6/17/2011 Turkish police arrest 32 Anonymous suspects

Turkish police arrest 32 Anonymous suspects

It’s been a very busy year for the hacktivist groups Anonymous and LolzSec, but while both groups have enjoyed plenty of time in the limelight, that exposure has understandably riled law enforcement agencies. Spanish authorities revealed last week that they had identified and arrested three suspects who were allegedly involved in several Anonymous operations — like those against the governments of Egypt and Libya, and Sony’s PlayStation Store.
Now, police in Turkey have announced the results of a similar operation in their country. In the wake of a spate of attacks against Turkish government websites, 32 suspects were arrested in 12 cities around Turkey. The attacks had been launched following the country’s recently expanded Internet censorship, which went so far as to deny access to Google’s services inside Turkish borders.
Security firm Sophos expects retaliatory action by Anonymous, who notes that the group had already promised to strike Spanish police servers following the arrests there last week. Those attacks have yet to take place, but they’re almost certainly going to happen.
However, it’s been mentioned several times before that  running LOIC — the software which powers most of the Anonymous DDoS attacks — isn’t the best idea. While it’s effective in bringing down remote servers, LOIC is not very effective at protecting the identities of its users. Further DDoS attacks could forseeably lead to even more arrests, since participating in such actions is a criminal offense just about everywhere in the world.


@AtulPurohit