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Ohio Joe

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Mon Aug 26, 2013, 10:10 AM Aug 2013

FBI's claim that it dismantled Anonymous met with a massive data leak [View all]

The FBI has its collective foot in its mouth right about now.

On Wednesday, Austin P. Berglas, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s cyber division, gave an interview in which he boasted that the 2012 arrests of LulzSec members had "destroyed" the leadership of Anonymous, rendering it effectively neutralized.

He told the Huffington Post, "The movement is still there, and they're still yacking on Twitter and posting things, but you don't hear about these guys coming forward with those large breaches. It's just not happening, and that's because of the dismantlement of the largest players."

You can guess what happened next.

http://www.dailydot.com/news/fbi-anonymous-huffington-post-leak-federal-grill/

I remember back when Blizzard was releasing Diablo II... They made the claim that the game was 'un-hackable' and I just shook my head and thought... 'Well, that is about the dumbest thing they could have said, it is just issuing a challenge'.

As long as there is a route to the data... There is a route to the data.

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It wouldn't surprise me if the FBI said that on purpose, and some of this hacking was done by MADem Aug 2013 #1
Maybe, but I rather suspect they aren't happy about appearing s fools. hlthe2b Aug 2013 #3
Maybe, but then, how did they rope in the last big flipper? Same thing, kinda? MADem Aug 2013 #6
You mean this guy? Leopolds Ghost Aug 2013 #20
That's him! MADem Aug 2013 #21
All I know is what I read in the online journals Leopolds Ghost Aug 2013 #22
Oooh..... makes me wonder! MADem Aug 2013 #25
Things that make you go 'hmm'... Leopolds Ghost Aug 2013 #28
Could be but I think that ends up getting people who want to see it intead of those who take it Ohio Joe Aug 2013 #4
I've always thought half of these "We Are Anonymous--Expect Us" videos that some folks MADem Aug 2013 #7
Well, yes and no. Leopolds Ghost Aug 2013 #19
Well, if you wanna rope in a bunch of hackers, the best way to do that is to MADem Aug 2013 #29
Well, that was predictable... What fool at the FBI thought THAT announcement to be hlthe2b Aug 2013 #2
They have no clue. nt bemildred Aug 2013 #5
Well, they have slightly more of one now... (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2013 #18
Well, I guess Supersedeas Aug 2013 #23
Actually, from the story, I'd say not.nt bemildred Aug 2013 #24
AKA: gloating and taunting, two attributes we value in our federal HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #8
They then hacked the Federal Reserve Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #9
funny you mention blizzard. all their games are hacked to death. Sunlei Aug 2013 #10
Along the same self-congratulatory line as, "criminals are stupid". The fact is, that you only Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #11
You only catch the ones that are dumber than you, is the way it works. nt bemildred Aug 2013 #14
The nation, hell the world, is chock-full of successful criminals. Telling people Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #16
Austin P. Berglas is a fool. Scuba Aug 2013 #12
Well yeah but he is only in charge of the FBI’s cyber division... Ohio Joe Aug 2013 #13
Caddyshack is one of my all-time favorite movies. Scuba Aug 2013 #15
Not sure what to say about it, but... Leopolds Ghost Aug 2013 #17
K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2013 #26
Secure network is an oxymoron, secure "cloud storage", doubly so. n/t Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #27
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