Longcat Crusade

Longcat Crusade

Date	2007
Target	Subeta
Casus belli	Stolen memes
Result	Victory : Domain destroyed

IRC
/i/ 1
/i/ 2

DDoS

PsyOps

Ruin Life Tactics

The Longcat crusade began after Subeta, a bastion of furfaggotry, stole the beloved Longcat. What followed was a month and a half long siege of Subeta by elements of (at least some) 2chan, 4chan's /b/, 7chan's /i/, 420chan's /i/, 11chan's /i/, and others. The crusade initially culminated with the capitulation of the Subeta owner, Keith, the removal of longcat, and a lengthy apology to both his users and the chans.

Timeline

March 17, 2004

Keith Kurson starts a virtual pet site called Subeta.org. Many rabid fans claim there is NOTHING similar between Subeta and Neopets, but the rest of the logical world, including Neopet's attorneys, thought otherwise.

April 25, 2007

The post heard 'round the world

Keith makes Longcat as an available item on his page Subeta.org. A fellow anon posts the alert on 4chan's /b/.

The alert thread grows and anon decides to flood Subeta to complain about the incident. After taunting posts made by Keith on the Subeta home page like this:

Anon is enraged and Raep and JMeter attacks increase.

All threads about raids on Subeta are quickly removed by moot of 4chan, and raid headquarters is restationed at 420chan's /i/nvasion board.

Subeta attacks

Subeta poorly attempts a lame DoS attack on 420chan, even going so far as to state, "give it up you stupid niggers, the longcat stays" in Subeta's source code:

Gasp! He forgot to capitalize Longcat! Outrage continues to grow.

   HAR HAR Kirtaner!Ub4TCdRjOM 07/04/25(Wed)13:12 No.36083
   I just blocked a DDoS attempt that came from 3 IPs, quickly blocked.
   75.126.139.59
   75.126.139.60
   75.126.139.58
   Going to http://anonym.to/http://75.126.139.60/ reveals a site.

Probes of the originating IP reveal Subeta as the origin. Intelligence operations against site begin, revealing owner and address (initally thought accurate, later updated). IRC command post activated, though it runs into problems as security concerns result in mass b&s. 420chan thread becomes de facto alternate command post.

Account info released

Using account info released three months earlier due to flimsy Subeta security measures, anon basically rapes Subeta from the inside using a 200k password list released to Anonymous. Subeta counters by demanding reset of all passwords. Admins deny attack against 420chan. xchan raep and jmeter attacks continue. Attempts against user email, myspace, blogs, etc. begin using Subeta password list.

April 26, 2007

Testing the waters

Subeta begins to go down 1-2 times per hour. Raep and jmeter continue. Botnets/scripts released as available. Subeta taunts.

Subeta makes ridiculing post on front page.

   Anonymous003!FzkHkvqY4s 07/04/26(Thu)23:12 No.37242
   hey guyz... guyz... listen guyz... they want moar
   "We've been having some troubles all day today (nothing we can't handle), so to make up for it,
   the Donation Center has been filled with special items! The longcats are especially abundant."

moot's out

All threads about raids on Subeta are quickly removed by moot of 4chan, and raid headquarters are re-stationed at 420chan's /i/nvasion board for instructions.

April 27, 2007

Working down the structure

Intelligence begins targeting Subeta admins. Two identified in PW list -- email, myspace, and other accounts attacked and overtaken. Fansites are also targeted.

PsyOps, GO!

PsyOps begin; Subeta IRC infiltrated. Keith taunts Anonymous again.

   Alex Wuori 07/04/27(Fri)18:07 No.37701
   Anonymityisfun (23:02:39): Well, you know what day tomorow is, right? That's when /b/ will be in full force if anything.
   "Keith Faggot" (23:02:52): It's caturday!
   "Keith Faggot" (23:03:02): We've got a whole slate of longcat items to release.
   "Keith Faggot" (23:03:09): along with his arch nemesis and speedycat. :]

More IRC

Second IRC command post established at quakenet. Attempts to rally support from 2chan begin.

Enemy identified

Keith's real home address and PayPal information identified. Also, admins.

April 28, 2007

"Maintenance"

Subeta goes down...probably for scheduled maintenance. Comes back up 30 mins later and is besieged. Web page goes down hard 20 minutes later...servers still up, so raep continues. Subeta claims (on their "down for maint page") that the chans are having no effect, despite clear evidence to the contrary. Message is adjusted 15 minutes later to include a taunting reference to longcat.

"Our database upgrade is almost complete. ALso for all the 4chan fans out there, we has this on our webpage for the last couple hours. learn to read. Your EPIC WIN, is our downtime to install more database nodes. gg"

Right. That's why your server has all its threads tied up in write cycles.

