Anonymous shut down! Ringleaders brought to justice!

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://risky.biz/anonymous

By Patrick Gray
Risky.biz
July 20, 2011

As many readers would no doubt already be aware, the FBI has just 
arrested 16 "members" of Anonymous in relation to DDoS attacks and 
intrusions.

The US Department of Justice swiftly issued a press release with the 
catchy, ALL CAPS title of "SIXTEEN INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED IN THE UNITED 
STATES FOR ALLEGED ROLES IN CYBER ATTACKS".

So this is a massive blow to "Anonymous" and its sophisticated campaign 
of mayhem, right?

Wrong.

One of the complaints details charges to be laid against Scott Matthew 
Arciszewski, 22. He's alleged to have somehow created an account on 
Infragard Tampa's Website and successfully uploaded a couple of files.

By the looks of things he made no attempt to hide his actions -- using 
his own IP address to conduct the "attack" -- then Tweeted about it and 
directed his followers toward his Website

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