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This is part three of three on Bank of America. The leaked documents not only showed us what the Bank was really doing but also showed us how far the right wing will go protect their interests at the expense of real Americans.
We are back with more on the Bank of America and the banking crisis. In the first part of this story, we spent a lot of time talking about HBGary and HBGary Federal - computer security companies whose website and network were pretty much destroyed by internet attacks. The group called Anonymous was fighting back when they found out that HBGary was using them to get publicity. In the process, the world found out what else HBGary was doing inside their company and their high profile client, the Bank of America.
This is where HBGary finally comes in. When the group Anonymous read their internal emails, they found out that HBGary was doing more than just computer security. They were using their computers to make false identities on the internet... a large number of false identities whose job it was to loudly and publicly defend the Bank of America. They hoped a fake grassroots campaign of support from a large number of seemingly indepenent people would drown out any public outcry against them...
learn more: http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2011/0314/Bank-of-America-accused-by-anonymous-website-of-hiding-data
listen to other episodes as they are released at Right Wing Extremists vs Real Americans - http://septicradio.com/rightwingextremist.php
Music: Constancy Part Two, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
A production of Septic Radio -- septicradio.com
A production of Septic Radio.
By This is part three of three on Bank of America. The leaked documents not only showed us what the Bank was really doing but also showed us how far the right wing will go protect their interests at the expense of real Americans.
We are back with more on the Bank of America and the banking crisis. In the first part of this story, we spent a lot of time talking about HBGary and HBGary Federal - computer security companies whose website and network were pretty much destroyed by internet attacks. The group called Anonymous was fighting back when they found out that HBGary was using them to get publicity. In the process, the world found out what else HBGary was doing inside their company and their high profile client, the Bank of America.
This is where HBGary finally comes in. When the group Anonymous read their internal emails, they found out that HBGary was doing more than just computer security. They were using their computers to make false identities on the internet... a large number of false identities whose job it was to loudly and publicly defend the Bank of America. They hoped a fake grassroots campaign of support from a large number of seemingly indepenent people would drown out any public outcry against them...
learn more: http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2011/0314/Bank-of-America-accused-by-anonymous-website-of-hiding-data
listen to other episodes as they are released at Right Wing Extremists vs Real Americans - http://septicradio.com/rightwingextremist.php
Music: Constancy Part Two, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
A production of Septic Radio -- septicradio.com
A production of Septic Radio.