Anonymous Threatens Attack on Facebook for January 28
Anonymous is telling Facebook to "Expect Us" at midnight on January 28.
Last week saw reports of Anonymous taking the form of a virtual wrecking ball and knocking down web sites of organizations related to the SOPA and PIPA bills, and the takedown of file hosting site Megaupload. These sites included the FBI, the MPAA, the RIAA and many others. But Anonymous is far from being done as it clearly showed on Sunday after taking down CBS.com, and in a video released on Monday.
According to the clip, Anonymous is now reaching out to everyone who backs the group's cause. Why? To knock Facebook off the internet map. "While it is true that Facebook has at least 60,000 servers, it is still possible to bring it down," the group states. "Anonymous needs the help of the people, the people who want to take a stand against the government, the people who want to make a difference. This is what we must do."
The group goes on to provide a link to the Low Orbit Ion Canon program, and even a link to Tor which can be used to (somewhat) safely browse the dark alleys and lower levels of the internet (aka Darknet). "Once downloaded, open the program and type in the URL space http://www.facebook.com and hit lock on," Anonymous continues. "It will tell you Facebook's IP address. Because there are different servers, there will be more than one IP address that will pop up on different instances, but they will all be similar."
After a few additional instructions, Anonymous states that everyone needs to attack all at once on January 28th at exactly 12am -- performing the attack at random times won't work, the group claims. What isn't exactly clear is why Facebook is a target at all given its stance with PIPA and SOPA. The group mentions the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, but didn't really explain its ties to Facebook.
This isn't the first time Anonymous has threatened Facebook. The group released a video claiming that the social network would come crashing down on November 5, but that never happened. Still, if the latest threat holds true and the site goes down on Saturday, the worst that could happen to its users is that they can't flood the feed with pixilated cartoons or minute-by-minute updates on the dog's latest trick.
"Do not fear," Anonymous states. "There is no way you can get caught. Hundreds of thousands of us citizens and those of the anonymous idea will all be participating. They cannot take down that large of a group. This is your chance, our chance. The fate of the internet rests in your hands, in our hands."
We'll likely hear more about the impending attack as we get closer to the weekend, so stay tuned.
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what happened anonymous? weren't you supposed to do this back in november? i guess the script kiddies had to wait to get some more help LOL
So after releasing our personal information and doing so many idiotic things they want US to help THEM? HAH. No. Get out of your parent's basement!
Also, they only took down Tumblr for an hour or two. Good luck with Facebook, chaps!
Umm... I don't know why people keep saying that they threatened to do it in November. Anonymous publicly stated well before November that they were not making those statements, and outed the person who was making the false statements, going so far as to providing his address in addition to his full name. It was all over the news, I'm surprised to see people still think that Anonymous actually intended to attack FB in November.
OK, this is just stupid. And I'm not even someone who uses facebook.
Anonymous denies this. They aren't doing it.
Anonymous denies this. They aren't doing it.
and you know this how? are you one of there script kiddies
and you know this how? are you one of there script kiddies
Read their twitter feed, dumbass!
Ya know Tom's (BestOfMedia), it would be beneficial for you folks to just bill Anonymous for a advertising space on your web site ... rather than endless "articles" ... make sure their advertising spot triggers a DDoS attack from the client PC that clicked on the ad ... that way the dummies who show any interest in Anonymous will be shut down by their ISP. Now that would be cool.
Read their twitter feed, dumbass!
sorry i don't support groups of kids in any way like that unlike some people
I call fake. They wouldn't publicly show their entire plan like this. They outsmart our government on quite a few occasions do you really think they would be this stupid?
So after releasing our personal information and doing so many idiotic things they want US to help THEM? HAH. No. Get out of your parent's basement!
I completely agree, they aren't any better than facebook.
sorry i don't support groups of kids in any way like that unlike some people
So you think that if you read their twitter feed and inform yourself of what's actually going on, that is somehow supporting them? Pull your head out of your ass, newb! Also learn some proper grammar- it might help you get a job.
LOSERS!!! If they don't like it, don't use it. Nobody is forcing them to use facebook.
Anonymous has a cult like mentality. "Let me tell you what is right. Let me tell you how to think. Let me tell you what to believe."
