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MasterCard.com has been down since about 5 a.m. ET. According to the BBC, hackers who support WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are taking credit.
Earlier this week, MasterCard decided to stop processing payments for the group.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/08/mastercard-down-hacked-wikileaks-ddos_n_793625.html
Operation Payback appeared to first report the outage, which has been confirmed throughout the morning by DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com. The group tweeted:
@Anon_Operation WE ARE GLAD TO TELL YOU THAT http://www.mastercard.com/ is DOWN AND IT'S CONFIRMED! #ddos #wikileaks Operation ayback(is a bitch!) #PAYBACK
DDOS attacks, also known as denial of service, were used to take down WikiLeaks.org before it was forced to move to WikiLeaks.ch.
Such an attack would -- and apparently did -- interrupt access to the MasterCard website, but there is no indication that it would impact any of the company's day-to-day financial transactions. As of 8:25 a.m. ET, there have been no known reports of problems with point-of-sale transactions.
TechCrunch is reporting that the attack has been linked to 4Chan and Anonymous and may have targeted other sites as well:
4Chan and the Internet vigilante group Anonymous have backed Operation Payback has also lead efforts against the RIAA. 4Chan is organizing their WikiLeaks and Julian Assange support efforts through the @Anon_Operation Twitter account and here.
Attacks have also hit Paypal and Swiss bank PostFinance and other sites which have refused service to Assange. EveryDNS.net, Visa as well as Amazon are also possible targets.
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They seem to know what they are fighting for because this is pretty serious!
World war 3 because of war? ;D
war=more war=? xd
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On December 08 2010 22:13 imsorrisuck wrote:
MasterCard.com has been down since about 5 a.m. ET. According to the BBC, hackers who support WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are taking credit.
I lol'd
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Wow, this is insane and funny at the same time.... I can't see what's the result of this plus more.
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i love how they call scriptkiddies hackers
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This isn't going to help their "cause".
What's next, Amazon? Or perhaps they might go after more vocal people against wiki leaks.
Cyber war is a reality...
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On December 08 2010 22:13 imsorrisuck wrote:
MasterCard.com has been down since about 5 a.m. ET. According to the BBC, hackers who support WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are taking credit.
rofl nice pun.
As much as I think Wikileaks isn't a really good thing, I don't understand why people who support Wikileaks would not be free to donate their money. Paypal and Mastercard blocking donation are really sad 
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On December 08 2010 22:30 qwaykee wrote:
i love how they call scriptkiddies hackers
and that on a site that calls maphack users hackers?
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Unite as one boys, this is not acceptable.
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Visa will be next since they just withdrew support as well. You can only imagine how big their botnet is to be able to pull something like this... crazy
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Also, for anyone who still say there's no proof that Mastercard, Visa, Paypal and others are taking off support for wikileaks because of government pressure. Now there's some solid evidence. As Paypal just admitted that they blocked wikileaks because they received a phone call from the state department telling them to do so:
http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/08/paypal-vp-on-blocking-wikileaks-state-department-told-us-it-was-illegal/
They told paypal that it was illegal, which is obviously not true. Something is only illegal once it's ruled as so in court. Which didn't happen here. The state department had no authority to do that. And paypal had no legal reasons to.
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Great news.
This is somehow a fight for internet's freedom. People who can, should indeed unite and show that internet should remain free and that people are going to fight for it.
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The power of Anon never ceases to amaze.
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On December 08 2010 22:33 angelicfolly wrote:
This isn't going to help their "cause".
It might, if they actually keep this up and successfully clog up the payment processing sites (rather than just the shiny corporate propaganda websites) of the likes of Mastercard and PayPal around Christmastime. The bad guys would certainly have to sit up and take notice then, though obviously the first thing they'd do would be to try to take down the Anonymous people.
What's next, Amazon? Or perhaps they might go after more vocal people against wiki leaks.
Amazon would be pretty hard to DDOS, but if Anon thought it was feasible, I'm sure they'd have a go. Senator Lieberman, who badgered Amazon into throwing Wikileaks off their servers DID have his website attacked a few days ago.
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Both Mastercard and Visa are getting sued for pulling support illegally:
The company that enables Wikileaks to accept credit and debit card donations says it will take legal action against Visa Europe and Mastercard.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11945875
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On December 08 2010 22:45 Aim Here wrote:Show nested quote +On December 08 2010 22:33 angelicfolly wrote:
This isn't going to help their "cause".
It might, if they actually keep this up and successfully clog up the payment processing sites (rather than just the shiny corporate propaganda websites) of the likes of Mastercard and PayPal around Christmastime. The bad guys would certainly have to sit up and take notice then, though obviously the first thing they'd do would be to try to take down the Anonymous people. Show nested quote +
What's next, Amazon? Or perhaps they might go after more vocal people against wiki leaks.
Amazon would be pretty hard to DDOS, but if Anon thought it was feasible, I'm sure they'd have a go. Senator Lieberman, who badgered Amazon into throwing Wikileaks off their servers DID have his website attacked a few days ago.
"...the bad guys...", lol no.
If they where to clog the payment processing sites that legal grounds. Not to mention having a good part of the consumers angry over their financial situation. Point is your MESSING with the population now not the so called "bad guys".
If they did attack Amazon, they would lose a lot of support. It's basically blackmail if you will. Not something you want to do if you want a "good" cause.
They are stepping over a line here.
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Good show, it's well deserved. The State Department in all sincerity can go fuck themselves.
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On December 08 2010 22:50 angelicfolly wrote:Show nested quote +On December 08 2010 22:45 Aim Here wrote:On December 08 2010 22:33 angelicfolly wrote:
This isn't going to help their "cause".
It might, if they actually keep this up and successfully clog up the payment processing sites (rather than just the shiny corporate propaganda websites) of the likes of Mastercard and PayPal around Christmastime. The bad guys would certainly have to sit up and take notice then, though obviously the first thing they'd do would be to try to take down the Anonymous people.
What's next, Amazon? Or perhaps they might go after more vocal people against wiki leaks.
Amazon would be pretty hard to DDOS, but if Anon thought it was feasible, I'm sure they'd have a go. Senator Lieberman, who badgered Amazon into throwing Wikileaks off their servers DID have his website attacked a few days ago. "...the bad guys...", lol no. If they where to clog the payment processing sites that legal grounds. Not to mention having a good part of the consumers angry over their financial situation. Point is your MESSING with the population now not the so called "bad guys". If they did attack Amazon, they would lose a lot of support. It's basically blackmail if you will. Not something you want to do if you want a "good" cause. They are stepping over a line here.
Necessary loses for the greater good? How else do you combat something like this, other than taking down someones useless personal site?
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