http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/01/two-real-guns-pointed-at-me-how-the-fbi-raided-anonymous.ars

Pretty much the FBI raided a bunch of Anonymous script kiddies that were involved in the DDoS attacks regarding WikiLeaks.

Some of the comments posted on Ars, and elsewhere are priceless though.

Quote :

"used LOIC during that whole Wikileaks fiasco. The FBI showed up at my door with a search warrant for any electronic devices that may have been used in the attack. That means any and all computers, unless I pointed out to them which one was used in the attack. I'm not retarded, I invoked my 5th amendment rights and didn't say anything so now they are taking everything. Yes, I'm f**king dumb. No, I didn't have time to thermite the hard drive. I'm worried that the FBI might stumble upon this site due to all the :filez: on my computer."

Im betting as it was said in the article, theres a few pissed off parents along with this. Little Jonny's gonna get grounded.

1/29/2011 9:27:01 AM

Little Johnny's gonna get more than grounded, the charges they're trying to get them on carries a 10 year federal sentence.

1/29/2011 9:29:04 AM

believe it or not, DDoS is still illegal - even if you think it's for a good cause.

1/29/2011 11:13:59 AM

this is why you use amazon ec2 to dos with

1/29/2011 12:09:18 PM

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"Little Johnny's gonna get more than grounded, the charges they're trying to get them on carries a 10 year federal sentence. "

Naw man, didn't you see Hackers. They're just gonna ban Little Johnny from using computers until he's 18.

[Edited on January 29, 2011 at 12:35 PM. Reason : typing fail]

1/29/2011 12:34:53 PM

i'm pretty sure that the government will give them a 6,7, or 8 figure salary to help them stop hackers

at least if movies have taught me anything

1/29/2011 3:17:08 PM

Watch, he'll disappear, and we'll never see him in the headlines again. Meanwhile, they'll have him in a bunker with a gun to his head waging war against his former brethren.

1/29/2011 4:57:11 PM

So I guess him just mentioning on there - even after the fact - that he participated in it was retarded in itself, whether it was a joke or not. FBI doesn't take kindly to jokes.

1/29/2011 5:06:30 PM

Somewhat related:

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"Sony gets impound order for PS3 hacker's computers * By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot * Posted Jan 28, 2011 10:57 am PT Judge orders George Hotz to cease all hacking of console, turn over PCs and hard drives within two weeks. Sony won its first victory in a lawsuit against PlayStation 3 hackers this week, as a judge granted the electronics giant a temporary restraining order preventing lead defendant George Hotz from further hacking of the console. Additionally, Hotz must now turn over his computers, hard drives, and all other storage materials related to Sony's legal team within 10 business days. Until recently, the PS3 had largely stymied hackers. The judge signed off on Sony's proposed restraining order with minimal edits, agreeing that the order was "necessary to prevent immediate and irreparable injury" to Sony. Additionally, the court determined Sony "has shown a likelihood of success on the merits of its claims for violation of the [Digital Millennium Copyright Act] and the [Computer Fraud and Abuse Act]." In opposing the restraining order, Hotz's attorney pointed out that with the PS3 security keys already readily available online as a result of the hacking, there was no further injury to prevent. "That cat is not going back in the bag," he said. Late last year, a group of hackers known as fail0verflow publicized a major PS3 flaw in the way it creates security keys. Days later, Hotz released the system's master key, allowing people to run unauthorized software on their consoles, including pirated games, homebrew programs, and even custom firmware. Sony's subsequent lawsuit accused the hackers of breach of contract, tortuous interference with contractual relations, trespassing, common law misappropriation, and violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Copyright Act, and the California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act. "

1/30/2011 9:21:52 AM

^ that sucks.

He’s the lead hacker on the whole iPod scene too.

1/30/2011 10:54:27 AM

^^That is only related because it involves computers ... Hotz actually hacks and is quite a brilliant person; Anonymous is comprised of retarded kids running scripts because it's "cool."

I hope Hotz gives them nothing and requests an immediate appeal. He needs better lawyers.

1/30/2011 11:23:33 AM

I would destroy the computers in question and take them to the judge lolz. That may bring contempt of court though.

1/30/2011 12:16:06 PM

^^you're giving them far too much credit, script implies that you would even have to use the command line, LOIC is a corny VB program, all you have to do is paste what someone tells you and click a button.

1/30/2011 12:41:44 PM

What makes me laugh is that these stupid pimple-faced kids is that they are so damn determined to wreak internet havoc like they are hardcore, by when they get caught they turn into the little bitch that they really are.

1/30/2011 12:52:18 PM