Outbreak of Fa$ebook porn
Internet ‘security’ firm Sophos has this time zeroed in on the outbreak of Fa$ebook porn to tout itself.
“A linkspam virus with the usual bait – Kim Kardashian, etc, is luring users into clicking media-rich links, now more available thanks to Facebookâs recent timeline upgrades. Once clicked, their feeds become vectors for images containing hardcore sex, extreme violence, gore and death, says ZDNet, going on,
“Many people are pointing fingers at Anonymous, but no claim has been made for the attack”.
“Anon is more than a whipping post for this one; a while back Anonymous announced intentions to take Facebook out for a variety of reasons, with a November 5 attack of some kind in the works, and rumors of a ‘Guy Fawkes virus’ – none of which have been confirmed via usual routes (such as Anon press releases).
But no matter who’s behind it, the Facebook attack is extreme, and “spiraling out of control”, says the story.
Meanwhile, “experts have questioned whether the video was authentic, says the BBC, adding.
“Internet security firm Sophos said the images had ‘flooded’ the social network over the past 24 hours or more.”
According to the Examiner, “Associating Anonymous with the outbreak of porn on Facebook revives speculations about a rumored attack on Facebook by Anonymous enthusiasts planned for November. This rumor, began last August, was given a great deal of attention by the media, yet such an operation was disavowed and discredited by most Anonymous enthusiasts. The supposed plot to disable Facebook on November 5, 2011, did not come to pass. The proposed operation seemed to have been, for all intents and purposes, a non-operation”.
The ‘Fawkes Virus’ is thought to be engineered and released by those claiming to represent the nebulous and notorious international Internet hacktivist collective known as Anonymous. However, at the present time, Anonymous has not claimed responsibility for the outbreak of porn on Facebook, and there is no evidence linking the virus to the outbreak.
November 15th, 2011 at 3:09 pm
Please excuse the off-topic comment, but what was the reason the Wikileaks post from November 12 was removed?
In other news, Awesome Sauce (nice picture!) is mentioned in The Village Voice.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/11/internet_expressions_to_retire_a_to_z.php
Thanks. But different product
November 15th, 2011 at 4:53 pm
Oxford taxi conversations to be recorded, council rules
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-15720998
Campaigners have called Oxford City Council’s decision to record all conversations in taxis “a staggering invasion of privacy”.
By April 2015 it will be mandatory for all of the city’s 600 plus cabs to have cameras fitted to record passengers.
Installation starts in 2012.
November 15th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
Can you be more specific?
November 15th, 2011 at 8:01 pm
The decision would allow a CCTV camera in taxi cabs to record every word and action of passengers. There is a lot of concern of privacy rights violation (no doubt).
I currently live in the former “Great” Britian and I would never enter a cab when this shit is passed.
November 16th, 2011 at 12:04 am
RIAA Hater, I am sorry that you live there.
Care to ask friends family what they think? Care to post their reaction?
November 16th, 2011 at 12:35 am
At the “jon” with the lower case “j”:
There was no wikileaks post on the 12th.
Perhaps you are confusing a post by a person made on the 12th to the topic created on the 11th.
November 16th, 2011 at 2:03 am
@RIAA Hater
The door for that got opened when the Brits put cameras in every street corner. Orwell never meant 1984 to be a tech manual but the Brits are using it as one.
November 17th, 2011 at 11:07 pm
RW: “RIAA Hater, I am sorry that you live there.
Care to ask friends family what they think? Care to post their reaction?”
Me, too. I don’t plan to live in the UK for too much longer. Just got to follow the guidelines of having an international marriage for the time being and then my wife and I will go back to the US where my family live. Even the US is not all that good right now.
Monkey D. Luffy: “@RIAA Hater
The door for that got opened when the Brits put cameras in every street corner. Orwell never meant 1984 to be a tech manual but the Brits are using it as one.”
Lol, too true. I try to tell my British friends how much their government is raping them via over-the-top taxes and privacy invasion, but some just don’t care, unfortunately.
November 18th, 2011 at 12:02 pm
I was born in London. I’m glad I don’t live there anymore.
Cheers!