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This post was deleted for the following reason: If there's a post to make here it should be more of links about the hacked and overloaded website than links to it, as is this isn't super functional. -- cortex
I'm not sure it would have been a great idea to click on a link to the Syrian Ministry of Defense's website before malicious hackers co-opted it...but I'm definitely not clicking now. Sorry, flagged.
posted by cribcage at 10:29 PM on August 7, 2011
posted by cribcage at 10:29 PM on August 7, 2011
"To the Syrian people: The world stands with you against the brutal regime of Bashar Al-Assad. Know that time and history are on your side - tyrants use violence because they have nothing else, and the more violent they are, the more fragile they become. We salute your determination to be non-violent in the face of the regime's brutality, and admire your willingness to pursue justice, not mere revenge. All tyrants will fall, and thanks to your bravery Bashar Al-Assad is next.
To the Syrian military: You are responsible for protecting the Syrian people, and anyone who orders you to kill women, children, and the elderly deserves to be tried for treason. No outside enemy could do as much damage to Syria as Bashar Al-Assad has done. Defend your country - rise up against the regime! - Anonymous"
posted by vidur at 10:29 PM on August 7, 2011 [4 favorites]
To the Syrian military: You are responsible for protecting the Syrian people, and anyone who orders you to kill women, children, and the elderly deserves to be tried for treason. No outside enemy could do as much damage to Syria as Bashar Al-Assad has done. Defend your country - rise up against the regime! - Anonymous"
posted by vidur at 10:29 PM on August 7, 2011 [4 favorites]
Google's cache copied the hacked page before it went down -- give it a few seconds to start the animation.
posted by Rhaomi at 10:29 PM on August 7, 2011 [5 favorites]
posted by Rhaomi at 10:29 PM on August 7, 2011 [5 favorites]
I am really in favor of anonymouse here. Very good work A+
posted by kuatto at 10:32 PM on August 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by kuatto at 10:32 PM on August 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
http://smpalestine.com/2011/08/08/anonymous-hacks-syrias-ministry-of-defense-website-leaves-beautiful-message/
Anonymous hacks Syria’s Ministry of Defense website, leaves beautiful message
By Sami Kishawi,
Sixteen Minutes to Palestine (website)
posted by Surfurrus at 10:35 PM on August 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
Anonymous hacks Syria’s Ministry of Defense website, leaves beautiful message
By Sami Kishawi,
Sixteen Minutes to Palestine (website)
posted by Surfurrus at 10:35 PM on August 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
Screenshot.
Folks waving this type of banner have done some less cool stuff lately, but all in all I think I put them on the freedom fighter side of the equation more than the asshole criminal side, even if they never accomplish much in concrete terms.
posted by furiousxgeorge at 10:35 PM on August 7, 2011 [2 favorites]
Folks waving this type of banner have done some less cool stuff lately, but all in all I think I put them on the freedom fighter side of the equation more than the asshole criminal side, even if they never accomplish much in concrete terms.
posted by furiousxgeorge at 10:35 PM on August 7, 2011 [2 favorites]
I'm not sure it would have been a great idea to click on a link to the Syrian Ministry of Defense's website before malicious hackers co-opted it...but I'm definitely not clicking now.
Is this something I would need a windows machine to know about?
posted by andoatnp at 10:36 PM on August 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
Is this something I would need a windows machine to know about?
posted by andoatnp at 10:36 PM on August 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
Amazing hack job. The question mark graphic, the bilingual message, the links to the YouTube clips running along the top... wow. Applauding Anonymous.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:38 PM on August 7, 2011 [6 favorites]
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:38 PM on August 7, 2011 [6 favorites]
It's no secret that many "developing countries" like Syria employ less-than-stellar IT and web standards. Why aren't these sorts of hack jobs more common?
posted by KokuRyu at 10:41 PM on August 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by KokuRyu at 10:41 PM on August 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
Are they asking for relationship advice?
posted by mannequito at 10:41 PM on August 7, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by mannequito at 10:41 PM on August 7, 2011 [2 favorites]
Awesome. Well done.
posted by elwoodwiles at 10:46 PM on August 7, 2011
posted by elwoodwiles at 10:46 PM on August 7, 2011
Yeah, I'm not sure about their position on "snitches". Back in the olden days "anarchists" used to show up at 2600 meetings and hand out sheets of undercover cops and informants, that kind of stuff just goes with the territory when hackers want to act political.
posted by Ad hominem at 10:50 PM on August 7, 2011
posted by Ad hominem at 10:50 PM on August 7, 2011
For a defacement, this is high class.
posted by BungaDunga at 10:51 PM on August 7, 2011
posted by BungaDunga at 10:51 PM on August 7, 2011
I'm not sure it would have been a great idea to click on a link to the Syrian Ministry of Defense's website before malicious hackers co-opted it
What on earth would be the problem beforehand? Is that an UnAmerican activity or something?
