Anonymous urges PayPal boycott, LulzSec founder arrested (not?)

Update*(07/28/11 @ 12:40 EST): Various sources are theorizing the arrested suspect may not actually be "Topiary". Despite this, no official statement has been given at this time. Evidence supporting the…

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kind of ironic that they get caught (not surprised though)

Thats funny.. ofcourse they got caught.

This is my favorite part of the article. Don't think this will sway the powers that be to back off ... how delusional.

Well thats a shame, although somehow I get the person they've arrested isn't actually part of the band and propably just read about it and downloaded the Lulzsec Ion Canon and joined in on the fun and his IP unfortunately got caught up by the FBI.

Governments are really starting to get good at this. The thought that you're anonymous on the web doesn't really exist anymore, even with proxys and IP invisible software.

If the governments get a big enough team together they can get anyone, I feel.

"If the governments get a big enough team together they can get anyone, I feel."

And in their efforts to be smug judge, jury and executioner for anything they deem important to their shallow egos, this is all Anonymous and Lulzsec has really done for Internet users.

For the lulz

Boycott PayPal because of WikiLeaks? No thanks.

What is so funny is reading other forums with a decidedly pro-LS bent in which people were equating a DDoS with a regular boycott. How one is no different than the other.

When someone pointed out that, well, they can boycott PayPal just like they would a regular business, but the point was missed.

The thing that is sad in this whole situation, is that all these young kids really do think that in supporting Anon and LS, that they're actually doing something for the public good. That what Anon and LS are doing actually is doing something to foment social change, not just random vandalism by a group of people who think they're invincible and immune to consequences.

I am all for boycotting any business or organization whose views you don't agree with. I am all for legitimate and legal social protest...kinda like how Anon got started, when their members got out into the streets, Guy Fawkes masks and all, and stood up for what they believe. I really respected Anon then.

But what they're doing isn't "hacktivism". As I've been saying, there are PLENTY of legitimate targets in the corporate and gov't sectors, which contain data that would actually foment social change. There are plenty of dirty little secrets and e-mails stored in servers all over the world. Find that information and release it, and you'll be doing something worthwhile. This petty DDoS crap and acting like stealing an e-mail list is some kind of hack of the century is BS.

Oh, and as a side note, Daily Tech was saying that the LS Topiary is a Swedish guy, not a Briton, and the cops got the wrong person.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=22280

I said it in my post above, Glad you found a story to confirm it!

I knew they where too smart to simply get court like this.

While this may be true (and even likely), the evidence provided by Daily Tech and other sources is extremely circumstantial. I would probably wait for more details from official sources before arriving at speculative conclusions... for the moment.

boycott paypal?

Dont see how this will do anything. I dont pay Paypal for anything... they offer me pretty good services. Lulzsec, didnt benefit me in any way that I can see... or anyone really. Though they may have thought they were doing it for the ultimate good...what did it bring eventually?

The reports of Topiary's arrest seem to be greatly exaggerated.

=P

You know, when you come down to it, DDoS is just sooo 2004.....:rolleyes:

These kids have too much time on the internet. BTW, real hackers have jobs.

Oddly, I find myself at odds with their assessment of the penalty provisions also. I think they should double the time and fines.

lulsec is pretty *****ic but if you look at who anom has attacked and why I think anyone would have a hard time disliking them.

lulsec has attacked ps3 and stolen credit card information.

Anonymous has attacked oppressive middle eastern governmets who released bans of hired men from third world african countries armed with machine guns upon there population when they rebel. Some countries of which USA and I believe the UN have been bombing during there rebellion and are still bombing to protect there people.

If it was not for wikileaks these people would have not rebelled, secret communications within there governments were released exposing why there government filters such things as the internet, movies and all.

Agreed.

I seriously doubt that our government wasn't doing the same thing, except perhaps more discreetly. So, they could also be categorized as "grandstanding". At the end of the day, anonymous didn't pay one red cent for any bomb that fell, or toward any airplane that dropped it. In fact, I suspect that many of them are still sucking up student loans.

And the last blast of crap that came out of wikileaks, was hacked gossip, plaIn and simple.