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May 1, 2011

Well Anonymous did not exactly topple Iran AFAWK. But I LOLd. The few hackers who are truly part of the group are intelligent and capable people but it will be interesting to see if this gets anywhere.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/04/30/iran.hackers/index.html?hpt=T2

Hackers group says it will target Iran on Sunday

(CNN)-- The Internet hackers group Anonymous plans to hack Iran on Sunday, according to a press release published on their website. The group wants to use International Workers' Day, which commemorates the first national general strike in the United States, as an opportunity to reignite last year's protests in Iran.

Exactly how they intend to "attack" Iran remains to be seen. The sophistication of their previous attacks ranges from the denial-of-service overloading of web servers (this simply knocks a website out) to the exploitation of code and accessing of private data (more like the hacking seen in the movies).

The announcement follows news from the Bahrain News Agency that Iranian hackers had tried to access the Housing Ministry's database regarding those who benefit from the housing services.

The group Anonymous is known for its volunteer association with the perceived underdogs, the side that comes under pressure from the authorities, its statement said, and it views the people of Iran as the next step in the wave of revolutions passing through the Middle East and North Africa.

The attacks are scheduled to start at 5 a.m. GMT (1 a.m. ET) on Sunday.

Noteworthy comments:

Krozar:

We are Anonymous.

We do not forgive.

We do not forget.

We have over nine thousand penises,

and they're all raping Imams.

AngryDeuce

I think Anonymous is a pretty cool guy. eh kills middle eastern governments and doesn’t afraid of anything…

rman21

Get Root

Troll away and/or comment srs bidness.

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Discussion in 'General' started by krozar, May 1, 2011.

Apr 26, 2011

PSN Breach / Outage

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/04/26/update-on-playstation-network-and-qriocity/

First few paragraphs:

Valued PlayStation Network/Qriocity Customer:
We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this intrusion, we have:

Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;

Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; and

Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure by re-building our system to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.

We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.
Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained. While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.

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Discussion in 'Games Domain' started by XandorXerxes, Apr 26, 2011.

Apr 20, 2011

Coming up next

Well, basic things should work right now so I'm not too worried. Here are some things that I know need to be done and I'm working on most of them:

Get animated avatars working Animated avatars should work again
Getting a better schemed skin (here's lookin' at you, Tammy) Check the Flexile Dark - Purple theme
The subform listings are kinda whacky
That header up there? It needs to be fixed. They layout is 1024px wide *hint* *hint* (1022px if you take off the 1px border on each side)
The old link structure from IPB need to be properly redirected Half working due to direct forum links being unable to be redirected. Threads should work. Still trying to decide if writing a rewrite for each forum is worth the effort. Probably not.
I'm still debating on a public gallery
How to handle username changes Temporary fix
Addition of smilies http://theanimelounge.com/help/smilies

Those are basically the major things that I'll be ironing out. Some other things that I want to do is utilize trophies more. However, trophies are just points. There's no actual trophy to display. I also want to put up some actual content. Kro tried to get that going and I'm going to try and put some stuff up (granted most people probably don't care but kill me for trying).

While I work, enjoy some Jinnai Tomonori:

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Discussion in 'Announcements' started by Azusa, Apr 20, 2011.

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