As to the thing: Yes, certainly the most impressive bit of web-design I've seen from a site hack.
posted by pompomtom at 10:52 PM on August 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
What on earth would be the problem beforehand? Is that an UnAmerican activity or something?
As to the thing: Yes, certainly the most impressive bit of web-design I've seen from a site hack.
posted by pompomtom at 10:52 PM on August 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
It's still up.
You can't really hate anonymous for too long.
posted by empath at 10:57 PM on August 7, 2011 [3 favorites]
You can't really hate anonymous for too long.
posted by empath at 10:57 PM on August 7, 2011 [3 favorites]
Beautiful and inspirational. If every IT professional gave five minutes a week... come on, we're depending on you folks now.
...but I'm definitely not clicking now. Sorry, flagged.
We had a word for that sort of thing where I grew up. "bootlicker."
posted by Tennyson D'San at 10:58 PM on August 7, 2011 [14 favorites]
...but I'm definitely not clicking now. Sorry, flagged.
We had a word for that sort of thing where I grew up. "bootlicker."
posted by Tennyson D'San at 10:58 PM on August 7, 2011 [14 favorites]
Message in source code:
"mod.gov.sy was seized for the people by Poppy :)
Support the fight vs oppressive regimes in #operationfreedom @ irc.anonops.li
Props to the hundreds of Syrians that had mailed this server with messages of
protest over the past year. You're admirably, recklessly brave!"
posted by DoctorBananas at 11:01 PM on August 7, 2011 [3 favorites]
"mod.gov.sy was seized for the people by Poppy :)
Support the fight vs oppressive regimes in #operationfreedom @ irc.anonops.li
Props to the hundreds of Syrians that had mailed this server with messages of
protest over the past year. You're admirably, recklessly brave!"
posted by DoctorBananas at 11:01 PM on August 7, 2011 [3 favorites]
I clicked and I was glad.
posted by elwoodwiles at 11:04 PM on August 7, 2011
posted by elwoodwiles at 11:04 PM on August 7, 2011
I think SANA would be a better target, honestly.
How many Syrians ever look at the MOD page?
posted by empath at 11:13 PM on August 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
How many Syrians ever look at the MOD page?
posted by empath at 11:13 PM on August 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
On preview, all I can think is this but I certainly applaud anyone sticking it to the Syrian Defense Ministry any way they can right now.
posted by scaryblackdeath at 11:24 PM on August 7, 2011
posted by scaryblackdeath at 11:24 PM on August 7, 2011
Are they asking for relationship advice?
No, I think they're saying DTMFA.
posted by UbuRoivas at 11:29 PM on August 7, 2011 [9 favorites]
No, I think they're saying DTMFA.
posted by UbuRoivas at 11:29 PM on August 7, 2011 [9 favorites]
Defend your country, rise up against the regime...
you have nothing to lose, unlike us and our calories!
posted by the noob at 11:38 PM on August 7, 2011
you have nothing to lose, unlike us and our calories!
posted by the noob at 11:38 PM on August 7, 2011
Not bad. No hacked emails or military transport manifests, but it scores some psych points. I'm sure the oneupsmanship will soon escalate.
posted by Ardiril at 11:41 PM on August 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Ardiril at 11:41 PM on August 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
I didn't think I'd get to post this so soon! Relevant xkcd comic.
posted by subdee at 12:02 AM on August 8, 2011 [6 favorites]
posted by subdee at 12:02 AM on August 8, 2011 [6 favorites]
We had a word for that sort of thing where I grew up. "bootlicker."
Totally uncalled for. I personally may be a reckless revolutionary and will click on anything from the comfort of my home to topple an evil tyrant, but not everybody has the guts for it.
posted by Dr Dracator at 12:39 AM on August 8, 2011 [10 favorites]
Totally uncalled for. I personally may be a reckless revolutionary and will click on anything from the comfort of my home to topple an evil tyrant, but not everybody has the guts for it.
posted by Dr Dracator at 12:39 AM on August 8, 2011 [10 favorites]
What on earth would be the problem beforehand? Is that an UnAmerican activity or something?
