'Hacktivist for good' claims WikiLeaks takedown

[Turborama]

Source: CNN International

By Richard Allen Greene and Nicola Hughes, CNN
November 29, 2010 -- Updated 1413 GMT

A computer hacker who calls himself "The Jester" claimed responsibility for the cyber attack which took down the WikiLeaks site Sunday, shortly before it started posting hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. diplomatic cables.

The Jester, who describes himself as a "hacktivist for good," said he took the controversial site down "for attempting to endanger the lives of our troops, 'other assets' & foreign relations."

He normally attacks Islamist websites, announcing "TANGO DOWN" on his Twitter account when claiming to have attacked a site. "Tango Down" is Special Forces jargon for having eliminated a terrorist.

Over the past few days, the Jester has targeted a handful of websites for reasons including "online incitement to cause young Muslims to carry out acts of violent jihad," "distributing jihadist instructional materials," and "for the online radicalization of young Muslims in US and Europe."

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/11/29/wikileaks.hacker/index.html?hpt=C1

[drm604]

1. His takedown attempt (if it even was really him) was not successful. n/t

[Earth_First]

2. I wonder how much FBI surveillance this individual has been subjected to?

:shrug:

[valerief]

8. Do the FBI do surveillance on the CIA? nt

[sarcasmo]

13. Bingo.

[dipsydoodle]

3. Nutjob

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[Arctic Dave]

4. Authoritarian hero worship nutjob.

Reading to much tom clancy.

[goforit]

7. Just like the FBI guy "nut job" on the HBO series 'BOARDWALK'

Crazy SOB

[fascisthunter]

12. exactly....

[xchrom]

5. the joke is on you Jester. nt

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[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. He should change his name to

"The Eradicator".

[Javaman]

10. Meh, the documents were released. his actions did nothing. nt

[Union Scribe]

11. Another right-wing (cyber) terrorist

Why does Twitter let someone like that keep their account up?

[NeoConsSuck]

14. I thought that was against the law?

so if I do a denial of service attack against CNN.com (I can dream!!), then I have nothing to worry about? And I can brag about it on Twitter?

Or does the law depend on whether I hit the 'good guys' or the 'bad guys'.