Wow, they really have people performing and eating out of their hands like some dancing monkeys. anonymous says, "Do you want a treat? Download this software and we'll run it all at the same time, and if you do it just right, you might even get something special. I hope our dancing monkeys like dog biscuits? Which one of you is gonna be a good monkey and download it first?"
Umm... I don't know why people keep saying that they threatened to do it in November. Anonymous publicly stated well before November that they were not making those statements, and outed the person who was making the false statements, going so far as to providing his address in addition to his full name. It was all over the news, I'm surprised to see people still think that Anonymous actually intended to attack FB in November.
Who is "they"? Anonymous is supposed to be autonomous. Anybody claiming to be from Anonymous can be.
In any case, these fakers are just a bunch of douchebags, and they set a bad example. If you want to talk about fearmongering over copyright, how about this: these jokers advocate that everything should be public and no copyrights or intellectual property have any merit. Ok, so that means that cloud computing is out of the question since you can't post your vacation photos online with your kids because some asshole could just steal your login and sell it without your consent or whatever the hell they want because they don't see any problem with that (they have never seen any problem with stealing and publicly posting peoples logins and passwords and/or personal info before, including credit card info). Is this any better than SOPA? I'd argue that no, it isn't, since any cocksucker with a bit of hacking ability can steal your documents or whatever and use it either against you or for their own gain without any moral regard. This is the view of the Pirate Party in Sweden, just FYI. They see theft of any kind a victimless crime. Pictures of your kids: gone. Your doctorate thesis: so long. This is what they advocate. Sorry, but the world doesn't operate that way, and never should.
So you think that if you read their twitter feed and inform yourself of what's actually going on, that is somehow supporting them? Pull your head out of your ass, newb! Also learn some proper grammar- it might help you get a job.
LMAO i guess someone doesn't know how twitter works do they? but i guess you don't have much time to figure it out because you are stuck working that low paying job at burger king. also nice FAIL on trying to be the grammar police. it must make you feel good when you can't think of anything else to bash someone with when you are so dim-whited
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Toms Hardware/Guide/BestofMedia sure gives these hackers lots of publicity.
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LMAO i guess someone doesn't know how twitter works do they? but i guess you don't have much time to figure it out because you are stuck working that low paying job at burger king. also nice FAIL on trying to be the grammar police. it must make you feel good when you can't think of anything else to bash someone with when you are so dim-whited
I like how you tried to get your grammar act together but once again misspelled witted... I guess once a retard always a retard. I take that back about going to school... no amount of schooling will rehabilitate your sad little pea-sized brain.
I like how you tried to get your grammar act together but once again misspelled witted... I guess once a retard always a retard. I take that back about going to school... no amount of schooling will rehabilitate your sad little pea-sized brain.
hehe well you are just as sad for continuing to respond to it. don't be late for your shift at burger king now
Some might find it odd that every time anon takes down sites for their reasons, one of these "Anon is taking down site X that everyone loves" pops up. I think this is standard practice now. Call me a conspiracy theorist all you want, but this is obviously propaganda and fear mongering trying to sway the uneducated into disliking anonymous.
Who gives a damn? I have no respect any group(s) who attack behind the shadows(or computers. Toms Hardware stop reporting this crap. All they want is attention and what you are giving them.
I dislike anyone that feels the need to hide and lurk.
Why does Tom's give them free publicity ... oh that's right, hit count so Tom's advertisers are happy. Now that's truly funny ... Tom's using Anonymous to get hit count to get more ad revenue ... man, that's gotta bug Anonymous to be used in such a way, but it is pretty freakin' funny!! LMAO.
I can't get on facebook WTH?? grrrrrrrrrrrr
Wasn't FB suppose to go down on Nov 5th ? Cause that didn't happen
Serious business up in this bitch.
Virtual wrecking ball, they took the sites offline for like 8 hours. Thats not wrecking ball, thats a mosquito.
January 28th at exactly 12am
Earth is not flat. What time zone?
- “There are garbage trucks operating in the area.”
USA time*
Facebook is designed to take 800M users and is expecting 1B active
i think it's impossible for anon to do anything using DDoS attacks
anonymous released personal information of Chris Dodd, his wife and his children, this shows why not to support them
BTW i never use(d) facebook and i really hate it but i hat anon as well
http://twitter.com/anonops
About the Nov 5th threat they said that they "do not shoot the messenger"