14 DAY TRIAL // Anonymous has taken issue with HBGary's actions again and publicly released an additional 27,000 emails stolen during its hacking of the company's network and servers.
A week ago, members of the hacktivist group compromised systems belonging to HBGary and HBGary Federal, two separate, but related companies, after they threatened to expose Anonymous leaders.
HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr made the mistake of bragging in the press that he infiltrated the group and discovered the real identities of its high ranking members.
In response Anonymous hacked into the company's servers and stole tens of thousands of confidential emails which it subsequently released onto the Internet.
The leaked emails belonged to Aaron Barr (16,906), HBGary Federal President and COO Ted Vera (12,134) and HBGary Principal Consultant Phil Wallisch.
After HBGary president Penny C. Leavy went into the group's online chat and spoke with the hackers, they decided against publishing 27,606 emails belonging to the company's co-founder Greg Hoglund.
However, the group changed its mind after the company published a statement saying it is working with law enforcement to find the criminals who broke into its systems and suggested that Anonymous falsified some of the released data.
"Greg Hoglund, COO of HBGary, thought it wise to push forth that legal action is being taken to bring down Anonymous. Let's not forget that the first time you tried to do something like this, we did not overlook it, and we are not overlooking it now," the group said in a message attached to the newly leaked emails.
Moreover, all of the emails were published on a special website which has a search feature. The site, which is over 9 GB in size, has already been mirrored several times, making it more resilient to takedown requests.