The link to the "warheads" if you are interested in downloading them.
Citizens of the world,
Anonymous has observed for some time now the trajectory of justice in
the United States with growing concern. We have marked the departure of
this system from the noble ideals in which it was born and enshrined.
We have seen the erosion of due process, the dilution of constitutional
rights, the usurpation of the rightful authority of courts by the
"discretion" of prosecutors. We have seen how the law is wielded less
and less to uphold justice, and more and more to exercise control,
authority and power in the interests of oppression or personal gain.
We have been watching, and waiting.
Two weeks ago today, a line was crossed. Two weeks ago today, Aaron
Swartz was killed. Killed because he faced an impossible choice. Killed
because he was forced into playing a game he could not win -- a twisted
and distorted perversion of justice -- a game where the only winning
move was not to play.
Anonymous immediately convened an emergency council to discuss our
response to this tragedy. After much heavy-hearted discussion, the
decision was upheld to engage the United States Department of Justice
and its associated executive branches in a game of a similar nature, a
game in which the only winning move is not to play.
Last year the Federal Bureau of Investigation revelled in porcine
glee at its successful infiltration of certain elements of Anonymous.
This infiltration was achieved through the use of the *same tactics
which lead to Aaron Swartz' death. It would not have been possible were
it not for the power of federal prosecutors to thoroughly destroy the
lives of any hacktivists they apprehend through the very real threat of
highly disproportionate sentencing.
As a result of the FBI's infiltration and entrapment tactics, several
more of our brethren now face similar disproportionate persecution, the
balance of their lives hanging on the severely skewed scales of a
broken justice system.
We have felt within our hearts a burning rage in reaction to these
events, but we have not allowed ourselves to be drawn into a foolish and
premature response. We have bidden our time, operating in the shadows,
adapting our tactics and honing our abilities. We have allowed the FBI
and its masters in government -- both the puppet and the shadow
government that controls it -- to believe they had struck a crippling
blow to our infrastructure, that they had demoralized us, paralyzed us
with paranoia and fear. We have held our tongue and waited.
With Aaron's death we can wait no longer. The time has come to show
the United States Department of Justice and its affiliates the true
meaning of infiltration. The time has come to give this system a taste
of its own medicine. The time has come for them to feel the helplessness
and fear that comes with being forced into a game where the odds are
stacked against them.
This website was chosen due to the symbolic nature of its purpose --
the federal sentencing guidelines which enable prosecutors to cheat
citizens of their constitutionally-guaranteed right to a fair trial, by a
jury of their peers -- the federal sentencing guidelines which are in
clear violation of the 8th amendment protection against cruel and
unusual punishments. This website was also chosen due to the nature of
its visitors. It is far from the only government asset we control, and
we have exercised such control for quite some time...
There has been a lot of fuss recently in the technological media
regarding such operations as Red October, the widespread use of
vulnerable browsers and the availability of zero-day exploits for these
browsers and their plugins. None of this comes of course as any surprise
to us, but it is perhaps good that those within the information
security industry are making the extent of these threats more widely
understood.
Still there is nothing quite as educational as a well-conducted demonstration...
Through this websites and various others that will remain unnamed, we
have been conducting our own infiltration. We did not restrict
ourselves like the FBI to one high-profile compromise. We are far more
ambitious, and far more capable. Over the last two weeks we have wound
down this operation, removed all traces of leakware from the compromised
systems, and taken down the injection apparatus used to detect and
exploit vulnerable machines.
We have enough fissile material for multiple warheads. Today we are
launching the first of these. Operation Last Resort has begun...
Warhead - U S - D O J - L E A - 2013 . A E E 256 is primed and armed.
It has been quietly distributed to numerous mirrors over the last few
days and is available for download from this website now. We encourage
all Anonymous to syndicate this file as widely as possible.
The contents are various and we won't ruin the speculation by
revealing them. Suffice it to say, everyone has secrets, and some things
are not meant to be public. At a regular interval commencing today, we
will choose one media outlet and supply them with heavily redacted
partial contents of the file. Any media outlets wishing to be eligible
for this program must include within their reporting a means of secure
communications.
We have not taken this action lightly, nor without consideration of
the possible consequences. Should we be forced to reveal the trigger-key
to this warhead, we understand that there will be collateral damage. We
appreciate that many who work within the justice system believe in
those principles that it has lost, corrupted, or abandoned, that they do
not bear the full responsibility for the damages caused by their
occupation.
It is our hope that this warhead need never be detonated.
However, in order for there to be a peaceful resolution to this
crisis, certain things need to happen. There must be reform of outdated
and poorly-envisioned legislation, written to be so broadly applied as
to make a felony crime out of violation of terms of service, creating in
effect vast swathes of crimes, and allowing for selective punishment.
