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Introduction to Cyber-Warfare - Proiect SEMPER FIDELIS

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APPENDIX II. CHAPTER 6: ANONYMOUS TIMELINE267ApproximatedateTarget, hacktivity, and modus operandi(where available)Motivation as stated (where available)December 7,2011Web site of Monsan<strong>to</strong>’s public relation partner, #OpEndMonsan<strong>to</strong> 204,205Bivings Group, suffers extended downtime anddefacement, and hundreds of e-mails weregleaned and published; the Bivings Group, sinceOc<strong>to</strong>ber 2011 “The Brick Fac<strong>to</strong>ry”, has its seat inWashing<strong>to</strong>n, DC 201–203December 25,2011The Web site of Stratfor Global Intelligence Servicesuffers downtime and suffers leakage of itscus<strong>to</strong>mer list including credit card details, whichwas announced <strong>to</strong> be used for donating $1 million<strong>to</strong> charities 206 ; WikiLeaks subsequently begins <strong>to</strong>publish Stratfor e-mails gleaned during theattack 207(see LulzSec) Apparently in protest of thearrest of Pfc Bradley Manning 208 orpossibly <strong>to</strong> mock Stratfor which specializesin security and intelligence 209January 1, 2012January 1, 2012Launch of #OpMegaUpload; 10 Web sites affiliatedwith the U.S. government (U.S. JusticeDepartment, FBI, U.S. Copyright Office) andAmerican music industry (Redord IndustryAssociation of America (RIAA), Motion PictureAssociation of America (MPAA)) suffered outagesdue <strong>to</strong> DDoS attacks 210#OpMegaUpload, in support of file-sharingWeb site/Kim Dotcom 211 ; in protest of theseizure of file-hosting service by U.S. JusticeDepartment (on January 19, 2012);@Anonops declared the operationsuccessful with 5635 participants usingLOIC 212#OpNigeria II commences 2 months of supporting #OpNigeria II (Occupy movement) 214the Nigerian Occupy movement 213January 4, 2012 PasteBin experiences DDoS attacks 215 Unknown perpetra<strong>to</strong>rs 216January 5, 2012January 9, 2012January 10,2012January 12,2012January 20,2012Occupy Nigeria and local Anonymous-armpublicly demand an end <strong>to</strong> governmentcorruption 217Finnish government Web sites experience cyberattacks 220Finnish Copyright Information and Anti-PiracyCenter (CIAPC) Web sites experience downtime 222Dutch antipiracy group, BREIN’s Web siteexperiences downtime 224As published by “Guest” (presumably on behalf ofthe collective) an estimated 10,000 participantsDDoS-ed, disabled or defaced the following Websites 226 :http: /pastebin.com/cujqqtcnhttp: /www.paulafernandes.com.br (defaced)Government corruption andmismanagement in Nigeria 218,219In protest of largest Finnish InternetProvider, Elisa, being ordered <strong>to</strong> blockaccess <strong>to</strong> PirateBay (“Elisagate”) 221#OpPayback; Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 2011 saw theHelsinki District court decide in CIAPC’sand IFPI’s favor and order Finnish Internetprovider Elisa <strong>to</strong> block The Pirate Bay orface fines 223#OpPayback; the Court of The Haguedecided in favor of BREIN and orderedmajor Dutch Internet providers, Ziggo andXS4ALL, <strong>to</strong> block The Pirate Bay 225#OpPayback 227Continued

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