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Members engage in such activities as flooding weblogs<ref>. ]. Accessed 2010-08-27.</ref>, producing shock sites<ref name="lm" />, prank-calling technical support telephone lines<ref> . ] Accessed 2010-08-27.</ref>, protesting <ref>. ]. Access 2010-08-28</ref>, and IRC channel disruption<ref name="IRC" /><ref>. ]. Accessed 2010-08-27</ref>. These actions have occasionally interrupted the normal operation of popular websites such as ], even forcing some websites to shut down temporarily. As such, targeted communities generally consider GNAA members a nuisance<ref>. ]. Accessed 2010-08-27.</ref> and frequently respond with technological and social anti-trolling measures such as moderation systems to limit future disruption. Members engage in such activities as flooding weblogs<ref>. ]. Accessed 2010-08-27.</ref>, producing shock sites<ref name="lm" />, prank-calling technical support telephone lines<ref> . ] Accessed 2010-08-27.</ref>, protesting <ref>. ]. Access 2010-08-28</ref>, and IRC channel disruption<ref name="IRC" /><ref>. ]. Accessed 2010-08-27</ref>. These actions have occasionally interrupted the normal operation of popular websites such as ], even forcing some websites to shut down temporarily. As such, targeted communities generally consider GNAA members a nuisance<ref>. ]. Accessed 2010-08-27.</ref> and frequently respond with technological and social anti-trolling measures such as moderation systems to limit future disruption.

== Goatse Security ==
Goatse Security are a group of Internet security professionals founded by the GNAA<ref>. ]. Accessed 2010-08-31.</ref> and made up of GNAA members<ref>. Goatsec. Accessed 2010-08-31.</ref>. Goatse Security attracted mainstream media attention for their disclosure of 114,000 email addresses<ref>. ]. Accessed 2010-08-31.</ref> registered to Apple iPad devices for early adopters of Apple's 3G iPad service. The data was aggregated from AT&T's servers by feeding a publicly available script with HTTP requests containing randomly generated ], which would then return the associated email address.


== References == == References ==

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Gay Nigger Association of America
File:Gnaa.png
AbbreviationGNAA
TypeInternet Trolls
Websitewww.gnaa.eu

The Gay Nigger Association of America, (more commonly known by the acronym GNAA) are a loosely afilliated group of anti-blogging trolls responsible for several high profile internet trolls, as well as software products and security releases. The group maintains a wiki-based site dedicated to commenting on notable internet events and parodying slashdot posts, as well as offering a SVN-based repository known as "Trollforge" for GNAA coding projects

Members engage in such activities as flooding weblogs, producing shock sites, prank-calling technical support telephone lines, protesting , and IRC channel disruption. These actions have occasionally interrupted the normal operation of popular websites such as Slashdot, even forcing some websites to shut down temporarily. As such, targeted communities generally consider GNAA members a nuisance and frequently respond with technological and social anti-trolling measures such as moderation systems to limit future disruption.

Goatse Security

Goatse Security are a group of Internet security professionals founded by the GNAA and made up of GNAA members. Goatse Security attracted mainstream media attention for their disclosure of 114,000 email addresses registered to Apple iPad devices for early adopters of Apple's 3G iPad service. The data was aggregated from AT&T's servers by feeding a publicly available script with HTTP requests containing randomly generated ICC-IDs, which would then return the associated email address.

References

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  2. Very Ugly Bug at BarackObama.com. TechCrunch. Accessed 2010-08-27.
  3. Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Screenshots?. MacRumors. Accessed 2010-08-27.
  4. MacInDell Part Quatre - The Ruby Goldmine. Gizmodo. Accessed 2010-08-27.
  5. TWiT 44: Hacked TWiT. Accessed 2010-08-27
  6. The Liberation of Freenode, Part 13 Accessed 2010-08-27.
  7. ^ Last Measure. Last Measure. Accessed 2010-08-27
  8. ^ Firefox-based attack wreaks havoc on IRC users The Register. Accessed 2010-08-27
  9. GNAA unveils new wiki-based corporate website GNAA. Accessed 2010-08-27.
  10. Trollforge GNAA. Accessed 2010-08-27.
  11. Julia Allison's Blog Is Hacked. Gawker. Accessed 2010-08-27.
  12. Extreme Humor. Sepia Mutiny Accessed 2010-08-27.
  13. Twitter Protest. Asylum. Access 2010-08-28
  14. Firefox Bug Used to Harass Entire IRC Network. Softpedia. Accessed 2010-08-27
  15. Second Life's "Patriotic Nigras" deconstructed. BoingBoing. Accessed 2010-08-27.
  16. Ao entrar em site de operadora, era possível obter e-mails de usuários.. Rede Globo. Accessed 2010-08-31.
  17. Goatse Security Members. Goatsec. Accessed 2010-08-31.
  18. Apple's Worst Security Breach: 114,000 iPad Owners Exposed. Gawker. Accessed 2010-08-31.