LOIC tool used in the "Anonymous" attacks

Sat Dec 11 21:39:55 UTC 2010

On Dec 11, 2010, at 4:21 PM, Leo Bicknell wrote:

> In a message written on Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:19:32AM -0500, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
>> LOIC makes no attempt to hide the IP addresses of the attackers, making it easy to trace them if they are using their own computers. 
> 
> Perhaps the authors of the tool would rather keep the finite law
> enforcement busy rounding up clueless highschool kids who install
> this tool.
> 
> In that sense it's both a network packet DDOS, and a law enforcement
> attacker DDOS.  Brilliant in a way.

Or maybe that's a feature, not a bug. False flag operations to ensnare the clueless have a long history of
running code.

Regards
Marshall

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