Anonymous threatens T.O.

[Wanker]

You can bet that city officials are “scrambling” to secure their website following the threat of a cyber attack from a hacker group affiliated with Occupy Toronto, an IT expert says.

A group claiming to be the Anonymous hacker collective posted a video onYouTube Saturday, stating it would “remove” the city’s website from the Internet should Mayor Rob Ford evict the 500-or-so Occupy Toronto demonstrators who have camped out in St. James Park since mid-October.

Anonymous earned infamy after reportedly disrupting the websites of MasterCard, Visa and PayPal.
“There are a lot of sites that are not as secure as they could be against these kinds of attacks,” said Andrew Clement, of the University of Toronto’s faculty of information.
He said municipal government websites are rarely targeted and as a result, typically not as secure as those utilized by some corporations, such as banks.

“But when a threat emerges, then they take measures,” Clement said. “My guess is they’ll be scrambling to protect the site after this.”
The Anonymous video features the graphic of a white business suit with a question mark where the head should be, imposed on a black backdrop.

“It seems next week authorities want to put an end to the Occupy movement in Toronto,” says a computerized voice. “We say, by next week if you don’t change your mind, you shall be removed from the Internet. We have alreadyplanned for this.”

Ford said recently he wants the Occupy Toronto demonstrators in St. James Park to move on. Encampments have recently been dismantled in Halifax, N.S., and London, Ont.
If Anonymous has a “high level of expertise,” Clement said the hackers could launch several kinds of attacks.

He described one as a “denial of service” attack, where “they launch a series of messages to the site,” rendering it inaccessible. In another scenario, hackers could break through the site’s password protection and delete files.

A Toronto Police officer said Internet-based threats are not uncommon.

“It’s problematic responding to that kind of thing posted in cyberspace,”said Staff-Sgt. Peter Callaghan. “It’s not like we’re responding to a known organization ... If there is a real threat, we’ll deal with it.”

 

[Esco!]

Someone needs to round these little Anonymous nerds up and beat the living snot out of them

 

[Boing]

Someone needs to round these little Anonymous nerds up and beat the living snot out of them

but they are only the 1 % :neutral: :666:

 

[tboy]

Someone needs to round these little Anonymous nerds up and beat the living snot out of them

while I agree that they do cause a lot of damage unnecessarily, I'm with them on this one though. The occupy groups are exercising their rights to protest and to remove them simply proves their point......

These are peaceful protests....if big brother starts getting physical, they might start something that won't be stopped....vive la revolution.....

 

[Auggie]

They're a responsible and peaceful bunch who are making a good point.

Ford is noisy and corrupt and stupid but he represents us. Put it to a vote at city hall.

 

[BlueBalls]

 

[Esco!]

while I agree that they do cause a lot of damage unnecessarily, I'm with them on this one though. The occupy groups are exercising their rights to protest and to remove them simply proves their point......

These are peaceful protests....if big brother starts getting physical, they might start something that won't be stopped....vive la revolution.....

Lawful protests I have zero problems with.

Illegally hacking into govt websites I do have a problem with, especially since Rob Ford has been fairly patient with Occupy Toronto

 

[-b]

Lawful protests I have zero problems with.

Illegally hacking into govt websites I do have a problem with, especially since Rob Ford has been fairly patient with Occupy Toronto

But the government is watching your every move through internet and cell phones....
Just don't tell them I told you that........:tongue:

 

[Stan Lee]

Hasty court order allows Occupy Wall Street protesters to return after police sweep


https://www.thestar.com/news/world/...-protesters-to-return-after-police-sweep?bn=1

 

[tboy]

On a similar note, I watched a 60 minutes segment on sunday where they highlighted how Congressmen are profiting from their votes. Hundreds have made millions of dollars by voting in a such a way, and prior to voting, investing in the subject they are voting on.

For eg: they are voting tomorrow on whether to relax waste disposal regulations. The congressmen are then buying up shares of waste disposal companies who will now get more contracts due to the relaxed regulations. Then their shares go up the day the regulations are relaxed.....

Another example is the US law states that congressmen cannot accept direct cash donations from companies but it does allow them to accept shares. What happens is a company that is going to put out an IPO, gives a congressman 10,000 shares so when they hit the IPO, they are now worth 10's of thousands.

John Baynor, the elite's poster boy in congress, has made millions off voting pro or against policies where he benefits. His excuse is "I put my money into an investment account and my brokers decide what to buy and what not to buy"...that's his excuse. I'm sure he doesn't call them up and say "buy x amount in IT stock because we're announcing a grant to x firms..."

Proof positive that most politicians are nothing but a bunch of self-serving crooks.....anyone else doing this would get arrested immediately for insider trading.....

 

[Esco!]

On a similar note, I watched a 60 minutes segment on sunday where they highlighted how Congressmen are profiting from their votes. Hundreds have made millions of dollars by voting in a such a way, and prior to voting, investing in the subject they are voting on

The ridiculous part about all this is insider trading will get a regular civilian plenty of jailtime, yet its perfectly legal for any congressman (or woman).

US needs to change the laws, except the its the lawmakers themselves who profit from this, so dont expect change anytime soon

 

[tboy]

The ridiculous part about all this is insider trading will get a regular civilian plenty of jailtime, yet its perfectly legal for any congressman (or woman).

US needs to change the laws, except the its the lawmakers themselves who profit from this, so dont expect change anytime soon

They interviewed a congressman who tried introduce a bill prohibiting a member from voting on a bill that he would directly or indirectly profit from....you can guess what happened to it......

See, this is why I feel that there should be a civilian appointed watchdog organization to overseer our elected officials. They would have final say on bills, laws, expenses and frankly, out and out lies politicians tell to get elected. This organization would have the ability to overturn election results upon findings that a) they are profiting by insider trading b) misappropriating funds c) not fulfilling their campaign promises. This organization would also have the authority to grant, or rescind increases, wage policies, pensions etc.