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NSA WEBSITE DOWN! Agency’ Site Offline Since Late Friday – Two Twitter Hackers Admit DDoS Attack…
Friday, October 25, 2013 22:38
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NSA.gov has been reported unavailable
globally as of late Friday afternoon, by Blacklistednews and Twitter accounts belonging to people loosely affiliated with the Anonymous hacktivism movement have suggested they are responsible,while a spot check at 02h00 this morning revealed that http://www.nsa.gov/ is back online
Twitter users @AnonymousOwn3r and @TruthIzSexy both were quick to comment on the matter, and implied that a distributed denial-of-service attack, or DDoS, may have been waged as an act of protest against the NSA
(NSA MISSION STATEMENT BELOW)
Allegations that those users participated in the DDoS — a method of over-loading a website with too much traffic — are currently unverified, and @AnonymousOwn3r has previously taken credit for downing websites in a similar fashion, although those claims have been largely contested.
The crippling of NSA.gov comes amid a series of damning national security documentsthat have been disclosed without authorization by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden. The revelations in the leaked documents have impassioned people around the globe outraged by evidence of widespread surveillance operated by the NSA, and a massive “Stop Watching Us” rally is scheduled for Saturday in Washington
The Information Assurance mission confronts the formidable challenge of preventing foreign adversaries from gaining access to sensitive or classified national security information. TheSignals Intelligence mission collects, processes, and disseminates intelligence information from foreign signals for intelligence and counterintelligence purposes and to support military operations. This Agency also enables Network Warfare operations to defeat terrorists and their organizations at home and abroad, consistent with U.S. laws and the protection of privacy and civil liberties.
Executive Order 12333, originally issued 4 December 1981, delineates the NSA/CSS roles and responsibilities. In part, the Director, NSA/Chief, CSS is charged to:
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Collect (including through clandestine means), process, analyze, produce, and disseminate signals intelligence information and data for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes to support national and departmental missions;
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Act as the National Manager for National Security Systems as established in law and policy, and in this capacity be responsible to the Secretary of Defense and to the Director, National Intelligence;
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Prescribe security regulations covering operating practices, including the transmission, handling, and distribution of signals intelligence and communications security material within and among the elements under control of the Director of the National Security Agency, and exercise the necessary supervisory control to ensure compliance with the regulations.
EO 12333 was amended on 31 July 2008 in order to:
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Align EO12333 with the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004;
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Implement additional recommendations of the 9/11 and WMD Commissions;
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Further integrate the Intelligence Community and clarify and strengthen the role of the DNI as the head of the Community;
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Maintain or strengthen privacy and civil liberties protections.
SOURCE: http://www.blacklistednews.com/NSA_site_down_due_to_alleged_DDoS_attack/29846/0/38/38/Y/M.html
