[133564] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: LOIC tool used in the "Anonymous" attacks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mikea)
Mon Dec 13 09:49:12 2010
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 08:49:03 -0600
From: mikea <mikea@mikea.ath.cx>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 11:59:07AM -0800, andrew.wallace wrote:
> I was reading about this- yeah really "anonymous".
>
> http://praetorianprefect.com/archives/2010/12/anonymous-releases-very-unanonymous-press-release/
>
> Also:
>
> http://www.boingboing.net/2010/12/11/anonymous-isnt-loic.html
All we know with certainty is that there is *a* name in the metadata.
Why would anyone conclude that it is definitely the name of the author?
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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea@mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin
