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Student hacker charged for his involvement with Anonymous
- Peter Gibson, a 22-year old student from Hartlepool, England has been charged by British Police for his involvement in the Distributed Denial of Service attacks on payment companies back in December 2010, after they withdrew support for donations being made…
Hackers target government website in protest, release user accounts
- On Sunday, hackers launched an attack against Bay Area Rapid Transit's (BART) website. The hacktivist group, "Anonymous", took control of mybart.org for approximately six hours, defacing their website and publishing the real names, emails, phone numbers, account names and passwords…
Facebook's imminent destruction a hoax?
- According to this Youtube video and a flurry of articles from various news sources around the web, hacktivists from Anonymous have plans to "destroy" Facebook on November 5th, 2011. Despite the alarming news for Facebook users, it may not be…
Weekend tech reading: Anonymous breaches US government sites
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The group known as Anonymous said it hacked into some 70 mostly rural law enforcement websites in the United States, a data breach that at least one local police chief said leaked sensitive information about an ongoing investigation...
Anonymous urges PayPal boycott, LulzSec founder arrested (not?)
- Update (07/28/11 @ 12:40 EST): Various sources are theorizing the arrested suspect may not actually be "Topiary". Despite this, no official statement has been given at this time. Evidence supporting the theory appears to be very conjectural, however, this would not…
Anonymous and LulzSec, "Hello thar FBI," NATO servers breached
- Amidst a flurry of recent press, self-proclaimed hacktivist group, "Anonymous," claims to have acquired 1GB of data after compromising NATO servers via a "simple injection" technique.
FBI raids homes of Anonymous hackers in New York
- The FBI today executed search warrants for computers and computer-related accessories by raiding the homes of three hackers from the infamous hacktivist group Anonymous in New York. More than 10 FBI agents stormed the house of Giordani Jordan in Baldwin,…
Banned from Google+, Anonymous creates Anonplus
- Google has reportedly banned a handful of Anonymous members from Google+ (it's not exactly clear how many accounts were shut down). The hacktivist group likened Google's actions to the stories of activists being banned from Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, as well as…
Apple becomes latest company to be targeted by AntiSec
- A few weeks ago the online 'hacktivist' group Anonymous and members from the now-defunct Lulz Security joined forces under the AntiSec operation (short for anti-security), declaring war against governments and giant corporations in the name of the public good --…
LulzSec, Anonymous launch 'Operation Anti-Security'
- LulzSec issued a statement yesterday avowing its partnership with the hacker collective Anonymous in an open declaration of war against the "freedom-snatching moderators of 2011." Dubbed Operation Anti-Security (#AntiSec), LulzSec called for like-minded individuals to open fire against any government…
Anonymous to NATO: do not challenge us
- The hacker group Anonymous has warned the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) not to challenge it. NATO may have more resources than Anonymous, but the "hacktivist" group clearly believes it would come out victorious in a fight.
Anonymous hacks Iranian government, steals 10,000 emails
- The hacker group Anonymous has hacked into Iranian government servers, specifically targeting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The group managed to steal 10,365 email messages and post them on The Pirate Bay as a 63MB file. Anonymous members even sent…
Sony tells Congress: Anonymous responsible for PSN attack
- A US Congress subcommittee met today to discuss the recent PSN data breach. Airing on C-SPAN, the congressional hearing criticized Sony for its lack of security and its slow response time -- and the company's reputation wasn't aided by the…
GeoHot joins Anonymous' boycott of Sony, asks you to come along
- PlayStation 3 jailbreaker George Hotz, also known as GeoHot, made a joint announcement with Sony today, saying the two parties have settled the lawsuit SCEA against Hotz. In the announcement, GeoHot made a brief statement saying that he never wanted…
Anonymous attacks Sony PlayStation website in support of GeoHot
- The hacker group Anonymous has begun targeting Sony's online Playstation store today; a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack temporarily took down playstation.com (it was down earlier today, then was back up, and is now again down at the time…
Anonymous knocks BMI website offline
- The hackers collectively known as "Anonymous" have struck again, this time targeting the website of Broadcast Music Incorporated. The group reportedly forced BMI.com offline with a large DDoS attack last night. Although the site remains inaccessible as of writing, BMI…
Anonymous hacks security company HBGary for working with FBI
- HBGary Federal, a security company that is helping the FBI track down the hacker group Anonymous, has become a target itself. The group hacked into HBGary's networks and posted archives of some 50,000 e-mails between company executives. The group also…
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