Malware would be my guess. They Syrian MOD aren't very nice people evidently, I wouldn't put it past them.
posted by Dr Dracator at 12:57 AM on August 8, 2011
Malware would be my guess. They Syrian MOD aren't very nice people evidently, I wouldn't put it past them.
posted by Dr Dracator at 12:57 AM on August 8, 2011
I believe this is what the /b/tards would call a "get".
I'm real curious now about what weakness they exploited, and whether it bears any relation to the tools they used to take down that HB Gary guy. This may be less a case of Anonymous rallying for Syria per se and more a case of a few guys with duped master keys going around trying every locked door in the building.
posted by chaff at 1:05 AM on August 8, 2011
I'm real curious now about what weakness they exploited, and whether it bears any relation to the tools they used to take down that HB Gary guy. This may be less a case of Anonymous rallying for Syria per se and more a case of a few guys with duped master keys going around trying every locked door in the building.
posted by chaff at 1:05 AM on August 8, 2011
@cribcage -
why would you flag the spread of information that has a main purpose of decrying atrocity?
posted by thistle at 1:08 AM on August 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
why would you flag the spread of information that has a main purpose of decrying atrocity?
posted by thistle at 1:08 AM on August 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
any relation to the tools they used to take down that HB Gary guy.
Incredibly incompetent SQL vulnerabilities? Probably yes.
posted by furiousxgeorge at 1:18 AM on August 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
Incredibly incompetent SQL vulnerabilities? Probably yes.
posted by furiousxgeorge at 1:18 AM on August 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
Nah a get is significant post number. Like 123456789. here is a list of GETs.
posted by Ad hominem at 1:26 AM on August 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Ad hominem at 1:26 AM on August 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
Oh I thought it was just an expression meaning any awesome result. I'm kind of happy to find I know less about /b/ than I thought I did.
posted by chaff at 2:17 AM on August 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by chaff at 2:17 AM on August 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
Nice. Although I do envisage the Syrian sysadmin getting something more than a stiff talking to for letting this happen.
posted by rongorongo at 2:42 AM on August 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by rongorongo at 2:42 AM on August 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
GET was appropriated from an expression in anime, and possibly in real-life Japan, which you say whenever you acquire a good item. (Shine get!) It shouldn't "properly" be used for less materialistic accomplishments, since there are other Japanese interjections for that (Yatta!). Given that /b/ uses it wrong, I think you're in the clear.
posted by LogicalDash at 2:55 AM on August 8, 2011
posted by LogicalDash at 2:55 AM on August 8, 2011
Any time Anonymous makes a big(ish) move like this, I think of it as a T-Rex rampaging through the internet. NOMS FOR JUSTICE AND/OR LULZ.
I am amused by this version of the future.
posted by cmyk at 3:56 AM on August 8, 2011 [2 favorites]
I am amused by this version of the future.
posted by cmyk at 3:56 AM on August 8, 2011 [2 favorites]
This link seems the best so far on whats going on, from Surfurrus
posted by clavdivs at 5:08 AM on August 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by clavdivs at 5:08 AM on August 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
good timing, Germany has weighed in.
Germany: Assad not legitimate if violence continues
in related news
Anonymous and AntiSec Retaliate, Hack U.S. Law Agencies.
Anonymous, AntiSec, LulzSec and others continue to hack company’s, governmental agencies and others to “teach them a lesson” in the meantime the United States, UK and other countries are now considering hacking acts of terrorism, acts which could place every captured and convicted hacker behind bars for the rest of their lives with no chance of parole.
posted by clavdivs at 5:33 AM on August 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
Germany: Assad not legitimate if violence continues
in related news
Anonymous and AntiSec Retaliate, Hack U.S. Law Agencies.
Anonymous, AntiSec, LulzSec and others continue to hack company’s, governmental agencies and others to “teach them a lesson” in the meantime the United States, UK and other countries are now considering hacking acts of terrorism, acts which could place every captured and convicted hacker behind bars for the rest of their lives with no chance of parole.
posted by clavdivs at 5:33 AM on August 8, 2011 [1 favorite]
Increasingly i find that my onslaught of senility leads me to make nothing but asides, so here is another. I had this morning posted at my site an item suggesting that Israel was planning to launch a major cyber attack against Iran to mess up their nuke stuff, and No, this is not the malicious worm that had seemingly slowed down Iran previously.
posted by Postroad at 6:23 AM on August 8, 2011
posted by Postroad at 6:23 AM on August 8, 2011
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