nsane.forums Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 The group is taking credit for shutting down more than 40 websites used for sharing child porn, and it says it exposed information about more than 1,500 users of the sites.Hacker collective Anonymous is at it again, and this time it is targeting websites that allow users to share child porn.The group took credit this week for shutting down more than 40 websites used for sharing such material. It also said it exposed information about more than 1500 users, reports ZDNet.According to a timeline of events posted on text-storing website Pastebin, some Anonymous members stumbled upon a child pornography index while browsing a part of the Internet mostly used for illegal peer-to-peer file sharing that isn’t seen by search engines and can’t be accessed without a special browser. They then tracked most of the sites listed to a shared hosting server.Anonymous said that after warnings to remove the illegal content went unheeded it infiltrated the server and shut down services to all users.The hacker group boasted that one of the websites it took down was “one of the largest child pornography websites to date containing more than 100GB of child pornography.”Anonymous said it released the information about users of that website, including user names, how long they have been active on the site, and how many images they have shared. According to the crime-related blog DreaminDemon, the hacking group also claims to have learned the identities of some of the people on the list and have invited the FBI to contact them if they wanted the details.The group also warned that its comments on Pastebin -- a website where you can store text online for a set period of time -- are aimed at anyone on the Internet who commits similar acts. “It does not matter who you are, if we find you to be hosting, promoting, or supporting child pornography, you will become a target,” Anonymous said.Anonymous also posted a YouTube video in which it said it intends to make the so-called DarkNet “uninhabitable for these disgusting degenerates to exist without the fear of prosecution or death.”Want to know more about the secret Internet? Check out discourse from one TeamLiquid member on the subject. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted October 22, 2011 Administrator Share Posted October 22, 2011 The good side of Anonymous. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 startling number of users. why can anonymous do these things but not the government? especially if the sites are hosted in the US??? :frusty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojootti Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 About time they target what they should have done from the beginning,instead of revealing "snitches" and other people's names+private contact information from the cop logs/mails,and putting people's life in danger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety.Abd Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I hope they shut off all the porn sites :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrocious Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 startling number of users. why can anonymous do these things but not the government? especially if the sites are hosted in the US??? :frusty:Because the government is entrenched in propagating a lot of child porn websites. That's the truth.I hope this new trend of intelligent targeting is a long lasting thing with Anonymous and not just a PR stunt. I think we all remember when Anonymous seemingly was wild and did as they pleased correct?And one other thing, although shutting off porn websites would cause a lot of frustration amongst the people and cause some chaos in general, it might be for the better. Just remember to be careful for when you call for ANY form of web censorship because this very well may be a way of gathering a public opinion on net censorship via a now seemingly "righteous" hacker group just to see if people will follow the group loyally off a cliff one day.Overall, it's a great thing what they did here but be careful when you ask or desire that we have more censorship. People, as individuals need to learn more self control and NOT go to porn websites, especially if we have a conviction or religious belief (this includes all porn by the way). There are huge studies that prove that watching porn constantly decreases your ability to have a successful relationship, as it hinders your ability to engage in sexual acts without feeling inadequate or it teaches many people to partake in sexual acts that might wind up hurting the person you are with, thus ending any sort of relationship or damaging that relationship in many various ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Sorry.. I have to pull way back in what I would say here.. BUT ' castration to all pedo's... disemboweling ' something to that extent.. HOORAH.. to ANONYMOUS!! :thumbsup: EPIC WIN...I do not agree that all porn site should go down.. but those types of sites and sites who cater to those .. pedo's should..Religious beliefs or ideals and morals should not be imposed on all who are alive.. each is in each person's own right and decision to decide that for themselves.. even at point of responsibility of those said individuals should they believe they should.