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"Operation Payback" Crashes VISA Website In Under One Minute As It Seeks Revenge From Second Credit Card Processor

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/08/2010 17:05 -0400

After taking out MasterCard.com earlier, the hacker organization Anonymous Operation, via its WikiLeaks supporting Operation Payback has just launched its attack on visa.com. And, lo and behold, Visa.com is now down.

As of this posting, the operation has succeeded in under one minute: www.visa.com is down.

For those who haven't figure it out yet - mess with hackers at you own peril.

Also, didn't the New York Fed refuse Assange discount window access or something? This New York Fed: www.newyorkfed.org

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Wed, 12/08/2010 - 18:57 | 790542 johan404

WikiLeaks is supporting freedom of speech and exposing US government corruption. I consider that pro-American. I think you suck balls.

Wed, 12/08/2010 - 18:30 | 790320 Rollerball

The topple-tipping point has /b/reached. Tipping backasswards to kiss the asp ass we toppled into the snake shit pit. Mmmm smells like victory. Enjoy the show.

Wed, 12/08/2010 - 18:17 | 790365 Joe44oz

"I'll see your pomp and raise you some circumcision."

Wed, 12/08/2010 - 18:31 | 790415 fastishplastic

scripted? for those that doubt the nature of wikileaks why would the hacks play a different role in this story?

Wed, 12/08/2010 - 18:40 | 790452 KevinH

Wow visa is still down. Impressive.

Wed, 12/08/2010 - 18:46 | 790483 Iam_Silverman

For those of you who think that it is impossible to shut down the entire internet, I was told that it was very easy. Last night after a couple of beers, I ran into this big dude wearing a black trench coat, and he had on these silly looking clip-on sunglasses. I thought he looked like Lawrence Fishburn, but when I asked he just glared at me. Anyway, he was explainin' this whole interweb thing to me, and said that the way they shut it down last time was to invite Neo-Anon to the chamber of the Architect (Al Gore). There, the "Architect" prattled on about global warming and carbon credits until Neo-Anon lost his mind and the web crashed. And some bitch got shot. That also pissed off the Neo-Anon guy. Was it Hillary?

Have you ever noticed the cord attached to the headrest of your recliner? I never did before those blue beers last night either. In fact, I never knew I had a socket in the back of my head! Note to self->Must spend more time with the shampoo.

Wed, 12/08/2010 - 18:47 | 790490 johan404

*delete me*

Wed, 12/08/2010 - 18:49 | 790505 cobra1650

my favorite handles for ZHer's are "ripped chunk" and "liberal sodomy" aka barney frank.

The system appears beyond repair and wikileaks is getting the whole process closer to the endgame. Unfortunately, it will take the "JOKER" to clean up the trash in DC. Maybe Oprah will run for President.

Wed, 12/08/2010 - 18:52 | 790521 c1618

All this talk about internet shutdown has got me thinking...

Does ZH provide any archived content for public download? Would be a real shame to wake up one morning and see the project and all the content gone or otherwise inacessible.

Anyone got any good links to creating alternate internets (alternets), ideally wireless, encrypted, trust based and distributed?

Wed, 12/08/2010 - 19:03 | 790566 johan404

Here you go: http://is.gd/ipAwV

Wed, 12/08/2010 - 21:19 | 791069 c1618

Thanks - I've also since read about the Pirate Bay P2P DNS idea

Wed, 12/08/2010 - 19:14 | 790609 jahbless

a while back I found Diaspora - some kind of open source social networking.

they're almost ready to release (funny that) - google them bitchez, bitches.

p.s i dont work for them i just donated $25 in the summer cause it sounded cool

Thu, 12/09/2010 - 02:00 | 791661 RichardP

The WayBack Machine

http://web.archive.org/collections/web.html

Wed, 12/08/2010 - 19:31 | 790683 Smiley

I wonder if any of those hackers are smart/ballsy enough to hack into some of the High Frequency Trading computers and MEGA DUMP some of the companies they are targeting? Seems far fetched but who knows, those guys seem to get into everything people say is impossible to hack...

Wed, 12/08/2010 - 19:49 | 790781 msohn

Who benefits from this -- should we all be looking at Akamai with the thought that every web server in America needs to be hosted and broadly distributed using companies like AKAM?

Wed, 12/08/2010 - 20:04 | 790851 Nigh Eve

Ironically, these cyber-attacks would have been cheered by the "real" Tyler Durden (the fictional protagonist of "Fight Club").

However, the approach already taken by this website is probably far more effective. {i.e. publically exposing the "bad behavior" within our financial system and substantiating it with data}.

Wed, 12/08/2010 - 20:05 | 790857 Ignorance is bliss

I think we can bet on the following:

1. Security related IT stocks will take off

2. Encryption related security companies will take off

3. New protection and security mandates from the gov't

Good to be an IT vendor

Thu, 12/09/2010 - 00:03 | 791430 Uncle Remus

I am guessing that if this is the start of an ongoing hacker offensive, then there is likely to some serious "recruiting" drives to augment and replenish the botnet ranks.

Wed, 12/08/2010 - 20:39 | 790945 Everybodys All ...

This is cyber terrorism pure and simple. I can't defend this type of action ... no matter what the circumstance. For the US Administration this has become a no win situation. It makes the US look weak and the chaos that we are seeing right now is as a result of an ineffective Justice Department. No matter what you think of president Bush. This would have been addressed far earlier and it would have been stopped point blank. The current administration is at least six months late and it makes you wonder if they really wanted to stop it.

Wed, 12/08/2010 - 22:39 | 791245 jomama