Everyone knows of #Anonymous by now, but hacker cell #TeaMp0isoN has managed to avoid such a high profile – all while releasing a steady stream of operations, website defacements, e-mail and password leaks (and, somewhat randomly, a scan of Diddy’s passport and black AmEx, causing member TriCk’s twitter account to be suspended – don’t worry, he’s back!)…

 

Currently, TeaMp0isoN has teamed up with Anonymous for #OpRobinHood, a project which ‘borrows’ credit card numbers from unsecured processing centers to feed and supply Occupy protesters and support charities. At the end line, banks are being forced to pay for these charges.

 

“Every customer has zero liability for card theft, according to the banks”, says TeaMp0isoN member F0rsaken. “Our reasons could be considered malicious, but look at it this way - we aren’t selling credit card data to foreigners who have intentions of profit.”

 

Um, why aren’t these giant companies securing their information better? Laziness? Stupidity? “Well, both,” comments F0rsaken. “They don’t want to spend the money, and they want to make the most that they can. When they see major losses is when they will start to use some of their money to secure things better.”

 

This would not be the first time TeaMp0isoN extended their unique brand of generosity to the Occupy movement. Protestors tweet pizza orders to F0rsaken, who literally ‘delivers’ on his promise, using similar methods to #OpRobinHood (FYI, his personal fave pizza is jalapeño). “It’s going to be Revolution,” he says. “There is no middle class anymore in the 21^st century.” TriCk wants to see Occupy “reach out to the masses, because your average American is taught to love America so much, they can’t say anything against their country.” For the record, TeaMp0isoN members live on multiple continents.

 

Other targets of successful TeaMp0isoN hacks have included the NASA site, the United Nations, and Lulzec, when TeaMp0isoN dropped dox on alleged members and/or ex-members in the group’s prime. “Anybody can go on Google or Whitepages, or buy a background check reporting service and ‘dox’ someone”, says F0rsaken. “When you are able to break into something, that is considered skill, no matter what hacking method. However, doxing does serve a purpose when you dox other hackers who may be on a watch list for the Feds.” TriCk notes that “hackers hacking/doxing each other is healthy for the hacking scene. “If I was to ‘weed out a bad apple’ [that person] would stop hacking forever. Or he would go away and learn real hacking, then come back with a new handle/alias. It happened to me, but I came back with the same alias to prove a point. This happened was I was like, 13.”

 

According to F0rsaken, other cells worth following include CabinCr3w, Net-Bashers, and The Adipiscing, although TriCk notes that many truly serious hackers “Lay low. So low that to you, they don’t exist”, - and that he sees a lot of “skids” just making noise on twitter.

 

Whether you choose to see hacking groups as unstable vigilantes or justice-seeking modern activists, no one can disagree with TeaMp0isoN’s tag line of choice: “Knowledge is power”.

 

 

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On Anonymous – and being called a terrorist:

TriCk: I support Anonymous, but I’m not Anonymous. I do know that there are groups within Anonymous who work on tasks – they operate on IRC channels, and some are public and some are private. But I don’t class them as hacking – I class them as digital activists.

LILGOVERNMENT: More like organisers?

TriCk: Not hackers. Yeah.

LILGOVERNMENT: ‘Hackers’ are in the news all the time – nonviolent hacktivism is being treated like terrorism in the government.

TriCk: I agree. I’ve been called a terrorist loads of times, purely because I’m pro-Palestinian – people label me as a terrorist.

 

On TeaMp0isoN announcing #OpCensorThis, and releasing an original track/video, by rapper Lyricist Jinn (cosigned by TeaMp0isoN and Anonymous) and the mainstream media.

LILGOVERNMENT: You’ve all obviously been supportive of #Occupy Wall Street, but I’m also curious about #OpCensorThis. Was that only the Lyricist Jinn song? Or is there something behind that?

TriCk: There’s something behind it. It’s the start of a new movement – Lyricist Jinn opened the doors for other activists. #OpCensorThis is about working with activists IRL, and using the Internet to aid them. We’ll be working with more activists soon.

LILGOVERNMENT: Wow. Yeah, I don’t think people really understand the message behind that yet. I know I didn’t until just now.

TriCk: It’s all good. We like to mindfuck people. #OpCensorThis is not just a track on YouTube. You’ll hear it through your phone lines…

LILGOVERNMENT: HAHA.

TriCk: …on your television, and on your doorstep. I’m serious LOL.

LILGOVERNMENT: I know.

TriCk: We don’t just hack websites and make leaks. We’re bringing the old school methods back, and doing it the right way.

LILGOVERNMENT: Do you think hackers will ever be able to improve their PR though? Anonymous started as a bunch of 4chan trolls, at least in the eye of the public. I feel like most people group it all in together. Lulzsec (see our interview with member Topiary HERE!) also – it’s just the way the media and the mainstream treat what you do.

