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Message from Anonymous: F.B.I. Arrests
You Cannot Arrest An Idea!-
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Hacker Topiary speaks on TV, representing Anonymous
British police have arrested a 19-year-old man in the Shetland Islands, who they believe to be "Topiary" the spokesman for the Anonymous and LulzSec hacking groups.British police have arrested a 19-year-old man in the Shetland Islands, who they... more-
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Ultimate hack: LulzSec may have duped British authorities into arresting innocent man
Following reports on Wednesday that British police had arrested a 19-year-old suspect thought to be the spokesperson of notorious hacker group “LulzSec,” new information suggests authorities may have been duped into arresting an innocent man. According to DailyTech, a hacker by the name of “The Jester” has discovered and published chat logs that suggest “Topiary,” the hacker reportedly arrested by authorities on Wednesday, is still at large. According to the exposed chat, Sweden-born Daniel Ackerman Sandberg — the alleged real LulzSec spokesperson — recently assumed the online identity of another man in an effort to mislead authorities. Sandberg, who has reportedly changed his name numerous times, is also said to have been caught on video speaking Swedish, further suggesting that the Scottish man arrested Wednesday by British authorities was not in fact LulzSec’s spokesperson. The full alleged chat logs between Sandberg and an anonymous second party can be read below (emphasis applied by DailyTech).
[removed]: S’up Daniel
Topiary: s’appening [removed]
[removed]: You OK?
Topiary: could be better, you seen the pdf table thing with all the names I take it?
[removed]: Saw that, but you seen the thing today?
Topiary: bro I’ve been playing it off since fakegregg said something about Zelda
[removed]: ah, well, you should keep low man
Topiary: I can’t at this point, I need to just straight up deny it 100% and flaunt it everywhere
Topiary: but I trust you, you know how it is
Topiary: if I go hide then people will assume the dox are right
Topiary: so I’ll just act like they failed hard
[removed]: True that – so you need to make a big show of disproving them
Topiary: yeah well, this is my plan:
Topiary: (as you know I stole this nickname from a troll last December, didn’t work out so well)
Topiary: I’ll just keep denying it until they try to go after the troll
Topiary: then they’ll think that’s me and harass him
[removed]: then he harasses back?
Topiary: yeah but if I deny my real dox enough, people will go looking for other dox
Topiary: then nobody will believe I’m me
Topiary: and all you bastards told me my Brit voice was good, damnit
Topiary: did they get voice recognition?
[removed]: well when you talk the Swedish accent comes out a bit
[removed]: but not for a couple of minutes
Topiary: these faggots aren’t hitting the UK ni$%*r Topiary
Topiary: why aren’t they?
Topiary: I’m hoping someone will go after him and think it’s me, then I’ll act all scared etc
[removed]: then boom – you drop all the heat on him
Topiary: ANYTHING to divert attention from that fuckign nameshub
Topiary: I’m assuming they put that to Feds
Topiary: so I might be raided soon
Topiary: fucking shit
Topiary: goddamnit
[removed]: that “nameshub” thing exposed a few peopl
[removed]: have the feds any jurisdiction in Sweden?
[removed]: ohwait
[removed]: shit :/
Topiary: don’t know but I’m shitting bricks
Topiary: so I don’t know what to do
Topiary: so I’m just playing it off
Topiary: “Who the fuck is Daniel Sandberg?”, the whole story
[removed]: well, hopefully someone will go after the troll you stole the name off
Topiary: they should have already
Topiary: hoping so dude
Topiary: because I don’t want this shit
Topiary: but yeah I deleted everything recently
[removed]: rm -rf
[removed]: fuck, I hope you DBAN-ed
Topiary: I’d like to make it to the end of the month, how long do they take to raid?
Topiary: better not hit me on April fool’s day
Topiary: but yeah maybe they’ll just think backtrace is a joke and not go after me
[removed]: Well shit, how long before they raided no that time?
Topiary: not very long
Topiary: bro why haven’t you done what I did?
Topiary: find some network and steal someone’s nick
Topiary: like someone you don’t like
Topiary: then do illegal shit
Topiary: and they hit them instead
Topiary: you’re using a real name
[removed]: never thought to do it…
[removed]: I’d advise taking a hammer to your drives though
Topiary: wouldn’t that look suspicious if they come?
Topiary: maybe things just have to be normal
[removed]: hmmmm. use a guttmann pass – you know, like DBAN on crack?
