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More than 8,000 usernames and password hashes were leaked by RevolutionSec from the official website of China’s Trade Administration (trade.gov.cn). Cyberwarnews informs that the massive data leak was published on Pastebin in two parts, the hackers, part of Anonymous, claiming that the breach is part of OpChin... |
14 February 2012
11:41 GMT |
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Turkey’s Information Technologies and Communications Authority was breached by Anonymous hackers as part of Operation Digiturk. The operation was launched after the one of the country’s satellite television providers, Digiturk, blocked a couple of blogs that were hosting copyrighted materials.
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14 February 2012
10:33 GMT |
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The conference call between the FBI and the UK Metropolitan Police, leaked by Anonymous a few days ago, didn’t cause concern only among law enforcement agencies. Now, a Sheffield Member of Parliament (MP), David Blunkett, demands an apology after the British agents mocked Sheffield in the call with their US cou... |
13 February 2012
05:32 GMT |
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Distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks are a major concern these days for both companies and major websites, especially if they know they may be targeted by hacktivists. Security solutions provider Radware published a great report on the subject of DDOS attacks, busting some interesting myths and clarifying so... |
12 February 2012
05:21 GMT |
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Even though it was the day in which Anonymous hacktivists usually attack the Federal Bureau of Investigations, this Friday the hackers targeted the official site of the Central Intelligence Agency (cia.gov). After not long ago they temporarily shut down the website of the Department of Homeland Security, Anonymous d... |
11 February 2012
05:33 GMT |
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The Megaupload closure coincided with the start of what was later known as the largest distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack in history, with reports saying that there were around 5,000 individuals, both hackers and simple activists, sending large amounts of packets at sites they considered guilty for the file-... |
10 February 2012
13:41 GMT |
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It’s been a while since Anonymous hackers released their last video in which they threaten some government or a large corporation for corruption acts. Now they return with another one of their classic YouTube videos to threaten the government of the state of Israel.
“Through the use of media deception an... |
10 February 2012
08:13 GMT |
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Anonymous hackers breached the news website of the Boston Police Department (bpdnews.com) as a form of protest against the eviction of protesters of Occupy Boston. Representatives of the BPD retaliated not with brute-force, but with an amusing video that reveals their reactions to the news that the site got hacked.
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10 February 2012
05:22 GMT |
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Even though Stratfor took a lot of measures to prevent any misuse of the information Anonymous hackers obtained from them as a result of the hacking operations from December 2011, some of their customers are not content and they filed a lawsuit against the organization demanding more than $50 million (35 million EUR)... |
8 February 2012
07:21 GMT |
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The latest stunt pulled by Anonymous hacktivists raised a lot of concerns among the FBI and other law enforcement agencies and they admit that cyberattacks may soon become a bigger threat than even terrorist attacks.
According to Mobiledia, FBI’s director Robert Muller admitted in front of the US Senate that t... |
8 February 2012
07:01 GMT |
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Similar to other parts of the world where Anonymous hacktivists show their discontent with the local political regime, protesting against it by hacking and defacing sites, in Egypt the situation is not much different. A lot of government websites keep falling, especially after international Anonymous factions became ... |
7 February 2012
10:55 GMT |
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After a lot of controversy and threats the hackers finally leaked the source code for Symantec’s pcAnywhere product, along with the emails we saw earlier today that contained the conversations between the hackers and the law enforcement representative that helped Symantec in the extorsion case.
The 1.4 gigabyt... |
7 February 2012
08:51 GMT |
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As it turns out, the incident as a result of which hackers managed to obtain the source code of some Symantec products is far from being over, the security solutions provider even requesting aid from a law enforcement agency after the attacker tried to blackmail the company into giving him $50,000 (35,000 EUR) in exc... |
7 February 2012
03:20 GMT |
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While some anti-ACTA protests take place in the real world, some still believe that distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks are the best way to show their disapproval against the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
As a result, French anti-piracy outfit Hadopi and others are named as targ... |
6 February 2012
09:52 GMT |
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Ever since Bashar al-Assad, the president of Syria, started to retaliate against the citizens’ protest in a violent manner, Anonymous hacktivists from all over the world began showing their involvement.
Their latest target is the site of the Ministry of Public Administration, from which they managed to obtain ... |
6 February 2012
09:17 GMT |
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Even though the Romanian faction of Anonymous started their campaigns not long ago, since the beginning of 2012 they have left their mark on many government institutions they consider to be corrupt, their latest target being the website of the Ministry of European Affairs (dae.gov.ro).
The hacktivists managed to gai... |
6 February 2012
08:47 GMT |
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The official website of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was out of service temporarily, Anonymous hackers taking credit for the incident.
