no that part about people taking things too seriously, was for the 6 intelligence agencies and the fbi reading my blog...

Hey, seven is my favorite number! Yeah, I know what you are talking about. When the shit-storm hit shore, I was more then a little on edge due to the hosts showing up in our web-server logs. It was like a whos-who list of entities concerned with communications infrastructure security. Including a number of hosts that where clearly anonimized...

I figured the best reaction was (and remains) posting good content, sharing opinions, viewpoints, clue, and whatever else we got. Why not? Its like dealing with a vicious dog about to attack. First step is to not show or feel fear, then make your boundaries clear and stand your ground. Unless you exhibit a direct threat, it will either stand down or retreat. At best, you might gain its trust. Woof woof.

From what I've been able to tell, we picked up regular readers in those communities. I don't see many of these hosts going away, but its not like I've been checking at regular intervals.. I simitaniously care and don't care.

I'm either in the eye of the shit-storm, or its almost over...things are looking up...

That's good. Let us all know what we can do to help you out. There isn't exactly a union for people involved in InfoSec/InfoWar research. We have to look out for each other.

I am very proud of you, you stood your ground and did the right thing.

I'm also proud of the reaction from the people around. From when things initially when down to some time after, MemeStreams users were accounting for the majority of the search results in all the various search engines about the situation. We did lead the message in the public forums. We coordinated enough to stagger it out and make sure our message stayed present and in the forefront. We saw the language we were using work its way into mainstream news stories covering it. We corrected/lambasted people showing lack of clue or disseminating incorrect information. In short, everything worked as it should. We waged a decentralized PR campaign, almost completely by reflex. From articles on the net, to flyers passed around Defcon... I hope this had a positive effect. I'm pretty sure that none of "our people" did anything stupid..

There is much that can be learned from this. What was learned from the situation with Billy and Virgil was put into practice here. Next time someone gets screwed with for doing the right thing, we will be even more prepared, our reflexes will be that much better, and our coordination will happen that much easier.

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