Boston PD Mocks Anonymous Hack in Satirical Video
- Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:44am by
Liz Klimas
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Leave it to the Boston Police Department to respond to an attack by the hacker collective Anonymous with a video hinting at its own sarcasm and taking advantage of the opportunity to market the department’s news website.
Anonymous hacked the Boston Police Department’s website, BPDnews.com, by overloading its server in a DDoS attack, in retaliation to a police raidagainst Occupy Boston protesters. The outage lasted from Feb. 3 to Feb. 9. Feb. 3 was a day when Anonymous also took credit for gaining access and recording a private FBI conference call.
The BPDnews.com satirical video not only plays on music used by Anonymous from the artist KRS-One, but it also features local law enforcement detailing, with feigned drama, where they were when they heard of the attack and what they thought of it.
Watch the mockery:
The Boston Globe reports that an antic such as this could be expected from BPDnews.com as it often mixes hard news with less serious stories:
Police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll said the video was created as a lighthearted way to engage the community about what had happened to BPDNews.com.
“It made sense to take the opportunity to present our lighter side to the community, to show that we, too, have a sense of humor,’’ Driscoll said, “which people aren’t often accustomed to from law enforcement, so it can be confusing.’’
Still some have questioned the use of Boston PD’s time and resources to make the two-minute clip and also whether it would antagonize Anonymous further. The melodramatic humor also appears to have been lost on some, but the Globe reports that it is being given credit as a “clever idea” even if the “acting was pretty flat.”
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planeofecliptic
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 6:52pmChina runs the largest cyber criminal operation on the planet. The entire country of Nigeria is full of cyber fraud. How come Anonymous does not target these two? Hmmm
Report Post »absolutelynot
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 5:55pmIf people called you Granny, or you were someone just working to make a living and did something like this( hack websites) you would be branded a Cyber Terrorist by this Menstruation uh, ?? Administration!!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 4:17pmAnd… “the Laughing Man”… is still laughing!
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 2:11pmI dare anonymous to do that again…heh heh!
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 12:23pmStop reporting DDoS attacks as hacking!!!!
Anonymous should really be called “Amateurs”.
Report Post »BlackCrow
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:02amCareful cyber warfare is very real and that Anonymous bunch would appear to have some rather able practitioners. Hacking into comm channels is not exactly something that can be done by a basement troll and they have proven their ability when they hacked communications between CIA and Scotland Yard. So far they have been relatively benign attacks although embarrassing and pointing out just how little law enforcement agencies understand the threat. Guys these aren’t the sort who stick up 7-11 stores, they will take your departments widows and orphans fund and transfer that money to a Swiss bank account and do it from somewhere you will never find.
Time to get smart or get taken.
Report Post »littlefish
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:30am“ antagonize Anonymous ” ?????
Don’t protect yourself or comment . . .or “make fun” of these terrorists ???
Same old story . . . don’t piss the bullies off . . . they might get upset . . .and . . . . . .???
And Most Muslims aren’t terrorists . . .so don’t profile . . .they might get upset . . .and . . .?
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:24amGood idea, draw them out…they will make a mistake.
Report Post »seljo1701
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:56amThe problem is, these DOS (denial of service) attacks are not “hacking.” There are no traces of evidence left after one of these attacks, because it is the digital equivalent of the Occutards’ “mic check” shout downs. Only the shouters aren’t actually there. They sent their zombies to shout for them. And they sent 1000′s of them. So many, in fact, that there is no room for anyone else to even hear the zombies’ message (no one can get to the website anymore). In this analogy, zombies are hacked computers, or computers in China, Russia, or somewhere-istan and those countries aren’t going to cooperate in any investigations. As a software guy familiar with real hacking techniques and this tactic, calling DOS a “hack” is giving them way too much credit. They are using tactics known as “script kiddie” tactics. They really only do this to get noticed.
Report Post »In fact, when a radio or TV show gives out a website, and that website gets “flooded” or goes down because of a sudden volume of traffic for which they were unprepared, it is exactly the same thing. So does Rush “hack” websites when he talks about one on the air and his listeners all try to go there? No. Anon is mostly a bunch of kids who want to feel important and are playing on the net.
Squ33
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:13amseljo1701
Thank you. I have been trying to tell people that a (D)DOS attack isn’t really hacking. When all that needs to be done to fix the situation is reboot a computer server…really?!
Report Post »seljo1701
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:19amEdit:
Anon is mostly a bunch of kids who want to feel important and are playing hacker on the net.
Report Post »k1ttt
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:52amsqa33 – a ddos attack takes more than a server reboot to stop. while crashing the server may be a side effect the real problem is that the attackers clog the internet connection to the site preventing stuff from getting in or out. the only defenses are either stopping the attacking machines, which would often mean taking down a hacker’s botnet, or blocking the ip’s of all the attacking machines at a point where there is enough bandwidth to handle the attack… that one means that major internet backbone providers must cooperate to block the incoming data so there is enough bandwidth left for the site to still operate.
Report Post »westfayetteville
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:03amI think it was a great response, to Anonymous
Report Post »KAdams
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:49amZing!
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:48amIn a city that has yet to figure out the automobile, I am not surprised in the least that they can’t get a website to work.
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