Anonymous Gets in the Party Van

July 19, 2011 -

Reuters is reporting that the FBI today raided six locations in New York and conducted several searches in California on Tuesday as part of a sweeping investigation of the Internet hacktivist group Anonymous. The targets of the raids in New York included a residence in Brooklyn and five other locations on Long Island. According to the report, these homes were searched for computers and other related equipment suspected of being used by members of the group to commit various cyber crimes.

FBI spokesman Tim Flannelly, said the searches in New York were "in relation to an ongoing investigation" of Anonymous. At least one laptop was removed from one home, but no arrests were made in any of the New York locations. Meanwhile on the other side of the country, FBI agents in California were conducting what they called "law enforcement actions" in the San Francisco Bay Area but did not say if anyone was arrested.

"I don't think anybody should be surprised," said Josh Shaul, chief technical officer of Application Security, Inc., speaking of today's raids to Reuters. "They played with fire and they got burned."

While some are reporting that there hasn't been an arrest related to these FBI raids, The Escapist claims that at least 14 have been arrested in multiple states including New York, New Jersey, California, and Florida. Computer equipment and related materials were also seized, the report claims.

FBI spokeswoman Alicia Senisbaugh told Fox News today: "I can confirm that we're conducting law enforcement actions relating to a criminal investigation."

source: Huffington Post by way of Neal Ballard, The Escapist

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Re: Anonymous Gets in the Party Van

Submitted by Uncharted NES on Tue, 07/19/2011 - 20:56.

Ah, but the plot thickens. Supposedly Anonymous was planning to release emails concerning a certain recently closed newspaper. Coincidence?

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/19/1536222/Anonymous-To-Release-Sun-N...

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"WARNING GUARANTEE: This post contains material which a truly free society would neither fear nor suppress."

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"WARNING GUARANTEE: This post contains material which a truly free society would neither fear nor suppress."

Re: Anonymous Gets in the Party Van

Submitted by Left4Dead on Tue, 07/19/2011 - 17:54.

But none of them are part of Anonymous! Anonymous disavows any knowledge of anyone's actions.

- Left4Dead

Why are zombies always eating brains? I want to see zombies that eat toes for a living. Undead-related pun intended.

- Left4Dead Why are zombies always eating brains? I want to see zombies that eat toes for a living. Undead-related pun intended.

Re: Anonymous Gets in the Party Van

Submitted by Grif on Tue, 07/19/2011 - 19:50.

It doesn't matter. Anonymous or not, they were caught being involved in cyber crime.

You don't have to be part of a splinter group who cowers behind anonyminity to be guilty of a crime.

"And though we may pledge fanboy allegiances to different flags, deep down inside we all serve one master, one king. And his name... is GAMING! FOREVER MAY HE REIGN!"

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Re: Anonymous Gets in the Party Van

Submitted by greevar on Tue, 07/19/2011 - 22:22.

"Anonymous or not, they were caught being involved in cyber crime." [citation needed]

-Greevar

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-Greevar

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Re: Anonymous Gets in the Party Van

Submitted by Grif on Tue, 07/19/2011 - 23:14.

FBI spokeswoman Alicia Senisbaugh told Fox News today: "I can confirm that we're conducting law enforcement actions relating to a criminal investigation."

"And though we may pledge fanboy allegiances to different flags, deep down inside we all serve one master, one king. And his name... is GAMING! FOREVER MAY HE REIGN!"

http://www.examiner.com/video-games-in-atlanta/mike-chrysler

Atlanta Video Games Examiner for examiner.com

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Monte: trolls are just at their absolute worst when it comes to women and feminist. You could bet good money that if the developer were male the trolls would be silent and the conversation would actually focus on the journalism.10/18/2014 - 9:18pm

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Papa Midnight: Monte: That's honestly rather short-sighted. As has been proven with other persons who have been targeted, if it wasn't Quinn, it would be someone else.10/18/2014 - 6:26pm

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Monte: I feel like GG just needs to die. The movement is FAR to tainted by hatred and BS for it to be useful for any conversation. Let GG die, and then rally behind the NEXT gaming journalism scandal, and start the conversation fresh.10/18/2014 - 10:33am

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Matthew Wilson: http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/letter-from-the-editor-10-17-2014/1100-5049/ deferentially a nice write up.10/17/2014 - 6:44pm

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