Over the past months, there have been quite a few hack-attacks from someone using the handle DoktorBass. Some of his attacks have stirred up fuss, the most recent I blogged on Wednesday - a strike last weekend at some Faroe Islands sites.
Following those attacks, DoktorBass disabled his Facebook page, which was a main outlet for the attacks, and released this statement explaining why he's "leaving the anonymous scene" (it also indicates a few things about himself!):
"Well, I give up. Honest to God, this is the end of my hacking / anonymous days. I just can't take it anymore.
I fight for what i believe should be done, and there are other "anonymous" people saying that i shouldn't. They say that Anonymous doesn't give two shits about whaling. Well I do. I am Anonymous and i am against whaling, does that mean i shouldn't fight to stop it? Well if you were one of the people that said i shouldn't be wasting my time with whaling, i do not call you Anonymous. I call you stupid and ignorant. Never tell someone they can't fight for their beliefs.
To the Faroe Islands residents, i am sorry if you got caught up in all this. I am still opposed to whaling, but i would like to apologize for what i've done to your small yet traditional community. (A lot of you also requested a written apology, well here you go.) I hope that you all get back into your daily routine, and that you, in time, stop whaling. You won't i know, but it feels better to hope for an end of it. I am sorry for all the trouble i have caused, and pray for your forgiveness. Same with all those other Scandinavian people who were offended by what i did.
If you were compromised during this event, i am deeply sorry for it. If your website was hacked, i hope you also plan to patch the SQL injectable holes in your websites, so no one else gives you any trouble. I have deleted the leaked data, the dox will remain because it is not my work, and it is entirely legal.
To the Prime minister of the Faroe Islands, if you ever see this, i apologize in general to your nation, i am aware whaling is legal in your country. To the people who wasted hours of their lives arguing with me, i hope you're happy and proud, because you won.
From here i will go back to the old days when i used to enjoy programming. But believe me when i say i hacked for more reasons than activism. To me hacking was an anti-depressant, and was addictive at times. I do it at school, at home, whenever i have the opportunity i am picking out SQL injectable targets and exploiting them, but i'm stopping as of tonight. It's hazardous to my health anyway i suppose.
To any police/security agencies watching me, i apologize for my actions and all the damage they have done.
To the other people working with me on #OpHarpoon, i'm sorry for abandoning you like this. At least i got you all the media attention you needed, but you will have to find yourselves another willing hacker. Also to everyone that didn't know, I AM NOT LEADING #OpHarpoon. I am merely the hacker in all this, i didn't choose the Faroe Islands as a target, i didn't choose whalers as a target, i did what i was supposed to do: get all the media i could. And i succeeded with the leak reaching the top-trended paste in one day with 12,000 views. It's gone now though, so no point looking it up.
To all the people i have befriended over my 8 month's with Anonymous, i'm sorry for doing this, and i'm aware of my usefulness, but it has to be done. I can't continue this anymore.
To everyone else i hacked throughout my 8 month spree, i am sorry for my actions, and hope you will forgive me.
Sincerely,
DoktorBass
There're indications that this teenage schoolboy had depression, no social life, and used on-line vandalism as a release. He may been in over his head as, just a few days prior, he posted this apology on his site, regarding something else he'd created:
"Right. I've made a mistake obviously. I feel very guilty now about dumping that site, i shouldn't have done it. It was a site promoting women's rights in Africa for fuck's sake. I'm meant to be supporting that. I'm not sure what i was thinking but i can truthfully say im a fuckwit. Young and stupid. I'm righting (sic) them a formal apology."
At this stage, his #OpHarpoon document containing multiple targets remains up, but his list of other sites he's proudly hit is now missing many of those I cited last Wednesday!
"It's hazardous to my health anyway i suppose" - as I warned, I suspect the Men In Black dropped by for a little chat...
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