Anonymous intercept FBI and UK police call

[Fittster]

Hacking network Anonymous has released a recording of a conference call between the FBI and UK police in which they discuss efforts against hacking.

The conversation covers the tracking of Anonymous and other splinter groups, dates of planned arrests and details of evidence held by police.

Anonymous also published an email, apparently from the FBI, giving the email addresses of call participants.

The FBI confirmed the leak and said it was hunting those responsible

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16875921

I'm starting to think Anonymous might be a bit better at this techie lark than public servants.

[selwonk]

Genius!

[davepoth]

To save you from downloading the call, the lovely people of Anonymous have put it on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl3spwzUZfQ&fea...

[Codswallop]

Or, the FBI et al. may be bluffing, letting Anonymous into a few things, whilst keeping the real upper hand. Wouldn't be the first time something like that has happened...

[davepoth]

Codswallop said:

Or, the FBI et al. may be bluffing, letting Anonymous into a few things, whilst keeping the real upper hand. Wouldn't be the first time something like that has happened...

It's not likely. One of the gentlemen on this conference call doesn't seem to know what Steam is...

[RumbleOfThunder]

This is why you lock down conf calls when you're chairing them.

[jimmyjimjim]

And why you have an admin interface to show you who is actually connected.

[Hooli]

Fittster said:

Hacking network Anonymous has released a recording of a conference call between the FBI and UK police in which they discuss efforts against hacking.

The conversation covers the tracking of Anonymous and other splinter groups, dates of planned arrests and details of evidence held by police.

Anonymous also published an email, apparently from the FBI, giving the email addresses of call participants.

The FBI confirmed the leak and said it was hunting those responsible

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16875921

I'm starting to think Anonymous might be a bit better at this techie lark than public servants.

Me thinks the uncivil servants are loosing this round.

[Otispunkmeyer]

While their ripping on sheffield is quite a laugh. They clearly have never been! Its got a university and a shopping center and thats it apparently. Forget the likes of Forge Masters eh!

[Stedman]

What is steam?
ediy; found out.

Edited by Stedman on Friday 3rd February 18:24

[0a]

Oh dear that's embarassing, reminder to self, always assume you are being recorded! "Shall we talk about cheese" indeed!

[Mojooo]

I think the BBC article mentions they were not eavesdropped in real time but obtained a sound recording somehow.

[collateral]

Mojooo said:

I think the BBC article mentions they were not eavesdropped in real time but obtained a sound recording somehow.

That'd explain why the call was on Jan 17th but they've only posted it now

[davepoth]

Mojooo said:

I think the BBC article mentions they were not eavesdropped in real time but obtained a sound recording somehow.

Seems to me that someone intercepted the FBI email with the conference call details, dialled in ten minutes early and listened...

[Efbe]

Mojooo said:

I think the BBC article mentions they were not eavesdropped in real time but obtained a sound recording somehow.

possibly, but most likely, they just dialled in.

the easiest way to obtain info is from guessing e-mail passwords, and then using this just looking through e-mails for meeting information, which is very likely to contain phone numbers and passcodes, with call-meeting times.

[Frankeh]

For the amount of laughing going on there's very little jokes being told.

[anonymous-user]

davepoth said:

It's not likely. One of the gentlemen on this conference call doesn't seem to know what Steam is...

And these guys are our cyber crime force? I pissed myself when I heard that

[0a]

Am I the only one who imagines some fat coppers sitting there with a MASSIVE box of doughnuts?

[12gauge]

Otispunkmeyer said:

While their ripping on sheffield is quite a laugh. They clearly have never been! Its got a university and a shopping center and thats it apparently. Forget the likes of Forge Masters eh!

Dont forget the Tinsdale viaduct. There used to be some cooling towers too.

If the city's chief architectural gem is that godawful 60s social housing project urban splash have spunked hundreds of millions of taxpayers money on painting the window frames, it has problems though.

[just me]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Yeah, pretty scary. Can't they hire some young, hacker types who actually understand technology to work in this area? Stupid dinosaurs patting each other on the back and trading endless, retarded pleasantries.

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