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    Anonymous Claims Credit for Taking Down the CIA's Website

    Anonymous Claims Credit for Taking Down the CIA's Website

    Update (6 p.m. EST): @YourAnonNews sent out a tweet taking more explicit credit for downing CIA.gov (which is still unresponsive).

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    Original: The Central Intelligence Agency's website CIA.gov is unresponsive in what looks a lot like a denial of service attack, but it's a bit too early to blame it on Anonymous, which usually likes to loudly take credit for these kinds of things. Of the key Twitter accounts that usually tout successful hacks by the loose-knit hacking network, none directly took credit for the website take-down. Youranonnews, which is the closest thing the group has to an official account, tweeted the news, but cited Russia Today's story about the attack. It didn't claim credit. Another reliable Anonymous news feed, AnonymousIRC, hasn't mentioned the CIA.gov attack. Only the account @AnonymousPress, which Russia Today cited, appeared to take credit, and that wasn't very explicit: "http://cia.gov DOWN | #UMAD? | #Anonymous." 

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    But if it is the work of Anonymous or some allied hacker, it wouldn't be the first time they've targeted the CIA. Back in June, the Anonymous splinter group LulzSec took credit for bringing down the site, "for the lulz." If this is a repeat of that, they're being a lot quieter about it, which isn't Anonymous's normal M.O. on what it's dubbed FuckFBIFriday. One well-known Anonymous hacker, who goes by the handle Sabu, reportedly led LulzSec over the spring and summer and still tends to broadcast Anonymous's claimed victories. His account mentions nothing so far of the CIA hack.

     

    25 comments

    • Max  •  3 mths ago
      Headline: "Hackers briefly took down the CIA website."
      What people hear: "Someone hacked into the computers of the CIA!!"
      What computer experts hear: "Someone tore down a poster hung up by the CIA."
      • HomelessDudeOnLibraryComp ... 3 mths ago
        Worst comment ever, peace!
      • JayB2 3 mths ago
        Point made. The current CIA director spent 8 years as a general in two wars issuing press releases to make himself look good. Expect to hear lots of "news" from the CIA. Odd thing. That's the agency that we should NOT be hearing from.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Dallas, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Maybe the CIA just wants you to THINK it's down.....
    • ADAM'S SON  •  3 mths ago
      CIA is the back born of our FED. Gov.
      • JayB2 3 mths ago
        Did you mean to say back born of the Fed. government? Or did you mean afterbirth?
    • CriticalMass  •  Bellevue, Washington  •  3 mths ago
      If the CIA was any good at gathering intelligence, they woud know who did it... I seem to remember they found out about the Kuwait invasion from CNN.
      • homo stupidius 3 mths ago
        i am sure your information sources are impeccable :)
    • melee401  •  3 mths ago
      Cheap IT is not good and good IT is not cheap.
    • THETIMEISNOW  •  Miami, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      It is klattu)-and "no-you may not have the advanced bunker buster alien plasma enhancement component for the ordnance"-----you were warned a loooong time ago by the representative-and know full well who he is and that nothing has changed--"!
    • Vernon  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      Nobody wants to take credit because nobody wants to see a Hell Fire missile sails through his or her bedroom window.
    • Black Out  •  3 mths ago
      So this tech war will begin and the regular folks will get crossfire. anonymous claimed later this evening they took credit for this and that they also stole the information of 50,000 ressidence in Ala. Wth did 50,000 innocent people do to deserve this?
      • THETIMEISNOW 3 mths ago
        WHO THE HELL THEY SELL THAT GARBAGE OFF TO - COLOMBIAN IDENTITY MONEY LAUNDERERS??---JUST---"MARVELOUS"--!
    • Mr.Michigan  •  Port Huron, Michigan  •  3 mths ago
      How could this happen when our country spend billions each year on IT security?
    • Doug  •  3 mths ago
      Its the Chinese!

      Seriously, whats the point of going after the CIA website? You really think they have any sensitive information on their web servers? All its for is so the CIA can communicate with average, interested Americans.

      Its kinda ironic that these hackers are usually the same types that call for the CIA to be more transparent, yet they attack the CIA at one of their main points of outreach.
    • William S  •  Las Vegas, Nevada  •  3 mths ago
      They took credit as soon as it was down, the writer is an idiot.
    • asfasdf  •  3 mths ago
      These people claim to be fighting for the common man while attacking our national defense? These people claim to want transparency in government while remaining veiled themselves?

      Traitors and hypocrites...
    • Darrin  •  Sylva, North Carolina  •  3 mths ago
      If it wasn't for groups like anonymous you wouldn't be reading this or any other comment.
    • nikk  •  3 mths ago
      At least they cant touch the gps satelites .
    • Dut  •  3 mths ago
      Good riddens, CIA is a self funded organization...
    • Robert  •  3 mths ago
      Really... Loudly take credit? What a strange wording choice.
    • Sure  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      I'm beginning to wonder if this Anonymous group is another CIA front operation like Wikileaks to make the public think they have all the dirty on the government and heroes on their side
    • homo stupidius  •  3 mths ago
      i just guessed, that Anonymous is called C---a, right?
    • JayB2  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  3 mths ago
      Maybe the site designers are building their David Petraeus Love page. After all, it's Valentine's Day, and who could be more lovable than a former 4-star general who wiped out entire Afghan villages with a single command?
    • Timothy  •  3 mths ago
      Threats to the CIA have a habit of disappearing -forever.
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