Anonymous to expose 40GB of ISP data
More than 600,000 Oz punters at risk
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Anonymous is preparing to reveal 40GB of data its members say came from an Australian internet service provider (ISP) and contains “600k+” of customer data.
The Reg understands a “sample leak” will be released later today and that the organisation will take care to protect individuals' personal details.
The activist collective yesterday took credit for a series of defacements of Queensland government websites and has since contacted other media outlets, telling them that it intends to release customer data from an Australian ISP.
The @Op_australia Twitter feed recently promised it is “almost there” on "something big". Comments on an Anonymnous-aligned IRC channel offered the mention of 600,000 customers and references to the sample leak
The 600,000 figure means the data almost certainly comes from one of Australia's largest ISPs. Telstra and Optus are both known to have millions of subscribers, while iiNet has stated it has 1.3 million.
Among smaller ISPs, TPG's most recent half year report says it has 567,000 subscribers, placing it ahead of the likes of Exetel, Adam Internet and Netspace. iPprimus is probably also below the 600,000 customer threshold, making it likely that Anonymous will embarrass Telstra, Optus or iiNet … with TPG also a chance of hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons. ®
COMMENTS
Re: wtf
It's been years since Anonymous had any kind of scruples or ethical targets. Now they just go after anyone who threatens their 'right' to 'free' (i.e. stolen) content by targeting their customers in an attempt to threaten their revenue. They could be doing something useful in the IP arena like campaigning against the USPTO's ludicrous software patent policies or the USA's attempt to globalise their jurisdiction but instead they're trying to defend everyone's ability to download Torrents of Jersey Shore.
Re: Fuckwit skiddies
You win the award for missing the pigging point completely!
If a bunch of useless moronic script kiddies can grab the details of thousands of customers from a company that no doubt brags about protecting it's customer's details, what's to stop someone else doing the same thing and selling it on to Christ knows who for fun and profit?
Nothing like paying for a service, ticking the box to ask the company to protect your identity from third-parties and next thing you get a shed-load shitty junk mail through your door and your inbox, or worse raiding your bank account! All because your ISP can't be arsed to secure its systems from even the beginner "Fuckwit skiddies"!
Anonymous is preparing to reveal 40GB of data its members say came from an Australian internet service provider (ISP) and contains “600k+” of customer data.
WTF's the other 39.4GB made up of then?
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