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Enough Musk Spam

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

This is the first time i see anyone take actual action

[–] albert180@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 21 hours ago

How do you join a DDoS these days?

Is LOIC and HOIC still a thing?

Or what are the cool kids doing

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I'm shocked it wasn't Ukraine I tell you positively shocked now let's watch everyone who reported as such reverse it...

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 1 points 13 hours ago

It was about as obvious of a lie as when people tried to say that Russia blew up their own pipeline.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 17 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

They're doing what we should all be doing. Particularly those obsessed with the 2nd amendment, since this is literally what it was made for.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago

Dirty little secret they don't want to admit is 2A was for the military. Not meal team six.

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 14 points 21 hours ago

Wow, I haven't heard anything from those guys in a hot minute.

[–] LucidLyes@lemmy.world 15 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I love every sentence they have in the first picture

[–] rippersnapper@lemm.ee 2 points 18 hours ago

Probably what the Democrats should’ve said

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 13 hours ago

Finally and can't wait to see much much more

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

News to me, the other day when it was just a regular DDOS they said it wasn't them so I assumed the blackout wasn't either.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 308 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This is the energy Anonymous is supposed to have. I still fondly recall the work they did on Scientology.

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Mr Robot was great

[–] AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space 120 points 1 day ago (5 children)

One of the big - but to be expected - problems had always been, that basically every group or individual could don the "Anonymous" label. But yeah, this is in the spirit of the anti-authoritarian hacker identity, that it started out with.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (2 children)

the energy Anonymous is supposed to have

Obligatory "Anonymous is not your personal army," but yeah, this is Anonymous at its best.

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago

Every inch is important.

[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 89 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fuck, I wish we heard more about chaotic good hackers like this more often. They're like our modern day super heroes in some regard to me.

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think they caught most of them from back when they were more active (2009-2012) or at least were more in the public eye.

[–] jovius@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

The ones that didn’t get caught went underground and stopped working together as ‘anonymous’

[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 22 hours ago

Lulzsec comes to mind

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I fucking HATE that there is a typo. 😡

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Those things always have at least one typo. That's how you can tell they're legit.

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I guess it fits the bill for hackers not to be concerned with things like proof reading lmfao

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In the old days, hackers were also fans of lexicology, etymology and other nerdy word stuff. Now that they're into anime, it has some unexpected drawbacks (but they make cute emojis, I guess).

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They’re all too neurodivergent now 😔

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[–] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 96 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There is no way this is the same guys who went after Scientology, however, I do love whoever they are. We need more people fighting fascism.

[–] b1t@lemm.ee 43 points 1 day ago (3 children)

They're based on the AnonOps IRC so it is, technically, the same sect of Anonymous. Although anyone can join and start an Op there so...

https://opdreadnought.com/us

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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 44 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Remember that time Anonymous fought Scientology? That's why we don't have Scientology anymore.

[–] DadVolante@sh.itjust.works 50 points 1 day ago

Can't tell if sarcastic or not.

Yeah, Scientology is still quite powerful but they were exposed for a lot during that attack.

Plus, this isn't the same group of people. Anonymous was never a set group of hackers or anything, it was a catch all name used back in the day to keep anonymity, and then later on a bunch of edgy dorks decided to pretend they were an actual organization

[–] Plurrbear@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I spoke out about Scientology and now have unmarked cars/vans outside my house daily (off and on for a year)… I was perma banned from Reddit for speaking my truths… it’s effing terrifying!!! Fuck Reddit and the cesspool they are creating! It’s embarrassing!

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 17 hours ago

if you were in the scientology cult, yea they want to keep thier secrets within the cult.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I hope that what you’re saying is true and that you aren’t experiencing some kind of breakdown.

I say that from a genuine place of concern AND, it breaks my heart that we live in a world where someone has to worry about such things.

It wouldn’t surprise me if Scientologists were stalking you, but I’ve been making fun of them online for 20+ years and I’ve never had this problem.

Were you born into Scientology? If you were, yeah, they’re probably stalking you. Same if you joined the cult at any point in your life.

Film this shit and ask people to confirm you’re dealing with this.

[–] uuldika@lemmy.ml 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The difference is probably that they spoke up about their friends and family joining. Scientology is incredibly petty and well-known for stalking and harassing critics. In particular, during Operation Freakout they tried to get their critics put in mental hospitals, so it's kinda their SOP to make it look like their critics are having a mental breakdown. You might be safe criticizing Scientology anonymously online, but if you're annoying them in a specific way (e.g. trying to convince specific people to leave), and they know who you are, I can absolutely see them messing with you.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

I really wish cults would vanish from this planet.

Humans and religion though. :/ Tale as old as time.

You give them a persecution complex and oh boy!

[–] Plurrbear@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

No breakdown, was never born into it but spoke out against my friends and family in that joke of a church/cult and now it scary! Because they targeted me on social media… I dropped everything but now Lemmy.

I believe you in documenting the encounters I have, I honestly never thought to document because I legit just felt like they were turn on me and make me be the bad guy. But honestly with everything going on… Miscaviage showed how ridiculous the “religion” is with him making shit up! They legit believe in some sort of alien…. Coming to “save them” … I still have friends in the “cult of Scientology”. And levels that don’t exist because their cult is garbage, he’s in it for money!

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Twitter is working fine, "blackouts" aren't what they used to be. DDOS attacks aren't really hacking, and would barely interrupt services at the level today's "anonymous" has access to.

People claiming to be anonymous hackers very slightly inconvenience whoever's still on Twitter.

I'm no fan of Musk, but something more powerful needs to be done.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 42 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (25 children)

Voting. Voting could have been done. I know it sounds trite and overly simplistic, but that's the power We The People have, as set up in the founding of our country. We just have to use it...

How many people sat out in 2024, as everyone politically-engaged screamed that a Trump administration would be bad for the economy, bad for Palestinians, bad for Ukrainians, and bad for America (because it might literally elect a fascist dictator who will enact Project 2025 and refuse to give up their power)? Several thousand? That sounds reasonable, right? Maybe up to hundreds of thousands? Maybe even a million people...? No. 90 million people who were eligible to vote in the presidential election didn't vote by mail, ignored the election drop boxes, and sat at home on Election Day.

That's enough to beat any entrenched political coalition opposed to progress. That's not some "pie in the sky" fantasy, we literally had the numbers to accomplish every single political agenda that actually helps working Americans:

#If "Did Not Vote" was a candidate:

I say this all without an ounce of schadenfreude. I genuinely don't want to hurt the faces of the people who voted for the leopards, not least of all because we all suffer along with them. I will keep shouting this point because we have to do better in the future. Voting isn't always fun, but it's the first and most powerful defense against a wannabe dictator like Trump or Musk. I literally don't care how "not excited" you are about the candidate that doesn't want to tear the US apart, you need to vote, and vote against fascism. ~~That's our only hope going forward...~~ EDIT: Okay, maybe it's not our only hope, but it's where we have to start.

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[–] LonstedBrowryBased@lemm.ee 19 points 1 day ago

Yes more more more!!

[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

I was expecting the Spanish Inquisition, but I'll allow it.

[–] Someplaceunknown@fedia.io 20 points 1 day ago

Anonymous

Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a while

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

Where were these fuckers before the election‽ They did a lot of talk in the lead up to Nov 6th but then nothing came of it

Now they actually want to do something lmao

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