Website of the Day

ProtestWarrior.com is rock solid and right wing. They are featured here today because they caught some pinko peeking into their 'puters. (Alliteration addiction. Look it up.)

In January 2005, Jeremy Hammond and the hacker group collectively known as the "Internet Liberation Front" gained illegal access to the
ProtestWarrior server. Thousands of customer credit card numbers were then stolen for the purpose of making millions of dollars in donations to
various leftwing organizations. In early February, ProtestWarrior discovered the illegal breach and the identity of the criminals responsible.

Using the hacker recruiting ground www.hackthissite.org, Jeremy Hammond put together and led a team of politically motivated "hacktivists" to probe the ProtestWarrior server for months until an exploit was found. When an obscure vulnerability was discovered in the PW server's newsletter subscription code, they managed to upload malicious files that gave them the ability to execute commands on the server.

Upon discovering the hack, we immediately began collecting information
on the breach and managed to penetrate Jeremy's inner circle. We then
collected evidence that more than 5,000 credit card numbers had been
stolen by Jeremy and the "Internet Liberation Front" and that they were
planning on doing the following:

*charge hundreds of dollars per stolen credit card number as
donations to various left-wing organizations by using an automated donation submission script

*send the entire ProtestWarrior HQ database (complete with usernames,
passwords, and operation details) to left-wing groups hostile to
ProtestWarrior (including the entire contents of our mail server)

*upload all credit card numbers and other sensitive customer
information to hundreds of anarchist and left-wing sites (specifically
Indymedia) as a downloadable zip file

*anonymously send press releases and material to thousands of media
contacts to boast of the malicious hack and the millions of dollars
defrauded, and to publish any and all sensitive information regarding the
ProtestWarrior organization

*erase the entire PW server

*launch simultaneous attacks on other conservative sites

Upon discovering their plans, we contacted the FBI and the Secret
Service, who immediately began investigating the case. We were able to
provide them with a tremendous amount of evidence regarding the breach, the criminals responsible, and their plans to commit massive credit card
fraud. We also reported the incident to all credit card companies
involved to make sure that ProtestWarrior's customers were protected. With our help, the FBI was able to thwart Jeremy and his army of
"hacktivists".

After contacting the FBI, we immediately hired a security consultant
and removed all sensitive information from the server. We eventually
moved the server to a new box, where we blocked off the system and data
files from the web server and changed the online store software to a
super-secure system that stores zero sensitive customer information. In
addition, we hired an internet security firm to run a series of vigorous
vulnerability tests on our server, which our server all passed.

The reason we haven't made this announcement earlier is that our
customers were already protected and we didn't want to jeopardize the ongoing FBI investigation of Jeremy and his "hacktivist" army.

The reason we're posting this now is that Jeremy, in a desperate move,
is publicly appealing to the internet community regarding his pending
FBI investigation. Using his site www.freejeremy.com, he is trying to
solicit donations for his defense fund and generate public sympathy
while spreading slanderous disinformation regarding ProtestWarrior and the events leading up to the FBI investigation.

We will soon be releasing much more information and details regarding
the incident and the ongoing FBI investigation. Rest assured, justice
will be served.

-Kfir and Alan
http://www.protestwarrior.com/

I hear pretty little nerds are in great demand in our federal prison system. Clever little Jeremy might go for as much as a carton of smokes...

Instant PC translation: If only he had used his genius for good instead of evil...