RT reports that on Friday, February 3, the DHSs site was taken offline at around 4 PM EST time. The downtime didn’t last long and the website was back on track ... |
4 February 2012
04:26 GMT |
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Just like the famous hacker Kevin Mitnick spied on the FBI agents that were investigating him back in the days when he used to illegally access the networks of phone companies, Anonymous hacktivist obtained a recording of a conference call between FBI agents and UK law enforcement officers.
A Pastebin document reve... |
3 February 2012
10:20 GMT |
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Operation Blitzkrieg, the operation launched by Anonymous against those who spread racist and anti-Semitic messages, continues. The latest target of this op is the official website of the American Nazi Party.
According to Voice of Grey Hat, hackers from the SolSec group, a collective affiliated with Anonymous, defac... |
3 February 2012
08:37 GMT |
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Anonymous hackers managed to gain access to the official website of the Irish government’s Department of Foreign Affairs, obtaining passwords used by employees and officials. Some of the passwords were used to administrate the website Irish Aid, an overseas development program.
According to The Journal, member... |
3 February 2012
06:27 GMT |
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Anonymous Brazil continues its operations against the country’s state and financial institutions, the latest victims being HSBC, Banco Bradesco, Itau and Banco do Brasil, attacked as part of OpWeeksPayment. Currently, Bradesco and Banco do Brasil are up and running normally, the latter stating on its Twitter p... |
3 February 2012
04:22 GMT |
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It’s not news to anyone that Anonymous hackers condemn the practices of the Church of Scientology and now they came forward to reveal that their operation has “reborn.”
The hacktivist accuse the Church of causing the deaths of several of their members and engaging in policies of censorship across t... |
1 February 2012
05:56 GMT |
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Serbia’s currently ruling party, the Democratic Party, has become a target of Anonymous hackers who are displeased with the organization’s way of managing “the current state of affairs.” “We prepare food. We take away garbage. We work in the factory. We safeguard peace of mind. We are l... |
31 January 2012
03:34 GMT |
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Our Hackers around the world series featured a great interview the other day with 13-year-old Australian hacker s3rver.exe, and after hearing his story, we concluded that he may be the youngest hacker in the world, without counting the ones that consider themselves ethical hackers.
For those who don’t know, s3... |
30 January 2012
14:31 GMT |
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After operations against the drug lords from the Zetas cartel were postponed, Anonymous Mexico turned its attention to other problems such as the anti-piracy law currently proposed by the country’s government.
According to RT, the sites of the Senate and the Interior Ministry were temporarily taken offline as ... |
30 January 2012
05:58 GMT |
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A 22-year-old student from Poland was arrested after being suspected of breaching and defacing the official website of the country’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk, as part of the anti-ACTA online protests.
According to VOGH, Lucasz S. was apprehended in the city of Wrocla, but denied having any involvement with t... |
30 January 2012
04:59 GMT |
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Ever since the Megaupload closure, hackers part of the Anonymous collective have been launching distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks against government websites as a form of protest and now, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) released an advisory to help site administrators deal wit... |
30 January 2012
04:39 GMT |
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Prior to the meeting that takes place today in Brussels with NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Romania’s President Traian Basescu revealed in a press conference that the Balkan country could have a great contribution to the cyber defense of member states. “Romania could be an importan... |
30 January 2012
02:25 GMT |
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This week’s interview from our series called Hackers around the world features a 13-year-old hacker from Australia who already made quite an impression on the international hacking scene after breaching Sony Pictures, Zuffa’s Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), and some major government sites.
S3rver.e... |
29 January 2012
09:03 GMT |
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After news got out that the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was signed by 22 European Union member countries, plans to protest intensified, but for now, distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks were replaced with more diplomatic approaches.
Before the agreement was signed Anonymous hacke... |
28 January 2012
06:58 GMT |
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An activist organization called Deep Green Resistance (DGR) is accusing both Stratfor and Texas law enforcement representatives of violating their constitutional rights by spying on their movement and infiltrating the Occupy protest to gather information.
While the massive quantity of information leaked by Anonymous... |
27 January 2012
10:56 GMT |
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Two suspects, aged 26 and 36, were arrested in Paris, France, after being suspected of launching distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks on Electricité de France (EDF), a leading electricity supplier, several times. According to FranceInfo the men are accused of launching attacks on April 20 and April 23... |
27 January 2012
08:09 GMT |
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After Dana White, the president of the Zuffa’s Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), threatened Anonymous calling them cowards, the hacktivist collective responded by breaching the UFC’s official website and defacing it as part of OpUFC. The whole thing started after White publicly revealed support for t... |
27 January 2012
05:25 GMT |
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A piracy law prepared by Ireland, compared by many with the US Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), caused a lot of concern among the country’s Internet users and Anonymous hacktivists have already begun attacking government websites as a form of protest.
