Anonymous and LulzSec coordinate global anti-PayPal movement

Marking a change from the usual DDoS attacks, hacking and other tactics, Anonymous and LulzSec have issued a call to their legion of supporters, asking them to close their PayPal accounts as a act of protest.

In an “official communique from Anonymous and Lulz Security in the name of AntiSec“, they cited the recent global arrest of a number of alleged Anonymous operatives and the continued denial of PayPal to allow donations to Wikileaks as reasons for the “operation”.

In recent weeks, we’ve found ourselves outraged at the FBI’s willingness to arrest and threaten those who are involved in ethical, modern cyber operations… In addition to this horrific law enforcement incompetence, PayPal continues to withhold funds from WikiLeaks, a beacon of truth in these dark times.

In the first few hours that the operation ran, its hashtag, #oppaypal, shot up Twitter’s Trending Topics. At the time of writing it was the second most tweeted topic.

The response from supporters of the hacktivists spread beyond expressions of support.

Supporters answered the communique’s request for those who have shut down their Paypal accounts to post screengrabs of their accounts being closed onto Twitter.

According to tweets from Anonymous Twitter accounts, “a few hundred” [PayPal] accounts had been closed and the group expects more than “9000 accounts to be closed in the next week”.

Anonymous also claimed to have spoken with “someone close to PayPal” who allegedly informed the group that within the first few hours of the operation more than 20 000 accounts were closed. However, speaking to Memeburn, a PayPal spokesperson denied this saying, “We haven’t seen any changes to our normal operations (including account opening and closing)”.

In a series of tweets before markets opened, Anonymous indicated that it expected its operation to have an effect on PayPal parent company eBay’s stock-price, and by close of trade, eBay’s stock on the Nasdaq had dropped by more than three percent.

Screengrab from Google Finance

In a tweet when markets first opened, Wikileaks referred to to the drop in eBay’s stock-price as a “stock crash” worth US$93-million. Overall however, for various reasons it was the worst day for US markets in eight weeks, Reuters reported.

Though both Anonymous and LulzSec claim that their previous tactics, being “peaceful protests” are acceptable, this is the first legal operation by the groups. Anonymous has promised a “special surprise” for PayPal.

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http://twitter.com/dunnyone Steven
Yeah, means it’s the wrong IPSW.
My First Attempt
But this is what mentioned by you. Please let me know the correct version so that I can give another try. I have used 5.0 till now on 3GS.
http://twitter.com/dunnyone Steven
http://appldnld.apple.com/iPhone4/041-3307.20111109.5tGhu/iPhone2,1_5.0.1_9A405_Restore.ipsw
that is a link to the source IPSW from Apple itself. If that does not work, nothing will.
My First Attempt
I am restoring factory setting which will give 5.0.1 in any case and will try to JB again. Hope this works?
Justan
last time i jailbroke my iphone 4 ios 5.0.1 9A405, which was a few days ago, everything went well. I’ve jailbroken my 3gs i had before and all was well, but when i jailbroke this one the other day, everything finished correctly i was able to get cydia up and running. but then i installed app sync for ios 5.0+ and then restarted my phone and it was frozen on the apple screen for ever. What does that mean, also should note that last time i jailbroke it with “whitesnow” i think is the program name
Zac_west
Finally got one of th 5.0 ipsw file to work properly, so jailbreak successful!! Now redsnow says invalid baseband when I click iPad basband. I don’t really want to go to the 6.15 bb but need to unlock for t mobile. Any suggestions or alternate methods of unlock?
damienstarr
ok thats what im doing but im getting the message your phone does not support untethered option and then redsnow just quits on me even though im trying to do it tethered
San
I get all the way to the White Cydia icon then perform the “Just Boot” method and it ends up telling me “Unrecognizable”
dyako
my iphones version is 5.0.1 how can jail break it
Gahondadude
Worked Just fine for me, THANKS!!!!!!
http://twitter.com/dunnyone Steven
Does it say that when you try to access Cydia? Which IPSW did you use? Which phone do you have?
http://twitter.com/dunnyone Steven
Read my guide
Mack
Mack again. So I still get nothing but ‘Waiting for Reboot”. I have restored my iPhone twice, entered DFU mode EXACTLY when it tells me to, even redownloaded Redsn0w. Its a no go. Help me!
Rokikrajnc
i have a white cydia app….what should i doo !?
please answer
http://twitter.com/dunnyone Steven
you need to select the correct IPSW in “choose IPSW” and then “just boot”.
http://twitter.com/dunnyone Steven
you need to select the correct IPSW in “choose IPSW” and then “just boot”.
http://twitter.com/dunnyone Steven
you need to select the correct IPSW in “choose IPSW” and then “just boot”.
http://twitter.com/dunnyone Steven
If you are having to convert it, you are doing it wrong as they say. BBW is a video format?
San
It says that once I get the Cydia icon on my phone and try to perform the tethered boot….it tells me Unrecognizable. My phone is an iPhone 4 CDMA version and is running iOS 5.0.1. I downloaded iOS 5.0 and used that file to jailbreak.
http://twitter.com/dunnyone Steven
Hey, I aim to please
Donmurph
hi
ive tryed many times to unlock my iphone 4 (5.0.1 and firmware 4.11.08) i even payed for the jailbreaking software and still couldnt use the phone so highly frustrated at this point. now i have come across this article. im a complete novice at this stuff and dont quite understand what this means
“Next, grab the iOS 5 IPSW (iPhone software) for either the iPhone 4 or the iPhone 3GS. This will be used to create a custom hack of the iOS firmware. RedSn0W, the weirdly named hacking software won’t run iOS 5.0.1 firmware, so iOS 5 has to be used.”
explain please?had the phone for the past 2 months coming on 3 and just mite sell it.
AD
I have an Iphone 4s iOs 5.0.1. Each time I insert my Sim card it says no service and sometimes invalid sim. Pls, I really need you help to enable my sim. I’m in Liberia, West Africa.
my email: adolphuspaye@yahoo.com.
On Facebook, I’m Adolphus S. Paye or Facebook.com/AD4LIFE
http://twitter.com/dunnyone Steven
you need to unlock your carrier. That’s an easy process, but one that I haven’t written about yet. Did you turn off 3G before you installed ultrasn0w? That’s an important step… With ultrasn0w, any sim from any country should work. If nothing, restore the phone and start again.