The next update on Subeta's front page:

"Our database upgrade is almost complete. All the extra LOOOOOGCATS forced us to upgrade to hold them all! Also for all the 4chan fans out there, we had this on our webpage for the last couple hours. learn to read. Your EPIC WIN, is our downtime to install more database nodes. gg"

More downtime

An hour and a half later, the Subeta servers go down hard.

   75.126.139.60:
   Ping #1: * [No response]
   Ping #2: * [No response]
   Ping #3: * [No response]
   Ping #4: * [No response]

MysticalSubeta

MysticalSubeta draws the kind attention of Anonymous while Subeta is down.

   Eric Bauman 07/04/28(Sat)04:12 No.38214
   Mystical Subeta shoutbox.
   Brenton: You fools do realise you'll never bring Subeta down? You can keep trying, but keith will just keep upgrading the site again and again and again, 2007-04-28 7:26 AM
   Little Dude: OMG! Theres like a billion idiots bragging about Subeta being down on here whats the big deal! 2007-04-28 7:32 AM
   Brenton: Littledude, people from 4chan and the such have been trying to get Subeta to die, completely, because they hate petsites. 2007-04-28 8:00 AM
   Brenton: They've also done some other things, which I dont want to make public. they suck though, that can be public. 2007-04-28 8:01 AM

MysticalSubeta forum raep

"Brenton," the owner/admin at MysticalSubeta, taunts Anonymous. Push button, receive raep. Forum raep commences. However, Anonymous sets its sights a little higher for Mr. Brenton.

   Alex Wuori 07/04/28(Sat)06:26 No.38260
   >>38257
   IN ADDITION, Brenton the admin had this to say to me.
   "Am i supposed to be scared?
   Haha, keith hosts mee, and my bandwidth is unlimited. fuckhead."
   Im not after bandwidth.

MysticalSubeta annihilated

Anonymous gains access to MysticalSubeta in toto and rages as only anonymous can. Forums are remamed, images replaced, anonymous FTP access is opened, JB folders are filled.

A contributor sent this e-mail to Brenton (admin of the forums at time of first invasion):

"Hi Brenton!

You may remember me as EricBawwwwwwwman from your forums?

Anyway, I told you this could have all been avoided. You know.. your website and all?

You don't know what's going on? Oh.. Let me give you a rundown of tonights events!

We started spamming your forums early on - warning you of what was to come. You refused to cooperate and instead mocked us. Spamming intensified and two hours later your forum was hacked. Background images were replaced and moderator forums unlocked. Guest accounts were enabled next and images were replaced with scat. Next a new subdomain was set up and copious amounts of child pornography was uploaded (http://anonym.to/http://www.mysticalsubeta.info/Jailbait) and your homepage was redirecting people to ebaumsworld.com. Next shit hit the fan and forums were deleted, your site was deleted and ultimately in the end, taken down completely. Brenton this could have all been avoided - actually.. no! It couldn't have. Anyway Brenton, I sent you this email to let you know that Subeta.org has been taken down along with your furfag fansite MysticalSubeta.info and you are now famous. Yep! Famous! ED will be updated shortly and you will be known throughout the interbutts as the biggest asshat admin ever.

GJ.

Enjoy your night and have another beer for me ;)

EricBawwwwwwwman"

Paranoia

Keith realizes that Anonymous has PsyOps in his IRC and starts banning everyone he doesn't recognize.

SubetaDesigned

SubetaDesigned is identified. Shoutbox and image raep begins immediately.

   Anonymous 07/04/28(Sat)12:19 No.38420
   http://anonym.to/http://www.subetadesigned.com/main.php
   The truest form of furfaggotry, I mean, just look at that "ready for anal" banner.
   I propose we attack everything Subeta! Maybe scorning their name will make them wise up.

Keith in IM

Anonymous gets Keith into chat on AIM. He confirms the attacks that he and his admins have been denying have been occurring.