According to the Irish Times, distributed denial of service (DDOS) ... |
26 January 2012
10:43 GMT |
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Things are cooling off when it comes to the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), but now another similar agreement, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), may be signed and activist from both online and the real world are preparing to make their voices heard.
While the ... |
26 January 2012
10:16 GMT |
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Markus Persson, aka Notch, has asked those who play his indie hit Minecraft to allow him access to a set of data linked to their gaming sessions, saying that it would allow him to better understand the public who enjoys his game and better tailor future content to their needs.
The developers proposes that gamers all... |
26 January 2012
09:30 GMT |
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In the past few days the Brazilian government and its institutions were highly targeted by hacktivists as part of different operations that were launched for diverse reasons. Since there were so many ops and so many sites were being defaced and hit with distributed denial of service attacks, we’ve decided to go... |
26 January 2012
07:05 GMT |
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After having revealed their support for the protests currently taking place in Romania, hackers part of Anonymous Romania launch an operation against the local government and other organizations they consider to be corrupt. Last week they defaced the website of the Social Services and Child Protection Agency (DGASPC... |
26 January 2012
05:46 GMT |
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A video statement allegedly released by Anonymous on January 23 calls supporters to the continuation of Operation Blackout, appointing the next target as being the popular social media website Facebook. However, official Anonymous channels deny the claims, questioning the clip’s legitimacy. The video looks leg... |
24 January 2012
13:31 GMT |
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OnGuard Online, a website run by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), has been shut down by Anonymous hacktivists as a continuation of the protests that have taken place in the past days. The hackers not only defaced the website, but also leaked some data from their servers, allegedly belonging to the members of th... |
24 January 2012
09:23 GMT |
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A YouTube video reveals that the Twitter account of US Senator Chuck Grassley has been overtaken by an Anonymous supporter who started posting anti-SOPA messages.
“Well, its been fun getting Chuck's account this week, so I better get off. I got nothing better to do since we got a snow day here in Osage,&r... |
24 January 2012
05:34 GMT |
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Anonymous hacktivists revealed their latest operation, OpUkraine, launched against the Ukrainian government and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), the targets being considered responsible for “slaughtering” animals in preparation for the EURO 2012 event. The hackers state that 80,000 dog... |
24 January 2012
04:53 GMT |
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Since Megaupload was shut down, Anonymous hackers and their supporters began launching all sorts of attacks and protests against the US government and authorities. In the past few days, rumors started circulating about a file-sharing site run by Anonymous, raising controversy, but also the curiosity of many. The sit... |
24 January 2012
04:26 GMT |
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After on January 19 they released a video statement to reveal their intentions of going after some major websites such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, United Nations and Capital One Bank if Megaupload were not “reinstated to the Internet,” when Twitter went offline a few hours ago, everyone thought that An... |
23 January 2012
09:16 GMT |
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In continuation of Operation Megaupload, started after US authorities shut down the popular file-sharing site and arrested its administrators, Anonymous hackers targeted CBS, the TV network’s official website, and Universal Music. “Anonymous Deletes CBS.com, Takes Down Universal Music. All in a day'... |
23 January 2012
07:12 GMT |
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Anonymous hackers, as part of operation AntiSec, breached and defaced the website of Romanian Social Services and Child protection Agency (DGASPCGR), located in Giurgiu county, calling it a corrupt organization and threatening to shut it down completely in the next days.
“Dear Romanian Government. Once again y... |
23 January 2012
03:39 GMT |
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Operation Megaupload, the one that started after the world found out that US authorities shut down the popular file sharing Megaupload sites, arresting some of their admins, continues, the latest targets being Warner Bros Record Store and EA, the latter dropping support for SOPA not long ago.
Yesterday we reported... |
21 January 2012
05:04 GMT |
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Since news got out that Megaupload had been closed and some of their administrators arrested, Anonymous hackers called all their supporters to launch massive distributed denial of service attacks against government websites and the ones owned by the media industry and their representatives.
We managed to get in touc... |
20 January 2012
06:08 GMT |
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After news got out that the US Department of Justice (DoJ) took down the Megaupload sites, Anonymous hacktivists became furious and almost immediately initiated what some call the largest attack ever, launching distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against major government and media industry representative web... |
20 January 2012
03:34 GMT |
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A couple of days ago we’ve seen how the protests in Romania are used by cybercriminals to spread their malicious campaigns. At the time, we wrote that unlike in other countries, these Occupy-like movements are not backed up by Anonymous hackers, but this has now changed. The hacktivist collective released a vi... |
19 January 2012
04:24 GMT |
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