There must be reform of mandatory minimum sentencing. There must be a
return to proportionality of punishment with respect to actual harm
caused, and consideration of motive and mens rea. The inalienable right
to a presumption of innocence and the recourse to trial and possibility
of exoneration must be returned to its sacred status, and not gambled
away by pre-trial bargaining in the face of overwhelming sentences,
unaffordable justice and disfavourable odds. Laws must be upheld
unselectively, and not used as a weapon of government to make examples
of those it deems threatening to its power.
For good reason the statue of lady justice is blindfolded. No more
should her innocence be besmirked, her scales tipped, nor her swordhand
guided. Furthermore there must be a solemn commitment to freedom of the
internet, this last great common space of humanity, and to the common
ownership of information to further the common good.
We make this statement do not expect to be negotiated with; we do not
desire to be negotiated with. We understand that due to the actions we
take we exclude ourselves from the system within which solutions are
found. There are others who serve that purpose, people far more
respectable than us, people whose voices emerge from the light, and not
the shadows. These voices are already making clear the reforms that have
been necessary for some time, and are outright required now.
It is these people that the justice system, the government, and law
enforcement must engage with. Their voices are already ringing strong
with a chorus of determined resolution. We demand only that this chorus
is not ignored. We demand the government does not make the mistake of
hoping that time will dampen its ringing, that they can ride out this
wave of determination, that business as usual can continue after a
sufficient period of lip-service and back-patting.
Not this time. This time there will be change, or there will be chaos...
is there an Obama adminstration in some other country at present?
Quoting 12hellokitty:
Perhaps I am missing the point. Did Anonymous oppose when the US Obama administration was trying to bully YouTube to remove "the innocents of Muslims", or where is Anonymous standing on how the US Obama administration is trying to redefine the 2nd amendment?
Quoting autodidact:
are you really so obtuse, or just trolling? this was duress to the point of suicide, not euthanasia
and way to miss the entire point
Quoting 12hellokitty:
The article says he was killed? Interesting I thought liberals supported a persons right to take their own life, which it seems is what this person has done.
Perhaps I am missing the point. Did Anonymous oppose when the US Obama administration was trying to bully YouTube to remove "the innocents of Muslims", or where is Anonymous standing on how the US Obama administration is trying to redefine the 2nd amendment?
Quoting autodidact:
are you really so obtuse, or just trolling? this was duress to the point of suicide, not euthanasia
and way to miss the entire point
Quoting 12hellokitty:
The article says he was killed? Interesting I thought liberals supported a persons right to take their own life, which it seems is what this person has done.
Hello, Rubber Room Hotel? I'd like to make a reservation...
Anonymous re-hacks US Sentencing site into video game Asteroids
The U.S. Sentencing Commission website has been hacked again and a code distributed by Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns ussc.gov into a playable video game.
Visitors enter the code, and then the website that sets guidelines for sentencing in United States Federal courts becomes "Asteroids."
Shooting away at the ussc.gov webpage reveals an image of Anonymous. The trademark Anonymous "Guy Fawkes" face is comprised of white text saying, "We do not forgive. We do not forget."
Hacktivist group Anonymous began its "Operation Last Resort" Friday night by hacking the U.S. Sentencing Commission website in the name of suicide victim Aaron Swatrz, demanding reform in the U.S. justice system.
The government website was pulled offline and restored by Saturday. Now, on Sunday afternoon, the U.S. Sentencing Commission website appears to have been compromised a second time, severely, wherein a code being issued by Operation Last Resort and other Anonymous social media accounts turns ussc.gov into a game of Asteroids.
Upon visiting ussc.gov and entering enter Konami code (with cursor keys) ↑↑↓↓←→←→ (up up, down down, left right left right) then keys B, A and "Enter" - the page becomes a playable version of the old Atari game, Asteroids.
Visitors can use their keyboard to shoot away at the U.S. Sentencing Commission website.
The hack reads:
AntiSec CAEK-mode activated. Destroy the system! Controls: up, down, left, right to fire.
Blasting away at the text on the website using the keys CAEK ("repeat for NyanCat powers"), player points tally in a score box in the bottom right of the screen, while the government website page and text begin to shrink.
As the "player" gets points by shooting the U.S. Sentencing Commission website, underneath a dark image of Anonymous is revealed.
This is the second time the website has been attacked and defaced in a hack that involves public participation.
Anonymous apparently still somehow has control of the website in some way, despite the last efforts by the U.S. government to clean up the attacks.
The link to the Javascript is embedded in the ussc.gov page, but the script is hosted on a public Google URL.
The website has actually been publicly attacked three times this weekend.
But the second hack was a massive takeover that stuck. Anonymous had used the site to distribute encrypted government files and left a statement on the website that de-encryption keys would be publicly released (thus releasing the as-yet unkonwn information held on the stolen files) if the U.S. government did not comply with Anonymous' ultimatum demands for legal reform.
Anonymous has not specified exactly what files they have obtained. The various files were named after Supreme Court Justices.
However, while the first hack was restored when the U.S. government swiftly acted to wipe the site from its DNS and pull the IP address, and then restore the website, the same resolution may not be possible as it seems Anonymous - and/or AntiSec - still have access.