[removed]: then reload windows or something
Topiary: yeah
Topiary: just hoping that they’ll take the bait
Topiary: the fucker has been using Topiary for like a year
Topiary: trolling everyone
Topiary: for no reason
Topiary: so now we troll him, hope he’s getting raided
Topiary: well whatever, we both discussed this like last year
Topiary: so…
Topiary: then I’ll stop my twitter and everything
Topiary: but it isn’t FUCKING WORKING
[removed]: make it look like they got the right guy
Topiary: yup
[removed]: it is also
Topiary: fucking tired of people adding me on Facebook
Topiary: to be honest I’m just gonna continue the Zelda casts as normal
Topiary: it would look REALLY weird if they stopped
[removed]: it shouldnt fsck with your normal life
Topiary: yeah, right, right
Topiary: agreed
Topiary: so that’s what I’ll do
Topiary: just keep it cool and carry on with it
[removed]: frame up this damn trollfaggot, and “carry on”
Topiary: hope it blows over and they start doxing Ireland fag or Scotland fag or wherever the fuck UK part he’s from
Topiary: anyway I trust you so yeah
Topiary: we can keep this between us
[removed]: Wont say a word bro
[removed]: just take care
Topiary: okay gotta go
Topiary: thanks for advic
[removed]: bye!
http://www.bgr.com/2011/07/28/ultimate-hack-lulzsec-may-have-duped-british-authorities-into-arresting-innocent-man/Following reports on Wednesday that British police had arrested a 19-year-old suspect... more-
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'Free Topiary' - from Anonymous to celebrity hacktivist
For the Internet collective known as Anonymous, the lulz are bittersweet this week with the arrest of the hacktivist extraordinaire known as Topiary.
"Topiary" is the online alias of 18-year-old Jake Davis. Authorities claim Davis is a key player in the Anonymous collective. Davis is also accused of association with Lulz Security (LulzSec) - the short lived but stunningly successful offshoot of Anonymous.
Davis appeared at a central London court Monday after London's Metropolitan Police, also known as Scotland Yard, announced Sunday they had charged the 18-year-old Davis with multiple offenses. Davis is being charged with unauthorized access to a computer system and conspiring with others to launch online attacks against the website of the U.K.'s Serious Organized Crime Agency, the British equivalent of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Davis is reported to be the creator of press releases for both Anonymous and Lulz Security. Davis is being described by his fellow hacktivists as the "greatest digital graffiti artist of all time". As such, Davis is quickly becoming an Internet celebrity. The fact that media reports describe Davis as being autistic only contributes to the mystique and air of celebrity surrounding Topiary.
Davis supporters, via the Anonymous collective, have launched an online campaign - Free Topiary - planning protests and collecting donations to pay for legal fees.
The following is an excerpt from Free Topiary:
A purveyor of many lulz, this swank garden hedge known as Topiary left his personal Twitter account with a quotation... "You cannot arrest an idea."
Jake wrote many lulzy press releases for both Anonymous and Lulz Security.
The Lulz Boat's journey on the seven proxseas went underway only with the aid of Jake and his natural ability to entertain.
There was a great purpose and an important message behind these mischevious acts of cyber-vandalism. Jake Davis brought lulz to the oppressed. He spoke in a voice that resonated globally and reached us personally.
Jake Davis may face jail time, but he publicly spoke of this in the most noble of terms. A jail sentence is, to him, not a failure of any sort.
It is a triumph.
"Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison." ~ Henry David Thoreau
The following is a selection of relevant tweets in support of Topiary:
We need more people like #Topiary free him
As a crotchy oldman I say, Free #Topiary
Topiary used SQL in college but he never injected. #FreeTopiary
If I was a judge, I'd give Topiary 9001 hrs of community service & count every one of his crimes as hours off his sentence. #FreeTopiary
If I have kids, I'll raise them to be the nextTopiary #FreeTopiary
#Topiary is not a hacker or a DDoSer. His arrest will not slow us down. We are stronger than ever. We are #Anonymous. We are one! #AntiSec
Currently Jake "Topiary" Davis is out on bail.
https://www.examiner.com/anonymous-in-national/free-topiary-from-anonymous-to-celebrity-hacktivistFor the Internet collective known as Anonymous, the lulz are bittersweet this week... more-
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US Warns Anonymous, LulzSec Could up Their Game
Hacker groups such as Anonymous and Lulz Security may need to be monitored more closely in the event they are assisted by other hackers with higher skill levels and decide to strike critical infrastructure.
