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Speaking of Anonymous and Megaupload, be careful what you click
If you’re the type who’s interested in tracking down statements and digging into the Anonymous attacks on government sites, beware. Naked Security is reporting that some links promising more information about the attacks actually enlist your computer into service and taking part in the attacks. From the Naked Security blog: “We've seen many links posted on Twitter, and no doubt elsewhere on the internet, pointing to a page on the pastehtml.com website. If you visit the webpage, and do not have JavaScript disabled, you will instantly, without user interaction, begin to flood a website of Anonymous's choice with unwanted traffic, helping to perpetuate a DDoS attack.”
I think that it was clearly stated...
Someone (unspecified) is posting links that purport to be stories about Megaupload and/or Anonymous and/or about any purported connectin between the takedown and the attacks. Instead, those links tak you to the page described above, that cuases your system to join in the attack.
If you see a link to a story about Megaupload or a link to a story about Anonymous, be careful because the link might take you to a site that enlists your system in the atttack.
The article says nothing about Anonymous or Megaupload being responsible for the page or thae attack.
One might assume or infer that some of the attackers align themselves with Anonymous or are sympathetic to Megaupload, as you did. That assumption might even be correct. But it is your inferral.
Marc,
It seems a pretty irresponsible for a journalist to use the name of a company, like Megaupload, in the headline of a story that the company is no way involved with. It appears that you are trying to say that Megaupload is related to the group Anonymous, involved with denial of service attacks, and tricking its paying customers into participating in denial of service attacks.
Do you have any evidence to support this claim?
Is this what the Naked Security blog reported?
Do you get all of your stories from blogs?
Maybe your should try a little professionalism and research. Hopefully you got more clicks by putting Megaupload in the headline of an unrelated story. Great work. Way to show us why professional journalists are so important to a thriving democracy.