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrocious Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Sorry.. I have to pull way back in what I would say here.. BUT ' castration to all pedo's... disemboweling ' something to that extent.. HOORAH.. to ANONYMOUS!! :thumbsup: EPIC WIN...I do not agree that all porn site should go down.. but those types of sites and sites who cater to those .. pedo's should..Religious beliefs or ideals and morals should not be imposed on all who are alive.. each is in each person's own right and decision to decide that for themselves.. even at point of responsibility of those said individuals should they believe they should..I was speaking to those who do have a religious conviction of course. I'm not forcing anyone by my point of view, I just hold onto what Jeremiah 10:23 is informing me of. The Bible only applies to those who believe in it, no one else has to follow or believe it unless they want to, and that's the way it should always be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I was speaking to those who do have a religious conviction of course. I'm not forcing anyone by my point of view, I just hold onto what Jeremiah 10:23 is informing me of. The Bible only applies to those who believe in it, no one else has to follow or believe it unless they want to, and that's the way it should always be.errrqqqq...screeeeach......put da brakes on.. I was simply putting down my response anyway... :P So this term is not really in response to yours.. but mainly I think more like how I felt about.. removing ALL PORN.. from the Internet.. Trying in under 500 words to express the differences in .. and between what I am speaking of.. so that my basic response was not connected to generalized topics mentioned previous to..Hard to clarify sometimes especially when reading topics what direction is taken and what view people have or are actually saying.. I am glad you have a view versus people who do w/e when it comes down to it and have yet to develop any aspect of themselves to even know who they are or where they stand.. Regardless of my personal ideals.. I do have respect for people who have that.. versus people who can at the drop of the hat just go in any direction without even giving the thought process it deserves.. or development.. it can all be a starting place.. but you get it so.. Not down on any thing here.. except when you take a public domain.. and control it.. not one you create yourself.. but PUBLIC.. and change it within the closed perspective of whatever end you may be on.. While some would say it would be the other then.. the will to decide yourself still remains...Because I have the views I have I am not really all out redline to take it all down.. I believe in that room and within the realms of reason... a place where there exists something for everyone.. so assuming that I would openly target that just because I mentioned what I did would be short sighted of even knowing my ideals..I hate knowing all of the factors involved.. you type for ages trying cover all the bases.. and get worn out.. then repeat it all over again.... :P Anyway hoping for that clarity.. regardless of the human effect which may sway the stimuli itself in many directions.. LOL.. given all the triggers along the course...AHHHhH someone cut mah hands off.. so I can stop typing ..LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrocious Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I was speaking to those who do have a religious conviction of course. I'm not forcing anyone by my point of view, I just hold onto what Jeremiah 10:23 is informing me of. The Bible only applies to those who believe in it, no one else has to follow or believe it unless they want to, and that's the way it should always be.errrqqqq...screeeeach......put da brakes on.. I was simply putting down my response anyway... :P So this term is not really in response to yours.. but mainly I think more like how I felt about.. removing ALL PORN.. from the Internet.. Trying in under 500 words to express the differences in .. and between what I am speaking of.. so that my basic response was not connected to generalized topics mentioned previous to..Hard to clarify sometimes especially when reading topics what direction is taken and what view people have or are actually saying.. I am glad you have a view versus people who do w/e when it comes down to it and have yet to develop any aspect of themselves to even know who they are or where they stand.. Regardless of my personal ideals.. I do have respect for people who have that.. versus people who can at the drop of the hat just go in any direction without even giving the thought process it deserves.. or development.. it can all be a starting place.. but you get it so.. Not down on any thing here.. except when you take a public domain.. and control it.. not one you create yourself.. but PUBLIC.. and change it within the closed perspective of whatever end you may be on.. While some would say it would be the other then.. the will to decide yourself still remains...Because I have the views I have I am not really all out redline to take it all down.. I believe in that room and within the realms of reason... a place where there exists something for everyone.. so assuming that I would openly target that just because I mentioned what I did would be short sighted of even knowing my ideals..I hate knowing all of the factors involved.. you type for ages trying cover all the bases.. and get worn out.. then repeat it all over again.... :P Anyway hoping for that clarity.. regardless of the human effect which may sway the stimuli itself in many directions.. LOL.. given all the triggers along the course...AHHHhH someone cut mah hands off.. so I can stop typing ..LOLLOL, no worries. I won't cut your hands off....but this guy might: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 so they going to take out the p2p sites? just being logical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrocious Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 so they going to take out the p2p sites? just being logicalI hope not...but as you said, being logical, if enough people hail them, there will always be ignorant people who will follow what they do, even if they begin taking down P2P places. My biggest fear is that this group is actually working for the government (which government, I don't know) and they would be used as part of the movement to "liberate" humanity only to later on deceive and destroy the ones they claimed to protect. It's happened before. Don't be all in for anything that is ultra secretive because you might just regret it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted October 23, 2011 Administrator Share Posted October 23, 2011 Let me tell you guys something, all the people on the dark side of the internet love P2P, filesharing etc. They are moralistic humans at some things and immoral fags at others. But there's no question whatsoever that they'll do anything against filesharing, they love it as much as we do.Now what surprises me is that Anonymous originates from 4Chan, and even though there are people that literally hate pedo things, there are some who have made 4chan famous for similar stuff. I guess the one hacked those sites were the first ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elohelomg Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 whats interesting to me was the "and can’t be accessed without a special browser."what browser is this O.