Exclusive: An Inside Look at the “Hactivist” Takedown of Visa After WikiLeaks Cut Off
Mike Ludwig in TruthOut reports ..
I had a rare glimpse into the hacktivists’ hidden world of Internet sabotage in a secret chat room as the faceless hackers orchestrated the attack that temporarily shut down www.Visa.com on Wednesday evening .. Mastercard.com went down early Wednesday morning, and by mid-afternoon chat rooms frequented by hackers were buzzing with plans to take down Visa. A now-defunct Operation Payback Twitter feed soon called for an attack on the Visa web site, and by 5:00 p.m. EST the web site went down
there’s a screen grab of the hacktivist chat – sample – “< BizarrO >: if second choise.. them simple solutions for mass attack will be much appreciated” – mab .. read more
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