The U.S. Sentencing Commission sets guidelines for sentencing in United States Federal courts, and Anonymous stated it had chosen the website for symbolic reasons.
Previously on the defaced ussc.gov website Anonymous cited the recent suicide of hacktivist Aaron Swartz as a "line that has been crossed."
The statement suggested retaliation for Swartz's tragic suicide, which many - including the family - believe was a result of overzealous prosecution by the Department of Justice and what the family deemed a "bullying" use of outdated computer crime laws.
Anonymous re-hacks US Sentencing site into video game Asteroids
The U.S. Sentencing Commission website has been hacked again and a code distributed by Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns ussc.gov into a playable video game.
Visitors enter the code, and then the website that sets guidelines for sentencing in United States Federal courts becomes "Asteroids."
Shooting away at the ussc.gov webpage reveals an image of Anonymous. The trademark Anonymous "Guy Fawkes" face is comprised of white text saying, "We do not forgive. We do not forget."
Hacktivist group Anonymous began its "Operation Last Resort" Friday night by hacking the U.S. Sentencing Commission website in the name of suicide victim Aaron Swatrz, demanding reform in the U.S. justice system.
The government website was pulled offline and restored by Saturday. Now, on Sunday afternoon, the U.S. Sentencing Commission website appears to have been compromised a second time, severely, wherein a code being issued by Operation Last Resort and other Anonymous social media accounts turns ussc.gov into a game of Asteroids.
Upon visiting ussc.gov and entering enter Konami code (with cursor keys) ↑↑↓↓←→←→ (up up, down down, left right left right) then keys B, A and "Enter" - the page becomes a playable version of the old Atari game, Asteroids.
Visitors can use their keyboard to shoot away at the U.S. Sentencing Commission website.
The hack reads:
AntiSec CAEK-mode activated. Destroy the system! Controls: up, down, left, right to fire.
Blasting away at the text on the website using the keys CAEK ("repeat for NyanCat powers"), player points tally in a score box in the bottom right of the screen, while the government website page and text begin to shrink.
As the "player" gets points by shooting the U.S. Sentencing Commission website, underneath a dark image of Anonymous is revealed.
This is the second time the website has been attacked and defaced in a hack that involves public participation.
Anonymous apparently still somehow has control of the website in some way, despite the last efforts by the U.S. government to clean up the attacks.
The link to the Javascript is embedded in the ussc.gov page, but the script is hosted on a public Google URL.
The website has actually been publicly attacked three times this weekend.
But the second hack was a massive takeover that stuck. Anonymous had used the site to distribute encrypted government files and left a statement on the website that de-encryption keys would be publicly released (thus releasing the as-yet unkonwn information held on the stolen files) if the U.S. government did not comply with Anonymous' ultimatum demands for legal reform.
Anonymous has not specified exactly what files they have obtained. The various files were named after Supreme Court Justices.
However, while the first hack was restored when the U.S. government swiftly acted to wipe the site from its DNS and pull the IP address, and then restore the website, the same resolution may not be possible as it seems Anonymous - and/or AntiSec - still have access.
The U.S. Sentencing Commission sets guidelines for sentencing in United States Federal courts, and Anonymous stated it had chosen the website for symbolic reasons.
Previously on the defaced ussc.gov website Anonymous cited the recent suicide of hacktivist Aaron Swartz as a "line that has been crossed."
The statement suggested retaliation for Swartz's tragic suicide, which many - including the family - believe was a result of overzealous prosecution by the Department of Justice and what the family deemed a "bullying" use of outdated computer crime laws.
How the hypocrisy does roll. The government supports anti bullying but participates in bullying.
Yeah >< It reminds me of when we kept releasing statements supporting the people of other countries protesting and telling the leaders not to silence the protesters.
Then when the occupy movement sprung up over here it was squashed and silenced.
This technique is one they should have done earlier. Wikileaks did the same thing. They released a file that contained information on banks (That was encrypted) and said that if the US Targets the rest of Wikileaks the way it targeted Julian Assange they would give everyone the key to decrypt it.
Surprise, surprise, it has been awhile now. And for some odd reason the US has left Wikileaks alone. And have seemed to ease up on the pressure on Julian Assange.
If they did indeed download files on the Supreme Court justices that shows Corruption at the very top. It would almost greatly benefit Anonymous if they tried to make Anonymous go "goodbye". Because Anonymous is pulling the same card saying if they are targeted they will release the keys to the information.
So even after that happens if they are indeed taken out. More people will see the Corruption and see the way our government cracks down on those who want to show the corruption. And it will create more followers of Anonymous.
We have seen wars with swords and spears. We have seen army lines march to shoot at each other. We have seen trench warfare. We have seen guerilla warfare. We have seen air fights. Naval fights. Cold wars. And apparently we are coming to a new kind of war. Based on Information.
Does the Polygamous Community Deserve Food Stamps?
- brookiecookie87
on Jan. 26, 2013 at 10:46 AM