Wikileaks DDoS Attacker Arrested, Equipment Seized 429
kaptink writes "The self proclaimed hacker that waged a DDoS attack on Wikileaks has been arrested and has had all his equipment seized. What is interesting is that local police conducted the raid and not a federal authority such as the FBI. The Jester (th3j35t3r) who has a reputation for attacking websites he disagrees with is said to be trying to raise $10,000 in expected lawyers fees. If anyone is going to be alight in the whole Wikileaks debacle, its going to be the lawyers. Personally I think anyone who spells their nick with numbers in an effort to look 'leet' deserves to have their computer confiscated."
th3j35t3r - Lame. (Score:5, Funny)
A nick name like "th3j35t3r" is so unbelievably lame.
It clearly should be "7h3j3573r".
Re:Computer expert? (Score:5, Funny)
Watch it with the comments about having numbers in your nick, dude. We're both on very thin ice here.
First, we set fire to all the lawyers (Score:4, Funny)
If anyone is going to be alight in the whole Wikileaks debacle, its going to be the lawyers.
That's sort of an incendiary comment. You're playing with fire, here; you don't want to flame lawyers, they might get hot under the collar.
steveha
Re:Oh darn... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I'm surprised. (Score:5, Funny)
Happy World AIDS Day to you, too!
lol.
Re:Computer expert? (Score:5, Funny)
Let me allay any doubts.
Besides all you need to get a name without numbers is be good at mispelling things.
S(r3w u! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Summary Fail (Score:5, Funny)
"Someone on here earlier was saying that the Jester doesn't have the smarts or the technology to pull off something like the DDoS "
and if someone says something on Slashdot, it must be true!
Re:Summary Fail (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, you try scratching your nuts when you have a donut in one hand and a coffee in the other... you get some strange looks if you start scratching against furniture.
Re:Fast response time... (Score:5, Funny)
It only took two days since the attack occurred for the perpetrator to be tracked down and arrested? I can't say I've ever heard of such a fast response time to a computer crime. I'm quite surprised.
Is this typical these days?
Nah, not hardly. Let me demonstrate.
I'll just fire up my handy-dandy scrypto-rama botnet infestor... there... and point it at Amazon... like that. And - hang on, there's someone at the doo%$^&%&*+++NO CARRIER
Re:Summary Fail (Score:5, Funny)
I may not have the smarts to do that either but I posted a link to my own server on slashdot and it stopped working.
Re:Summary Fail (Score:5, Funny)
Not if he was behind SEVEN PROXIES.
Re:4n0nym0u5 (Score:4, Funny)
Plus it makes me sound cool, of course!
Re:4n0nym0u5 (Score:4, Funny)
I never had that problem. It's pronounced phonetically "John" btw ;)
Re:4n0nym0u5 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Summary Fail (Score:5, Funny)
"He has to make it past a belly bloated by years of coffee and donuts."
Careful - these are IT types your talking to.
Re:S(r3w u! (Score:5, Funny)
You left off the required #!/usr/bin/perl at the start.
Re:Summary Fail (Score:4, Funny)
[ilikejam@localhost ~]$ vi .emacs