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Anonymous Hacker Group Releases Own Ubuntu Based Distribution

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Anonymous Hacker Group has released their own Ubuntu based distribution named Anonymous OS. It uses Ubuntu 11.10 as base and comes with MATE desktop environment. Many applications useful for Web security and other Anonymous approved apps are pre-installed. Anonymous OS is created for educational purposes and for tightening web security. The group has advised not to use these tools for attacking any web page or some other kind of illegal activities.

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Comments (4)

As if!

Seriously, wasn't the NSA releasing SELinux enough?

Ok, now really seriously, the Anon bunch are so simple to spoof, just say "Anonymous" and how can anyone confirm you're not? Too easy, trust nothing without verification first.

Debian repositories with GPG signing keys have been hacked once, several years ago. No security is perfect.

Now an Ubuntu _theme_ of Anon, and a recommended package list? Sure!
Oh, yeah!!! That's great, ... "Please download and use our distro, and you too can be part of a giant botnet." I wonder how long it'll be before someone notices a discrepancy between the source code and the compiled binaries?!?!
Well, installing it would be pretty educational educational B-P

By the standards of the IT industry, that almost qualifies as truth in advertising. (Missed it by that much.)
And I would dearly love to know how many copies were downloaded...

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