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AntiSec Hackers Claim to Have Taken Down Microsoft Europe Website

While the Redmond-based technology company Microsoft was pretty busy letting the world know that its Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet will go on sale in February, administrators of Microsoft’s European website have been trying to fix a major outage during this whole time. AntiSec hackers from AnonymousSquadNo.035&...

23 January 2013
08:13 GMT

Credit Card Details of 13 US Officials Leaked in Response to Barrett Brown’s Arrest

Barrett Brown, journalist and self-proclaimed Anonymous spokesperson,  was arrested yesterday while chatting with other activists. In response to the arrest, AntiSec hacktivists - presumably those who leaked the Apple UDIDs – have published what they claim to be the details of a number of 13 US government ...

14 September 2012
02:53 GMT

Anonymous Insists 12 Million UDIDs Were Stolen from the FBI, Not BlueToad

Hacktivists insist that the 12 million Apple UDIDs they got their hands on have been actually stolen from the FBI, as they have claimed in the first place, not BlueToad, the company that came forward taking the blame for the incident. “We have strong reason to believe this company Blue Toad are liars. But even...

13 September 2012
08:03 GMT

BlueToad: AntiSec Stole Those iOS UDIDs from Us, Not from the FBI

Florida-based publishing company BlueToad says it is the hacking victim of AntiSec, the anonymous group that claimed to be in the possession of 3TB (terabytes) of data allegedly extracted from an FBI laptop. A while ago, we reported on AntiSec’s “feat” of obtaining 12 million Apple device names and...

11 September 2012
03:40 GMT

Apple Banning the Use of UDID in iOS 6, Following AntiSec Leak

The FBI has refuted AntiSec’s claims that it had tracked 12 million iOS UDIDs (unique device identifiers), following the leak of one million such device IDs into the wild. Apple has now done the same, adding that iOS 6 will no longer use this type of device identification. In a statement offered to All Things ...

6 September 2012
07:51 GMT

UDID Search Indicates That Obama’s iPad Was Tracked by the FBI

According to PasteHTML, US President Barack Obama is one of the people whose iOS UDID (unique device identifier) got leaked as the result of an attack by AntiSec earlier this week. The hackers allegedly broke into an FBI laptop and downloaded roughly 12 million iOS IDs, as well as information that can link the data ...

5 September 2012
08:47 GMT

FBI Says AntiSec Got Their iOS UDIDs Somewhere Else

The FBI has released a statement to the press saying it is “aware of published reports alleging that an FBI laptop was compromised and private data regarding Apple UDIDs was exposed.” They’re denying any involvement in such events. “At this time there is no evidence indicating that an FBI lap...

5 September 2012
04:18 GMT

Anonymous Group Holds Data on 12 Million iPhones, iPads and Their Owners, from the FBI

Hackers and hacker groups are always trying to outdo each other and always trying to grab attention, so everything they say should be taken with a grain of salt. That said, there have been so many breaches at so many places with hilariously bad security practices that there's not much that will surprise us as th...

4 September 2012
03:57 GMT

Hackers Leak 1 Million iPhone / iPad UDIDs into the Wild

Antisec, a well-known group of hackers, broke into an FBI laptop and downloaded a list of 12 million iPhones complete with UDIDs (unique device identifier), of which 1 million got leaked out. The hacker group has reportedly released a dump of 1 million unique identifiers from iOS devices late last night. The hackers...

4 September 2012
02:50 GMT

Blizzard.com.ua Hacked by Anonymous, 19,100 Accounts Leaked

Blizzard.com.ua – a Ukrainian website dedicated to Blizzard games fans – has been breached by hackers operating under the Anonymous and AntiSec banners. “About time you get you Content Management Systems updated son?!” they wrote next to the data leak sample. This indicates that the attacke...

30 August 2012
03:48 GMT

AntiSec Hackers Leak Over 1,500 Records from GlobalCerts Databases

GlobalCerts (GlobalCerts.net), a firm that offers secure messaging and other similar solutions, is apparently the victim of a hack. A hacker called Stun (57UN), working under the Anonymous and AntiSec banners, claims to have breached the company’s systems. The file he published online contains around 1,600 na...

27 August 2012
10:58 GMT

AntiSec Hackers Reveal Security Holes in the UK’s NHS

A group of hackers called k0detec that describes itself as a “fraction of the Anonymous faction that is AntiSec” claims to have found major vulnerabilities in systems owned by the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS). The hackers whose location is spread out across the United States, UK a...

1 June 2012
03:55 GMT

FBI Investigates Lake County Sheriff’s Office Hack

The Federal Bureau of Investigations is currently analyzing the breach that affected the Lake County Sheriff’s Office in Florida, the Sun Sentinel informs. As a result of the breach, the organization’s website was shut down for three days and all the employees were requested to change their passwords to ...

