The Jester, the hacker activist who has blocked Wikileaks on behalf of the United States.
| u Internet between the techno-experts is already a celebrity, but nobody has seen. Do not you know that neither side has just called for real. His only photo of the Joker is his profile on Twitter: it's called "The Jester", the Fool, and apparently the hacker who has blocked Wikileaks in the day when the world was trying to gain access to secret documents published on Site founded by Julian Assange. The first act was to boast of himself, The Jester, in his blog that explained in detail how he did: distributed attack using the classic "access denied" (denial of service) but with a special software developed by him alone ("Xerxes DoS). The confirmation that it was indeed he comes from security experts who know him and follow his exploits for years. It is well known for shooting down several sites of Islamic Jihad, as well as that of Ahmadinejad in person. Hackers are thus: I can not help but boast of their skill to penetrate the computer systems, and eventually even make friends with those who keep an eye on. A classic of "cops and robbers." But this is a pirate a bit 'different: self-described "hacktivist," a militant hackers. Why is "patriotic" and has set itself the goal of defending the U.S. against attacks coming from all over the world via the Internet. "TANGO DOWN" wrote in large letters on Twitter on the day of the attack on Wikileaks. And 'its motto, the same as using the military to indicate that an enemy has been eliminated in a gunfight. There are three messages on his social network that does not allow longer sentences than 140 characters: "www.wikileaks.org - TANGO DOWN - metterw for attempting to endanger the lives of our troops," other things "& reports Diplomatic Wikileaks # # fail ". Then: "If I were a" source "of Wikileaks at this time made me nervous, if they can not protect their own site, how do they protect a source? ". And then a second version of the first message, with the addition of a promise: "Forever." On his blog, The Jester - which experts in cyber security is definitely an American citizen - is described as a "hacktivist for good", or "good", who in his own way of thinking according to him means "one who clogs the lines of communication for terrorists, sympathizers, mediators, facilitators, oppressive regimes and other bad guys. " On YouTube there are videos of his fans, obviously linked in his blog, which argues that "Jester is a ex-military - even if you do not specify what kind - who has spent much time in the Middle East to fight terrorism. " Thank you, "Thank you Jester Obama making a service", "should there be more like you in the world." It also has many detractors, on the side of Wikileaks, which they write about Twitter: "Wikileaks is the only thing that prevents us from living in a fascist regime, the only people who are damaged corrupt politicians." And there are those who speculate that it is paid by the CIA or FBI. So much so, perhaps to confuse the other day The Jester said he was the victim of an impostor online that is appropriate of his identity to open an online fundraising and cash in on his celebrity. In fact, another "The Jester" appeared to suddenly claimed to have been a raid by police, who have seized the computer and put the house upside down, and ask for a contribution towards the costs. But according to experts in cyber security at the end Buffoni the two are the same person. THREE QUESTIONS TO Michael Menefee, founder of Island Infosec, security expert 1) The Jester self-employed or it could be rigged? I truly believe that acting on his own behalf. But he is only responsible the first attack on the site Wikileaks. There was a second that we do not know yet who did it, but we know that it was not The Jester. 2) Why is Wikileaks so vulnerable? The vast majority of sites world collapses in front of a attack DDoS (distributed denial of service), that is when the Web server on which it is so bombarded with requests for contact from not be able to serve relevant content. 3) How does the international scandal erupted for the "Cablegate" triggered by Wikileaks? It 's very significant from the standpoint of computer security: if the U.S. government and corporations do not know effectively protect their data, the impact is felt at all levels , the company's competitiveness to national security. | |
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