TriCk: That’s what #OpCensorThis is about. We know the media will never treat us how we want to be treated, so we’re doing it without the media. We’re merging with activists IRL, and creating our own form of media. The media are puppets of the government.

 

On TriCk and F0rsaken’s personal views of #OWS:

LILGOVERNMENT: What do you hope that #OccupyWallStreet will accomplish? In your ideal world?

TriCk: It would reach out to the masses – because your average Americans are taught to love America so much, they can’t say anything against their country. So, #OccupyWallStreet would end that in some people. But personally, I think they should riot and wreck Wall Street… occupy the banks, steal documents, etc. That would actually do damage. The next #OpCensorThis project is about actually doing something – in the UK and all over the world. I can’t say more…

LILGOVERNMENT: What do you think is going to happen to #Occupy now that the government is cracking down more and more?

F0rsaken:They are definitely going to be looking towards using weapons that will scare us away.

LILGOVERNMENT: And what would your ideal outcome (not in finality, but as the next step) be for the movement?

F0rsaken: They’re already looking towards using this military weapon – against PEACEFUL protestors – that would damage their hearing.

LILGOVERNMENT: You’re preaching to the choir, I hate the insane puppet show called ‘politics’.

F0rsaken: The outcome – it’s going to be Revolution. Remember when Tupac Shakur was going on about Robin Hood, saying we’re going to be knocking on the door saying, “We’re hungry”, the next week, “Okay, we’re really hungry” and then the next week, you’re going to be storming in with weapons getting what belongs to you.

LILGOVERNMENT: Yeah, it does sometimes seem like that’s where things are headed. People are just less and less willling to keep quiet, and just vote every year or four years or whatever for the next idiot to fulfill zero promises.

F0rsaken: In all honesty, I’m frightened that it might turn into something civil – poor vs. the rich. There’s no middle class anymore in the 21st century.

 

On music taste, and extracurricular activities:

LILGOVERNMENT: What’s up bro? Nice icon LOL.

F0rsaken: Haha thanks, yeah, that’s a nice wax hit i’m doing on my bubbler. And nothing much - just chilling watching some music vids, puffed off some Jack Herer just literally a minute ago.

LILGOVERNMENT: What do you listen to?

F0rsaken: I’m mainly listening to mainly hip-hop recently - a little bit of every kind. Mainly the new stuff such as Ace Hood & Lil Wayne . Can’t forget Dead Prez and Immortal Tech and those guys as well… UK rap is decent too. So, practically more hip-hop than anything LOL.

LILGOVERNMENT: Weezy ‘She Will’  is one of my faces right now. Best strip club song!

 

On the possibility of SOPA passing in the USA:

LILGOVERNMENT: You know what is freaking me the fuck out? SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act). What do you think will happen if it passes?

F0rsaken: Definitely the Internet for the United States is never going to be the same. No more porn, no more pirated software, no more hacking websites/forums, no more wares forums, no more torrents… no more anything. Possibly, even 4chan will be censored! Haha. Everything that’s great on the Internet is going to be censored if that bill passes – and we’re going to have to go back to the old fashioned way of the Internet. Checking our email and inbox, responding and then going back to our personal lives.

LILGOVERNMENT: How horrifying!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOO! Do you think the deep web would be affected?

F0rsaken: Oh most definitely. Just don’t expect any more fun/exciting things out of the Internet after this.

 

 

On doxing within the hacker community (see ‘HACKER VOCAB’ below):

LILGOVERNMENT: Doxing, as an outsider, is hard to understand. It seems like self-snitching within your own community (doxing other hackers)…

F0rsaken: Well, doxing other hackers is all out of anger. However, I don’t participate in that activity anymore – it has no point and no skill. Anybody can go on Google or Whitepages, or buy a background check reporting service and dox someone. When you are able to break into something, that is considered skill, no matter what hacking method. However, doxing does serve a point when you dox other hackers, who may be on a watch list for the feds… but it’s also considered snitching at the same time It makes you want to secure your information, and make sure you can’t find yourself at all!

LILGOVERNMENT: Do you ever worry about the Feds, or the government?

F0rsaken: I’m not afraid of the FBI, or any government official. I despise them for what they’re doing to our country. Put it this way – we’re protesting to protect union rights, when cops are a part of the union. And they’re beating on us. Do you see the bullshit?

LILGOVERNMENT: Um, everywhere.

F0rsaken: If I do ever get v&, I can assure this to the Internet, and you: my encrypted volume passwords will NOT be given out unless I’m tortured to death for a long time. I’m a strong man

 

On TriCk doxing P.Diddy, the still-unsolved conspiracy over who killed Tupac, and this video:

LILGOVERNMENT: I still can’t believe Twitter deleted TriCk btw, after the Diddy thing (i.e. posting a scan of his passport and credit card).