   Kirtaner 07/04/28(Sat)17:16 No.38600
   [16:10] Poe4023: idk, it just seems super duper convenient that your site went down right after we started raping it
   [16:10] Poe4023: and stealing your members accounts and pixel monies
   [16:10] TrendyisIN: ... started? XD
   [16:10] TrendyisIN: They started three days earlier.
   [16:10] TrendyisIN: We upgraded RAM because we had record users online.
   [16:10] TrendyisIN: Thursday was the worst attack, friday was nothing.
   [16:10] Poe4023: hmm i wonder y there were more
   [16:10] TrendyisIN: omg lyk me 2!
   [16:11] TrendyisIN: There were more because Neopets changed thieer layout, and we had a longcat giveaway.
   [16:11] TrendyisIN: only about 100 of them were morons from 4chan.
   [16:11] Poe4023: LOL
   [16:11] Poe4023: oh man your funny
   [16:11] Poe4023: i like u
   [16:11] TrendyisIN: Like I said, you posted the images you were attacking.
   [16:11] TrendyisIN: Do you think it's difficult to figure out your IPs?
   [16:11] TrendyisIN: You're not intelligent, or a group.
   [16:11] Poe4023: LOL
   [16:11] TrendyisIN: We have people in your IRC channel.
   [16:11] TrendyisIN: We have people stalking your boards.
   [16:11] Poe4023: omfg lol
   [16:11] Poe4023: LOL
   [16:11] TrendyisIN: We have mods deleting your boards.
   [16:11] TrendyisIN: You aren't brilliant, you're all sheep.
   [16:12] Poe4023: omg stop... just omg i cant breath
   [16:12] Poe4023: so funny

MySquirrel

Subeta returns, and includes taunting messages in its main page source code. In said message, Subeta denies the claim that that it was a "kernal failure" and switches to "mySQL failure as a result of memory upgrade."

   Anonymous003!FzkHkvqY4s 07/04/28(Sat)18:17 No.38650
   >>38644
   sup /b/, /i/
   no, this isn't your doing. mysql server failed to come back up after a memory upgrade.
   having a good caturday?
   btw, thanks for making us super-popular!
   from us to you, with lots of furry love and kisses <3,
   Subeta
   p.s. longcat wanted us to send you this message:
   dear old friends at the chans,
   Subeta has helped me to finally get in touch with my inner fursona.
   i'm happy here
   please let me stay
   ~~longcat (longer than ever!)

Keith's taxes

Smart anonymii do some math and figure out that Keith is fudging his taxes. Letter writing campaign to the IRS begins.

   Hal Turner 07/04/28(Sat)20:07 No.38792
   >>38772
   im writting up the info on keith and his suspected income.
   keith i hope you are reading this, you ARE getting reported. if we could report hal to the FBI,
   we can report YOU to the IRS. also remember guys, reporting people to the IRS can be anonymous,
   so dont let that stop you from sending a happy letter to the happy folks at audit town. im sure
   they will love to hear about keiths many donations from his large userbase.

SubetaDesigned annihilated

SubetaDesigned is finally destroyed.

   Xavier von Erck 07/04/28(Sat)23:44 No.38966
   Subetadesigned.com
   Go take a look at their homepage

April 29, 2007

Longcat LiveJournal

Subeta changes their source code message. Still taunting. Still inflammatory.

The infamous Longcat is Looooooooong LiveJournal is posted and creates IMMENSE outrage. It is unknown whether it was truly created by Keith or if it was a fabrication. Nonetheless, it was a reflection of Keith's attitude and only served to bolster the population's interpretation of his cocky ego.

   Kirtaner 07/04/29(Sun)03:43 No.39153
   sup /b/, /i/?
   longcat got a livejournal since he came here
   visit it!
   http://anonym.to/http://loooooooongcat.livejournal.com/

Rotting from within

Subeta members begin to get wary...begin to leave. Raep continues.

   Laura 07/04/29(Sun)14:50 No.39526
   Hilarious. He is asking for it.
   In addition to his bandwidth bill being high, his members are getting scared and starting to leave. Win-win situation here.
   Double the attacks.

More lies and excuses

Keith places awkward "explanation" of sorts on the main page. Explains that 4chan and 420chan are out to get them because of Longcat, yet fails to explain reasons for system downtime, or reveal the taunting in the source code.

   Kirtaner 07/04/29(Sun)17:39 No.39656
   By now -- if you don't know already -- there's a bit of a war going on in the beautiful, usually peaceful land of Subeta. Why, you ask? The answer to that is simple. We'll take the time, now, to explain it to you as best we can.

Afterwards

What followed was a siege and raep that seemed never to cease. The raep carried over into Gaia Online, and many Subeta users found themselves sans Gaia accounts after the release of several thousand usernames and passwords. Then anon from 420 chan managed to hack the sites domain and replace the sites main page with a picture of the prince of bell air box set. The destruction finally culminated in Keith conceding defeat and taking down Longcat. By the terms of the surrender, he was also to post an apology, which he did. The wording of the apology was in some dispute, but finally was to anon's liking. Most combatants stood down at this time.

The Destruction

The destruction of the domain itself, as well as the acquisition of all of Keith's personal sites and email occurred some time after Epic Win had been declared. Anon does not forgive nor forget, and several anons acquired access to emails and sites resulting in the deletion of Keith's domains.