Anonymous Speaks About Australian Gov't. Attacks

daria42 writes "The loose-knit collective of individuals known as 'Anonymous' has broken its silence about the distributed denial of service attacks on the Australian government. An individual (who insisted he or she is not a spokesperson for the group) said the attacks were more effective at stopping the government's Internet filtering project than signing a petition, and that the attacks could go on for months." The site where some members of Anonymous are said to hang out, 4chan, got a visibility boost yesterday when its founder moot spoke at the TED conference.

We Are Anonymous

[sexconker]

We are legion.

Let's just check this box to post as AC and...

Anonymous to Australian Government:

[PingSpike]

Pool's Closed.

Re:Impossible!

[Bragador]

I told it to myself. Now what?

Re:Impossible!

[Anonymous Coward]

Hello, I am a middle aged man but in it for the CP.

Re:Impossible!

[Anonymous Coward]

Except "Anonymous" is the bastard hybrid of a punch of bored 14 year old script kiddies

Wrong, because this would be a blatant violation of 4chan rules:

If you are under the age of 18, or it is illegal for you to view the materials contained on this website, discontinue browsing immediately.

So it is obvious that 14 year olds (along with people from Australia and Iran) are not allowed to access 4chan because of the rules.

Ref: 4chan roolz! [4chan.org]

Re:We Are Anonymous

[Anonymous Coward]

We Are Anonymous
We are legion.
Let's just check this box to post as AC and...

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Re:Good Gravy

[stonewallred]

Ebaum's world is where all this stuff blamed on 4chan comes from. It is all Ebaum's World fault. And Gaia.

Re:GODDAMN, CAN YOU HAZ READING COMPREHENSION?!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

It's not like annonymous is running around chopping people's arms off with machetes and raping them.

No, that's just /b/. The rest of the boards are pretty laid back.

Re:Impossible!

[Locke2005]

Except "Anonymous" is the bastard hybrid of a bunch of bored 14 year old script kiddies, an unholy horde of angry-at-the-world genuinely decent at coding 20 somethings, and a frightning legion of bored in-it-for-the-lulz near or middle aged men... all united by the fact that none of them have gotten laid recently.

Re:Impossible!

[O('_')O_Bush]

Don't make a false dichotomy here.

Many Slashdot readers are also Anonymous members.

Re:We Are Anonymous

[svtdragon]

Also, they don't verbs.