Low Intensity Conflicts - Virtual Small Arms Proliferation | CSO Blogs

Low Intensity Conflicts - Virtual Small Arms Proliferation | CSO Blogs: "The current activities of Anonymous demonstrate the same type of small arms proliferation albeit in a virtual plane. Driven largely by ideological activities, Anonymous distributes a revamped version of the Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) tool used in mass Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. LOIC was the primary weapon used by Anonymous in its ongoing "Operation Payback" DDoS campaign against film and recording industry associations, as well as other organizations involved in anti-piracy efforts. The application was originally created by a user named Praetox and was used in several mass attacks over the years, including Anonymous' campaigns against the Church of Scientology or the Australian government or the Iranian election protests last year. In January 2009 the code of the Windows program was released on SourceForge as an open source project and a cross-platform Java version was later created. This release allows for the proliferation of code that can be enhanced, improved, and utilized in low intensity conflicts with the potential for significant media coverage."

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