Operation Leakspin
Operation: Leakspin was a project by Anonymous, with the goal of sorting through recent WikiLeaks releases to identify and raise awareness of potentially important and previously overlooked cables.[1] According to the project, exposure had a bigger potential impact than DDoS attacks.[2] Operation: Leakspin gave members of Anonymous and citizen reporters a structure to work together to find potentially valuable material. Operation: Leakspin included translation and explanation of cables, quality control, culture jamming and publication channels.
Background[edit]
When the Dutch police arrested a 16-year-old[3] in December 2010 for personally creating a substantial botnet and independently conducting a DDoS attack on websites such as Mastercard.com and Visa.com,[4] a subset of those present and involved at the time decided to move towards more long-term-viable goals such as promoting dialogue and spreading the reach of the WikiLeaks cables.[5]
The name is a pun on the "Leekspin" joke animation.[6]
Goals[edit]
Leakspin represents a sharp departure from the tactics of Operation Payback. Rather than attacking perceived enemies of the pro-WikiLeaks movement, the sole focus is on propagating material determined to be of public interest.[7] This potentially could lead to media outlets and the general public focusing on the issues uncovered by the released diplomatic cables rather than the morality or sensibility of DDoS attacks as a form of protest or Julian Assange's current legal travails.
It is difficult to ascertain how much support Operation Leakspin had garnered in the Anonymous community.
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References[edit]
- ↑ Sean Bonner (2010-12-09). "Anonymous Stops Drop". Boingboing.net. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
- ↑ "With "Operation Leakspin," Anonymous Vows to Help WikiLeaks with Crowdsourced Journalism". The Mary Sue. 2010-12-10. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ↑ Binlot, Ann (9 December 2010). "Dutch Arrest 16-Year-Old for Involvement With Pro-WikiLeaks Hacking Attack". CBS News.
- ↑ "anonymous-group-revenge-continues-with-ddos-attack-on-visa-after-mastercard". Techshrimp.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 2013-11-22. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Anonymous Hacktivists Ditch DDoS Method Seeking to Spam Wikileaks Cables in Operation Leakspin". Erictric.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 2013-11-22. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Leekspin". Saichotictech.net. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-22. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Operation Leekspin". December 2010. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
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