The warning comes from the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC), which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
"Some members of LulzSec have demonstrated moderately higher levels of skill and creativity that include using combinations of methods and techniques to target multiple networks," according to the six-page advisory. "This does not take into account the possibility of a higher-level actor providing LulzSec or Anonymous more advanced capabilities."
Anonymous and a splinter group known as LulzSec have wreaked havoc against government and business websites and servers, from low-level defacement of websites up to more sophisticated actions such as stealing sensitive data.
The agency categorized the attacks as "rudimentary" and associated with youths known as "script kiddies" for their use of simple tools to hack. But law enforcement agencies in countries such as the U.S., U.K., Spain and the Netherlands have made arrests in attempts to stem their activities.
On Monday, U.K. prosecutors charged an 18-year-old man with five offenses and said that he is "Topiary," a spokesman for Anonymous who ran a prolific Twitter account antagonizing law enforcement and promoting the groups' cybermischief. Jake Davis, of the Shetland Islands, was freed on bail and is not allowed to use a computer.
Anonymous and LulzSec have targeted defense contractors such as HBGary and ManTech as well as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the U.K. Serious Organised Crime Agency. Private industry targets included Fox.com and SonyPictures.com.
Anonymous coordinated a large campaign in defense of WikiLeaks in December 2010. The websites of MasterCard, Visa, PayPal and the Swiss Bank PostFinance were subjected to denial-of-service attacks after they stopped processing payments to WikiLeaks following the whistle-blowing site's release of secret U.S. diplomatic cables.
The NCCIC wrote that the groups often do "a significant amount of reconnaissance" before attacking an organization, heavily using social media outlets such as Twitter and Facebook to announce their targets.
Those warnings can allow computer security experts to bolster their defense, the NCCIC wrote. The U.S. government expects further attacks on its infrastructure.
"Future attacks are likely to continue but will likely remain limited in scope due to a lack of advanced capabilities," the NCCIC wrote. "These attacks are also likely to target the Federal government and critical infrastructure sectors, particularly in response to publicized events relating to civil liberties, cyber security, or allegations of censorship (online or otherwise)."
The Twitter account "AnonymousIRC" acknowledged the NCCIC's warning: "Now they know what Lulz are," the group wrote, using the Internet term for "laugh out loud."
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/237162/us_warns_anonymous_lulzsec_could_up_their_game.htmlHacker groups such as Anonymous and Lulz Security may need to be monitored more... more-
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Anonymous Unfazed by Topiary Arrest, Starts Support Campaign
Anonymous, as you probably know by now, is a hacker group that is made up of countless individuals who claim to oppose certain ways different governments or high profile organizations work. Over the last few months their 'hackathon' has only been gaining momentum but
authorities like the FBI and various police departments from around the globe have been working overtime trying to crack down on their activities. While they have met with some amount of success, the response from these cyber activists has still been overwhelming.
The police have arrested a teenager, one Jake Davis who goes by the alias Topiary, in Scotland. The 18 year old hacker is believed to be a key member and spokesman for hacker groups LulzSec and Anonymous. He was released on bail on the condition of no 'Internet access'. However, besides being a spokesperson, there is no actual proof that he has taken part in any of the hacks. The hearing for his case has been scheduled for August 30th 2011.
Anonymous being a group that is not the type to take any of this lying down immediately started a campaign called 'Free Topiary' to seek justice for Jake Davis. According to a Pastebin post, Anonymous said, “Jake Davis brought lulz to the oppressed. He spoke in a voice that resonated globally and reached us personally. We are sick of the twisted corporatocracy that controls us through our government, our news media, and our internet. From the remote and desolate Shetland Islands, Jake's voice reached millions. Perhaps the success of his message was in its simplicity, Together, united, we can stomp down our common oppressors and imbue ourselves with the power and freedom we deserve."
They state that Jake Davis may face jail time but a jail sentence to him was not a failure of any sort. The group goes on to state that if they were criminals, they would be rich. Since they are not, they are trying to raise money through BitCoin to help pay for his legal fees. The group is certainly sticking by each other and instead of worrying about getting caught; they still continue to target websites and 'expose' them .
http://tech2.in.com/news/general/anonymous-unfazed-by-topiary-arrest-starts-support-campaign/233742Anonymous, as you probably know by now, is a hacker group that is made up of countless... more-
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