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Hacker Civil War Heats Up

A well known hacker that goes by the moniker "The Jester" also posted research into the identity of a Brazilian hacker -- "Sabu" -- he claims is a leader of Lulzsec. The Jester has also claimed responsibility for taking the Lulzsec website offline this week, something LulzSec scoffed at in a tweet :

"That clown Jester taking credit for other people's work again? Our site has had 24/7 heavy DDoS attempts for weeks."

If all this back and forth is beginning to seem a bit juvenile, perhaps it is. Witness this release from a Team Poison member this week, directed at Lulzsec:

"...we warned you, we told you we do not make empty threats, we gave u 48hrs to secure your ircs yet u failed to do so, instead u posted hashes from public forums and then claimed you doxed us and laughed at the fact that i was 17years old. stop telling yourself that u are hackers..."

And so it continues... Stay tuned.

“Metsubushi – to Crush the Eyes” « Zentai Martial Arts

In the course of carrying out his secret mission, the ninja took great care to see that he was wellarmed for any encounter that threatened to prevent his success or thwart his escape if he (or she) was discovered or faced with possible capture, more often than not the agent was probably outnumbered by the enemy.In order to “equalize” the odds, the ninja had to develop a method that would provide him with time, even if it was only a fleeting moment, so that he could bring into play other ninjutsu techniques that would ensure his safety. Under such conditions was the unique art of metsubushi created The technique of metsubushi (sight removers) involves a very wide range of eye blinders, not just powder-like substances thrown at attackers, dirt, mud, gravel, sand, pebbles, stones, ashes, ground pepper, nettle hairs, oil, water, poison liquids, smoke and explosives are just some of the many ingredients that may be used. Equally wide-ranging and diverse are the containers which these sight removers were carried in: hollowed-out egg shells, nut shells, handheld cannons (sodezatu), bamboo guns (dokadeppo poison gun), scabbards, loaded shuriken and so forth. One particularly interesting and ornate container is called the sokutoku. Often worn around the neck like a decorative pendant, it would not arouse undue suspicion; but in an instant it could be a most effective means of subduing an enemy with a single breath. The hollowed device is usually filled with ground pepperthen plugged with a pencil-thin stopper attached to a thin line.

When attacked the ninja merely brought the sokutoku to his mouth, removed the plug and blew hard into the mouthpiece. A cloud of hot pepper would then spew forth into the assailant’s eyes. During the relatively peaceful Tokugawa period in Japan this device was often used by “police” forces to subdue lawless citizens because its contents would not permanently damage their eyes, yet was more than enough to stop them in their tracks. The object of metsubushi is to make the attacker hesitate, to “take away his sight” however briefly. And in that brief moment-which to the accomplished ninja is more than sufficient time-the ninja has the option of counterattacking or escaping. The latter option often created or reinforced the legendary “mystical” abilities of the ninja to ” disappear”.

The metsubushi techniques can be found in taijutsu (emptyhand defense), goton no jutsu (five ways of escape and concealment) of Moku, Ka, Do, Kin and Sui (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water), the TenChi-Jin sanjupo no jutsu (thirty methods of Heaven, Earth and Man) and other ways of taking advantage of sight or weak points of attackers. These would include methods of head-butting your opponent, poking your finger or snapping a towel in his eyes, or the use of neko te iron claws. Even reflecting the sunlight off a drawn sword blade into the enemy’s eyes is a part of this.

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