The NSA is trying to spread FUD about Anonymous to cover holes in US Infrastructure Security. The National Security Agency has just released a report to the powers that be in the US that expresses concern that the online activist group Anonymous could go after the US power grid in the next 3-5 years (we told you things like this would happen).
This report was put together by their counter terrorism group and while it lacked any details in the body of the report (like the axis for attack) and forgot to mention there are other people out there that would like to do this (like foreign countries and real Terrorists) it does raise some real concerns. The problem is that they decided to focus their repot on Anonymous. This sad attempt at fear mongering is one of the problems that exist in the US today. Instead of going in and saying: “there is a growing problem with our infrastructure that makes it really vulnerable” they chose to point the finger at Anonymous. There is a real problem with the security of SCADA devices (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition).
Anonymous accuses NSA of fear-mongering. Anonymous took down cia.gov. ‘Anonymous’ Knocks CIA Site Offline. Hacking group Anonymous has apparently claimed credit for knocking the Central Intelligence Agency’s website offline.
An update at the YourAnonNews Twitter account reads: CIA TANGO DOWN: (via @RT_America) Sure enough, as of 4:16pm ET on Friday, the CIA.gov website isn’t loading. RT.com reports that the site was initially taken down around 3:10pm ET. Anonymous has recently claimed takedowns of sites belonging to the Boston Police Department, the FBI, the DOJ, the U.S. The group also recently intercepted a conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard, which entailed cybercrime investigators discussing Anonymous’ activities. [via AFP] Hackers tear down NASDAQ. #OpGlobalBlackout - Could Anonymous Take Down the Internet? The idea is seemingly simple: There are 13 servers that control the domain name services around the world.
If you manage to take out all 13 of them, you effectively blackout the Internet. That’s what OpGlobalBlackout, an initiative from Anonymous, would like to attempt. But just how realistic is the threat? I was curious, so it was time to ask the experts. First off, it’s worth noting that #OpGlobalBlackout is initially attributed to an idea to take down Sony’s PlayStation Network, Facebook, the UN and others in response to the closing of Megaupload. Let’s go back in time a few days, to a message posted on PasteBin.
“The principle is simple; a flaw that uses forged UDP packets is to be used to trigger a rush of DNS queries all redirected and reflected to those 13 IPs. But something about the plans just didn’t seem solid to me. For that answer, I turned to some experts. A Series of Tubes? Anonymous Hacks Greek Ministry Website, Demands IMF Withdrawal, Threatens It Will Wipe Away All Citizen Debts. V4t3c4n D0x.