrorism is Al Queda. This is internet terrorism - and in my opinion it's the anti-piracy sites fault for perpetrating it in the first place.

I'd feel the same way. It's actually hard to root for the anti-piracy guys when they're just as bad :lol:

It isn't like the pro-piracy side is taking the high road here though. They're literally doing the same thing that the anti-piracy group is doing, and being cheered on.

[Pirate_Felix]

I didn't think they would actually go as low as to DDoSing TPB

4Chan did the right thing imo.

 

4Chan, internet superheroes.

[Zygimantas]

World Wide Internet War ftw. Would be interesting to see.

[Riku3220]

World Wide Internet War ftw. Would be interesting to see.

Can we shorten that to Web War I?

[Zygimantas]

World Wide Internet War ftw. Would be interesting to see.

Can we shorten that to Web War I?

Or The Great Web War. Because you know after such a war there will never be another one. :P

[obfuscator]

Quick, let's create the league of internets to prevent further conflict!

[Alg]

Quick, let's create the league of internets to prevent further conflict!

As long as they're led by Google and Microsoft.

[TTanT]

Quick, let's create the league of internets to prevent further conflict!

As long as they're led by Google and Microsoft.

Microsoft will organize it, but won't join because they're going for isolationism.

[anonymous1234]

Quick, let's create the league of internets to prevent further conflict!

As long as they're led by Google and Microsoft.

Microsoft will organize it, but won't join because they're going for isolationism.

But after all the other OS's start getting taken down by the Apple Powers, Microsoft is going to have to do something to end the destruction of millions of data files.

 

On Topic, you can't stop pirates without breaking down everybody's door, so I'm all for antagonizing anti-piracy grouos.

[Dupin]

I do not support 4chan. What I see is a bunch of immature 15-year-olds pretending they have some value to the world. They pretend they don't need to belong, but they're flocking into these groups together. Nonconformists conform to nonconformity.

 

I do not support piracy. It's illegal for a reason - you're stealing content that needs to be payed for. If all movies were free, no good movies would be made because there would be no funding and anyone intelligent would stay away from the industry.

 

I confess that I do watch pirated movies on occasion, and a good deal of the music I listen to is on Youtube. When legitimate industries can provide content that's as easy and efficient as piracy, then the websites will die off on their own. Until then, they are breaking the law, and it is stealing, so quit whining about it and start saving for a Netflix subscription.