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Casiella

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EVE taken down by LulzSec
« on: 14 Jun 2011, 11:10 »
For the first time ever, I actually hate some black hats.

http://twitter.com/LulzSec/status/80681360292978688

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We just wiped out the login server for Eve Online, and it accidentally took their website out at the same time: http://t.co/BgRuEoA

That last URL is Twitter itself shortening http://eveonline.com.
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Lydia Tishal

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Re: EVE taken down by LulzSec
« Reply #1 on: 14 Jun 2011, 11:14 »
So, what happens when some of the less "restrained" RMT organizations realize these guys have cut into their profits? :-)
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Re: EVE taken down by LulzSec
« Reply #2 on: 14 Jun 2011, 11:17 »
Eh. They hit the US Senate yesterday, so RMT is not their biggest concern.
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Re: EVE taken down by LulzSec
« Reply #3 on: 14 Jun 2011, 11:19 »
D:
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Re: EVE taken down by LulzSec
« Reply #4 on: 14 Jun 2011, 11:21 »
... I don't get it, are they trying to be Anon? >>
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Re: EVE taken down by LulzSec
« Reply #5 on: 14 Jun 2011, 11:21 »
Anyone for Starcraft?  :)
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Re: EVE taken down by LulzSec
« Reply #6 on: 14 Jun 2011, 11:23 »
Lulz has some similarities to Anon, but they're more old-school in many ways. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lulzsec.
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Re: EVE taken down by LulzSec
« Reply #7 on: 14 Jun 2011, 11:24 »
Well, assuming no data lost, the server being down is pretty much, you know. Tuesday, for CCP.

On the other hand, free publicity.
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Re: EVE taken down by LulzSec
« Reply #8 on: 14 Jun 2011, 11:24 »
If it's just a denial of service, sure.

If it's something deeper, then we will see.
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Re: EVE taken down by LulzSec
« Reply #9 on: 14 Jun 2011, 11:25 »
Eh. The whole, "damage for the sake of it" was funny when I was 18, but it's kind of lost its luster since then.

Ah well. Gonna watch me some Generation Kill and play some Black Ops.

And get pizza.

Fuckin' love me some pizza.
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Re: EVE taken down by LulzSec
« Reply #10 on: 14 Jun 2011, 11:26 »
Mmm....pizza...

And I live in NYC...

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Re: EVE taken down by LulzSec
« Reply #11 on: 14 Jun 2011, 11:28 »
Pretty sure all the personal info and credit cards CCP have for me are wrong. Plex++

Obviously a good time to change passwords, when the server comes back up, though.

Edit: Interesting that they went after Eve, of all things. Wonder if it's because it was vulnerable, or because they're bittervets.
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Re: EVE taken down by LulzSec
« Reply #12 on: 14 Jun 2011, 11:30 »
Quote from: Casiella on 14 Jun 2011, 11:17
Eh. They hit the US Senate yesterday, so RMT is not their biggest concern.

I know. For some reason though this reminded me of the end of The Italian Job, and it made me smile.
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Re: EVE taken down by LulzSec
« Reply #13 on: 14 Jun 2011, 11:33 »
There was earlier a call for targets on their Twitter, so it might not take more than a single bittervet. And anyway, the execution does differ from their earlier efforts which had slightly more finesse, as DDoS essentially is a brute force attack.
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Re: EVE taken down by LulzSec
« Reply #14 on: 14 Jun 2011, 11:33 »
Quote from: Sinjin Mokk on 14 Jun 2011, 11:26
Mmm....pizza...

And I live in NYC...

 :)

Thin crust, bebbeh. And pepperoni. And a Dr. Pepper.

And something violent to watch. I bought the GK box set and Imma watch it a bunch. :D
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