‘Anonymous’ Group Launches Mass Fax Attacks

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The Operation Payback attacks by the “Anonymous” organization knocked Visa and Mastercard’s websites down last week, but the group has now moved on to a new, less obvious target: fax machines.

In a move they are calling “Mission: Leakflood,” the group is now calling on its supporters to fax random State Department cables and images of Guy Fawkes to the same organizations whose moves against WikiLeaks have made them a target.

The group’s list singled out Amazon.com’s legal department, MasterCard and Visa’s corporate HQs and CEOs, and Paypal, all of whom have severed ties with WikiLeaks in recent days in the face of US government opposition.

The group’s attacks seem to be having some effect, as the organization claimed a few hours after it began the organization announced a number of the targeted fax numbers are no longer responsive.

http://news.antiwar.com/2010/12/13/anon ... x-attacks/

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The “Anonymous” Wikileaks supporters mean business. Read this and see how Amazon.com’s legal department, MasterCard and Visa’s corporate HQs and CEOs, and Paypal, have already reported their faxes to be down

The group’s attacks seem to be having some effect, as the organization claimed a few hours after it began the organization announced a number of the targeted fax numbers are no longer responsive.

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Operation Payback Has New Target: Corporate Fax Machines


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Meanwhile, Operation Payback has become a top news story. "It's certainly drummed up a few news headlines," Mutton said.

The attacks aren't difficult to thwart, but they do cost money as companies have to scramble and harden their infrastructure. In the meantime, they make it hard for customers to reach the company. "Those websites are usually the first port of call for anyone who wants to use those online services," Mutton said.

The fax attacks look like they could be an annoyance, and they appear to be having some effect. Anonymous has posted a list of numbers that it says are no longer responsive. One number, the Visa fax number listed by Yahoo Finance, was disconnected Monday afternoon. A Visa spokesman did not immediately have a comment on the situation, but Visa seems to be aware of the problem. A call center operator asked for Visa's fax number on Monday said simply: "I cannot provide that information."

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/a ... hines.html

Jamming the fax numbers has forced Visa not to tell its customers about its fax#