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Its activities cannot be anonymized or redirected through proxies.

In this mode, one person has full control of LOIC instances on many user computers so the attack is performed with the use of a voluntary botnet. Commands with target systems and attack details are sent by the attack organizer to this channel. In this mode, the user only connects to an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channel.

For organized DDoS attacks, the application can be used in hivemind mode. The Low Orbit Ion Cannon is very popular because it can be used by someone with minimum technical knowledge. However, a large number of users running LOIC cause the target server to slow down with the processing of legitimate requests because of the unusually high network traffic. A single user running LOIC usually cannot cause a denial of service. LOIC is very simple: it floods a specific IP address with TCP or UDP packets or HTTP requests to a specific port.

Operation Megaupload: An attack on Universal Music Group, the US Department of Justice, and other organizations that were involved in the shutdown of Megaupload (2012).

Operation Payback: An attack on the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, and other organizations that opposed WikiLeaks (2010).

Project Chanology: An attack on the Church of Scientology (2008).

Hacktivists from the 4chan Anonymous group used LOIC in the following attacks:

There is also a JavaScript version (JS LOIC) and a web version (Low Orbit Web Cannon). It has been ported to many operating systems: Linux, OS X, Android, iOS. LOIC is a Windows application that was written in C# and it is currently available as an open-source project on Sourceforge and other platforms. It is used as an attack tool in DoS/DDoS attacks. The Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) is a network stress testing application created by Praetox Technologies.