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 P2P isn't the issue.. P2P sites setup for only this .. Yes.. Like the comment I posted that was erased in place of a homosexual slure.. that is exactly what I hope happens to it.. specifically... Ripped out and removed... disabled.. There is nothing about it I can see to even defend...I think it would be a little harder to target people individually for that sort of thing though.. Especially 'in the blanket clause' of all of it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxhedroom Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 startling number of users. why can anonymous do these things but not the government? especially if the sites are hosted in the US??? :frusty:Now that is one hell of a good point. I know to a certain extent that the gov't has to follow 'the rules' but there is nothing stopping them from using covert ops to do the deeds. It's not like they don't have the resources or know-how. I'd be cool if Anony would rub it in the govt's face on like the Cyber Command's home page or something...how a few skilled hackers can have more of a direct effect than an entire govt branch with countless millions in funding at their disposal. And doxing the ops is icing on the cake!Well done Anony...maybe the govt can learn a lesson or two or 3 or 4. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 startling number of users. why can anonymous do these things but not the government? especially if the sites are hosted in the US??? :frusty:Now that is one hell of a good point. I know to a certain extent that the gov't has to follow 'the rules' but there is nothing stopping them from using covert ops to do the deeds. It's not like they don't have the resources or know-how. I'd be cool if Anony would rub it in the govt's face on like the Cyber Command's home page or something...how a few skilled hackers can have more of a direct effect than an entire govt branch with countless millions in funding at their disposal. And doxing the ops is icing on the cake!Well done Anony...maybe the govt can learn a lesson or two or 3 or 4. <_<hats easy. most of these sites have been taken over by the fbi in the usa for sting operations. they ususally do 2 to 3 years of that each time. p2p and their trackers have been targeted by these group before. i think is is more of a PR stunt to try to get the fbi and others off their backs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 startling number of users. why can anonymous do these things but not the government? especially if the sites are hosted in the US??? :frusty:Now that is one hell of a good point. I know to a certain extent that the gov't has to follow 'the rules' but there is nothing stopping them from using covert ops to do the deeds. It's not like they don't have the resources or know-how. I'd be cool if Anony would rub it in the govt's face on like the Cyber Command's home page or something...how a few skilled hackers can have more of a direct effect than an entire govt branch with countless millions in funding at their disposal. And doxing the ops is icing on the cake!Well done Anony...maybe the govt can learn a lesson or two or 3 or 4. <_<hats easy. most of these sites have been taken over by the fbi in the usa for sting operations. they ususally do 2 to 3 years of that each time.p2p and their trackers have been targeted by these group before.i think is is more of a PR stunt to try to get the fbi and others off their backs.true, but then again, everyone hates pedos. they made their point and made their name hacking the feds and now i'm guessing they wanted to take down something worthwhile +1 to those people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grouchysmurf Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 "...and they shut down child porn sites and released users private info....."Hurray!!!! They are the good guys..........right???Ok, before I open this can of worms...my thoughts:Anything involving children mistreated should be dealt with most severely, such as with a bullet.Now, let's continue.....I find it very disconcerting that some group calling itself "Anonymous" has the ability to crack into a server or hub at will,steal information, and shut that hub down at will. I do not know how other countries do it, but here we have "cyber" crime unitsrun by people we employ to uphold the laws we created. It is very easy to report a crime, and you can remain "anonymous".I do not applaud this group as much as I fear for everyone else's safety and privacy because of groups like these.As far as personal beliefs, you can believe whatever you want, so long as no harm comes to others because of it.Wars are fought over dumbass beliefs, but that is a different topic.In this case here, while I agree with shutting down and prosecuting those responsible for such sites, I prefer to let those thathave been put into place by the people to do that job, not some random anonymous organization trying to cloak past actions with a "good deed".A line from a movie says it best.."Sometimes in order to deal with one evil, you need to use a different kind of evil."I guess that applies here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck_kent Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 :think: I guess Anonymous is now the new breed of vigilantes. :rockon: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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