Post: DOS Attack on WikiLeaks
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12-02-2010, 03:41 PM
#1
Kidd Cold
**** my Toaster !~!
Originally posted by Gregg
After several denial of service (DOS) attacks hit it over the weekend, WikiLeaks is now being hosted by Amazon servers in the US and Ireland.
The move by Wikileaks, the organisation that has provided a collection of more than 250,000 State Department diplomatic cables to several newspapers, came after a series of DOS attacks, said Mikko Hypponen, the chief research officer at Finnish antivirus firm F-Secure.
"Wikileaks changed its hosting two times in the last 12 hours," said Hypponen in an interview on Monday. "[WikiLeaks] changed from the French host that it's used for some time to Amazon's cloud ... and one of those IP adresses is in the US."
Traces of WikiLeaks.org by our sister title in the US, Computerworld showed that WikiLeaks' URL resolved to at least two Amazon-owned addresses, one in Ireland and the other in Seattle, Washington.
According to Hypponen, a hacker who goes by the nickname "The Jester" - in leetspeak, it's "th3j35t3r" - has claimed responsibility for the attacks against WikiLeaks. In several Twitter messages, Jester said he launched the attacks "for [Wikileaks] attempting to endanger the lives of our troops, 'other assets' & foreign relations."
Jester is a likely candidate, said Hypponen. "He took responsibility, and more importantly, he has demonstrated the capability. He also seems to have a motive."
The hacker, who Hypponen believes is in Russia based on his Hotmail email address, has boasted before of denial of service attacks against Islamic jihadist websites.
In a July 2010 interview with the UK-based Ethical Hack3r site, Jester has claimed he is "ex-mil", or ex-military, and said his self-set mission is "to cause disruption to the online efforts of jihadists on the internet".
Amazon did not immediately reply for a request for comment about its servers hosting Wikileaks.
Earlier this year, US authorities criticised Wikileaks for releasing a cache of military documents relating to the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Yesterday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned Wikileaks for releasing the diplomatic cables.
"The United States strongly condemns the illegal disclosure of classified information," Clinton said in a Monday news conference. "It puts people's lives in danger, threatens our national security, and undermines our efforts to work with other countries to solve shared problems."
She also implicitly threatened Wikileaks. "I want you to know that we are taking aggressive steps to hold responsible those who stole this information," she said. "I have directed that specific actions be taken at the State Department, in addition to new security safeguards at the Department of Defense and elsewhere to protect State Department information so that this kind of breach cannot and does not ever happen again."
The move by Wikileaks, the organisation that has provided a collection of more than 250,000 State Department diplomatic cables to several newspapers, came after a series of DOS attacks, said Mikko Hypponen, the chief research officer at Finnish antivirus firm F-Secure.
"Wikileaks changed its hosting two times in the last 12 hours," said Hypponen in an interview on Monday. "[WikiLeaks] changed from the French host that it's used for some time to Amazon's cloud ... and one of those IP adresses is in the US."
Traces of WikiLeaks.org by our sister title in the US, Computerworld showed that WikiLeaks' URL resolved to at least two Amazon-owned addresses, one in Ireland and the other in Seattle, Washington.
According to Hypponen, a hacker who goes by the nickname "The Jester" - in leetspeak, it's "th3j35t3r" - has claimed responsibility for the attacks against WikiLeaks. In several Twitter messages, Jester said he launched the attacks "for [Wikileaks] attempting to endanger the lives of our troops, 'other assets' & foreign relations."
Jester is a likely candidate, said Hypponen. "He took responsibility, and more importantly, he has demonstrated the capability. He also seems to have a motive."
The hacker, who Hypponen believes is in Russia based on his Hotmail email address, has boasted before of denial of service attacks against Islamic jihadist websites.
In a July 2010 interview with the UK-based Ethical Hack3r site, Jester has claimed he is "ex-mil", or ex-military, and said his self-set mission is "to cause disruption to the online efforts of jihadists on the internet".
Amazon did not immediately reply for a request for comment about its servers hosting Wikileaks.