F0rsaken: Oh I know, I was pissed off. They censored us to make sure we wouldn’t be mentioned in any articles. Because, in the articles, it said that ‘SOMEONE’ did it – not TeaMp0isoN. I think it’s because Diddy didn’t want coverage about hackers fucking his shit up. That was one of the most easiest owns I’ve ever done.

LILGOVERNMENT: I didnt see the point though, to be honest…

F0rsaken: There is every point. He set up Tupac LOL.

LILGOVERNMENT: That is NOT confirmed!!! LOL.

F0rsaken: I still believe he set him up  >.< When he got in his Escalade and drove off, not even like 30 seconds later – pop pop pop.

LILGOVERNMENT: There’s a vid?

F0rsaken: Yeah, let me find it for you. This is real – it was reported on the news, where he was.

LILGOVERNMENT:WHO TOOK THIS VID?

F0rsaken: Not sure of that.

LILGOVERNMENT: I dunno, it’s kind of sketch… the lens gets covered right before the shots. Do we have a conspiracy on our hands???

F0rsaken: I don’t know about that, maybe… LOL if I was holding a camera and I heard shots, I’d put the camera down, all scared.

LILGOVERNMENT: Yeah, but the camera gets put down right BEFORE the shots. You think if he was filming the car, he’d watch it drive off.

F0rsaken: Yeah.

LILGOVERNMENT: Then AFTER the shots, put it down.

F0rsaken: Although I do see, in the beginning, there was someone watching them who ran off. But on the news, they said someone drove up in a car in a blue shirt and tie, rolled down the windows and shot him.

 

On true Internet anonymity, VPN tunnels and Tor:

F0rsaken: One thing I’ve learned while securing websites is that nothing can be truly secure.

LILGOVERNMENT: But it has an SSL certificate from GoDaddy!!!

F0rsaken: LMFAO.

LILGOVERNMENT: Worst $12 I never spent.

F0rsaken: The most you can do with a shared web host is make sure you take precautions.

LILGOVERNMENT: ‘123456′ is a good password, right? Lots of numbers. I use that for everything.

F0rsaken: LOL. You’re kidding me, right?

LILGOVERNMENT: Hahahaha.

F0rsaken: I hope you are.

LILGOVERNMENT: Yes!!! I would hope so.

F0rsaken: Thank God. 123456 would take less than ten second crack.

LILGOVERNMENT: I haven’t spent a ton of time on 4chan. Honestly, I need to set up (online anonymity service) Tor, or at least get a VPN (aka Virtual Private Network).

F0rsaken: VPN > Tor. Use swissvpn.com, or strongvpn.com. Those three companies will never sell you out.

LILGOVERNMENT: Better than Tor?

F0rsaken: You should connect to a VPN before you even connect to Tor. Tor is great, don’t get me wrong, but with the recent news updates s to(and I’ve always known this), law enforcement has ways of sniffing out traffic. So, if you’re connecting from your home connection, you should think again. If you connect from a VPN however, you should have nothing to worry about – just make sure that VPN doesn’t store logs.

LILGOVERNMENT: So one of those ones you said…

F0rsaken: Those ones I told you about don’t store logs.

LILGOVERNMENT:

F0rsaken: The best deal is strongvpn.com. Pretty fast as well. You’ll want a logless VPN at the least. If you wanna be ALL-out anonymous, go wireless! Wireless hotspot > VPN > Tor.

LILGOVERNMENT: Being wireless makes a difference? Why?

F0rsaken: Let me explain something to you: did you know that every IP address technically has that person’s file (address/last four digits of SSN/date of birth etc) that the cable companies keep record of, and are able to search? So, if you piss off someone who has money, and you do something against the law, they’ll go and get a subpoena to get your information – technically, if they wanted you badly, they’d subpoena the VPN company.

LILGOVERNMENT: But you’d have to do something pretty fucked up for the VPN company to give anything out, right?

F0rsaken: Oh, definitely. But even then… A Lulzsec member’s information was released, just because he was testing an SQLi vulnerability within the PSN network, using hidemyass.com. If they have no logs, technically, there’s no evidence or any connection logs that are left behind. There are legal issues that come into the picture. where they are forced to keep logs but ONLY for 24 hours. Other than that, VPN’s are 100% secure.

 

 

HACKER VOCAB

DOXING: Compiling and releasing someone’s documents online – name, address, e-mails and other accounts, passwords, personal info/history etc.

SKID/SKIDDIE: Short for ‘script kiddie’ – according to TriCk, “A wannabe hacker who uses tools made by real hackers to accomplish something (usually fame or money)”.

V&: Getting ‘vanned’ is getting a visit from the cops/Feds/etc as a result of your Internet exploits…

 

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