Earlier this year, US authorities criticised Wikileaks for releasing a cache of military documents relating to the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Yesterday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned Wikileaks for releasing the diplomatic cables.
"The United States strongly condemns the illegal disclosure of classified information," Clinton said in a Monday news conference. "It puts people's lives in danger, threatens our national security, and undermines our efforts to work with other countries to solve shared problems."
She also implicitly threatened Wikileaks. "I want you to know that we are taking aggressive steps to hold responsible those who stole this information," she said. "I have directed that specific actions be taken at the State Department, in addition to new security safeguards at the Department of Defense and elsewhere to protect State Department information so that this kind of breach cannot and does not ever happen again."
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Personally I feel that this website "WikiLeaks" is a serious threat to more then just the United States. I mean it's only a matter of time before other countries are targeted.
Now regarding the article I feel that "The Jester" is on the right track.. Hell if I knew a little bit more about how to hack properly, and wasn't still learning I'd get involved!
So how do you feel about WikiLeaks? & About the DOS attack on the site?
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12-03-2010, 04:01 PM
#21
Dr. Rasta
Grunt
Originally posted by Kidd
I honestly could not agree more!! 
~~That's what my main point was.. Honestly the American government has more technology then they care to admit. And they use that to their advantage. For example that smart-gun someone posted about a day ago, I bet you they have had that gun or at-least 5-20 years!
~~Like Steven Hawkin said, If we make contact chances are they will enslave us! But I would like to know about those Intergalactic Illegal Aliens :?D
~~True! Very true! I felt the same way growing up, still do slightly. It's just not the United States that is at risk, it's all of the allies.
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~~ :?D
~~ That is the world for you! You can never win, no matter how hard you try.
~~That's what my main point was.. Honestly the American government has more technology then they care to admit. And they use that to their advantage. For example that smart-gun someone posted about a day ago, I bet you they have had that gun or at-least 5-20 years!
~~Like Steven Hawkin said, If we make contact chances are they will enslave us! But I would like to know about those Intergalactic Illegal Aliens :?D
~~True! Very true! I felt the same way growing up, still do slightly. It's just not the United States that is at risk, it's all of the allies.
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~~ :?D
~~ That is the world for you! You can never win, no matter how hard you try.
Just also wanted to say, im a big tupac fan.
R.I.P Tupac! Love the Sig! :y:
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12-04-2010, 02:34 AM
#25
juddylovespizza
I'VE GOT JUNGLE FEVER
12-04-2010, 06:15 AM
#26
Rath
Today Will Be Different
I'm half and half on this myself. I mean its cool and all that Wikileaks is leaking some cool information and what not, but recently not some much. I just can't imagine if they leaked something like the Public and Private keys for Black Ops fast files... Man Treyarch would freak man :carling:
But I really don't like debates, I just wanted to say that I'm half and half lol.
But I really don't like debates, I just wanted to say that I'm half and half lol.
12-04-2010, 08:18 AM
#28
Gaia
Former Staff
Originally posted by GTghost
I dont see why WikiLeaks is being DDOS'd. The documents should be free and for everyone to see. If it's a war, everyone should what is happening and the Government shouldnt keep stuff hidden.
Yea, well someone inside the White House gave Julian Assange, 250 000 encrypted info, only the top security could decrypt it, since WikiLeak has been permanently shut down by the web hoster, Julian has a few friends (web hosters) so it won't be long until a new WikiLeak is opened, it is said that Julian also shared these info to other well known Journalist, including New Yorks time, CNN etc, and part of their contract, they have to share their news no matter what, so it won't be long until all the info is leaked, and contained in those infos, 1 out of 250 000 can cause WWIII.
1 info contains tactics for when North Korea attacks, North Korea has nuclear missile, it is equivalent of travelling to America, even Australia, which is one thing I'm concerned about. North Korea doesn't have much friends on it's side, only China and Iran, Iran also got nuclear missile.
So sure people has the freedom of speech, but when you go to far, that's when people(s) lives are at risk.
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