7 May 2012
03:44 GMT

AntiSec Hackers Steal 40 GB of Data from Lake County Sheriff's Office

A massive 40 gigabytes worth of files have been stolen by Anonymous hackers operating under the AntiSec banner from the internal networks of Lake County Sheriff's Office (LCSO.org) in Florida. “More evidence that the illegitimate justice system protects their own, who get away with rampant corruption and...

27 April 2012
21:15 GMT

Hackers Around the World: A Romanian Cart Full of Lulz

The Romanian black hat known as Lulzcart, one of the most wanted hackers of the country, has accepted to take part in this week’s Hackers around the world interview. The AntiSec hacker is responsible for breaching sites such as the ones of the International Monetary Fund, the National Institute of Research and...

17 March 2012
09:41 GMT

NY Police Equipment Store Hacked by Anonymous

The official site of the New York Iron Works (newyorkironworks.com), a company that provides equipment and tactical gear to law enforcement agencies, was hacked by Anonymous as part of the FFF (short for [expletive] FBI Friday) operation. The breach was also performed in support for Jeremy Hammond, one of the hacker...

9 March 2012
05:41 GMT

Hackers Deface Panda Security with Message to Sabu

A number of 34 sites owned by Panda Security and the one of the Spanish National Cyber-Security Advisory Council (CNCCS), an organization managed by Panda and other IT security leaders, were defaced by AntiSec hackers who wanted to leave a message to Sabu. The FBI revealed yesterday that Sabu, or Hector Xavier Monse...

7 March 2012
05:23 GMT

Anonymous Hacks Romanian Child Protection Agency Naming It Corrupt

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

LulzSec Splinter Cell Breaches Credit Rating Agencies

A hacker collective that goes by the name of WallRoad, claiming to be a splinter cell of LulzSec and AntiSec that agrees with Anonymous operations, breached the security measures implemented by some Credit Rating Agencies, leaking tons of customer information online. “WallRoad has focused their attention to Cr...

4 January 2012
14:01 GMT

Antisec Hacks California Law Enforcement Association, Email Content Leaked

As part of Project Mayhem, AntiSec hackers took down the official website of the California Law Enforcement Association (cslea.com). Currently, the website is still down and the attackers claim that other websites hosted on the same domain are also “wiped off the net.” Besides defacing the website and po...

3 January 2012
04:30 GMT

AntiSec Hackers Expose Cricket Wireless Employees and Admins

During the holiday season AntiSec hackers have been keeping themselves busy breaching all sorts of high-profile websites. Their latest successful operation left the administrators and the employees of Cricket Wireless exposed. Usernames and passwords allegedly used by employees and administrators to log into Cricket...

28 December 2011
09:34 GMT

Stratfor: Private Clients List Not Disclosed by Anonymous

On Christmas eve we learned that Anonymous managed to breach the systems belonging to private intelligence company Stratfor, obtaining a few hundred gigabytes of information, including the organization’s A client list. George Friedman, Stratfor’s CEO, came forward with a statement to deny this. “We...

28 December 2011
08:03 GMT

Anonymous Claims Special Forces Didn’t Secure Credit Card Data

On December 14, I wrote about how the website of Special Forces, an online store that provides military gear, was hacked and their users became exposed. If at the time there was no mention of credit card details, Anonymous came forward with a statement to show that they’re standing on data from 8,000 cards. We...

28 December 2011
07:29 GMT

Anonymous Hacks Stratfor, Leaked Credit Card Information Used to Donate to Charities (Updated)

A massive quantity of information was obtained by members of Anonymous after they managed to breach the protection measures implemented by security intelligence firm Stratfor. The hacktivists claim that the credit card information obtained was used to make donations to different charities. The whole operation began ...

27 December 2011
03:11 GMT

Anonymous Leaks Anti-LGBT Movement Member Emails

After yesterday they leaked information on the members of the Florida Family Association (FFA) for their discrimination campaigns launched against Muslims, the members of Anonymous leaked the email addresses and passwords of what they call “The Most Active Anti-LGBT Members on the Web.” A total of 600 em...

13 December 2011
03:53 GMT

Anonymous Hacks Florida Family Association For Discrimination Against Muslims

Hackers operating under the Anonymous and AntiSec banners breached the official website belonging to the Florida Family Association (floridafamily.org) allegedly obtaining tons of information on their members, including credit card details. The main reason for the hack seems to be the hateful attitude displayed by t...

12 December 2011
04:49 GMT

Major US Law Enforcement Website Shut Down After Data Breach

The official website of the Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail (clearusa.org) has been shut down after hackers supporting the AntiSec movement managed to obtain access to thousands of account details, leaking them all online. A hacker called Exphin1ty is responsible for this latest operation against a governmen...

12 December 2011
04:15 GMT

Australian Gambling Authority Site Defaced by Anonymous

Operation Antisec made another victim, this time the website of the Australian Casino, Liquor and Gaming Control Authority (CLGCA) being defaced by Anonymous to prove their point, reports Cyberwarnews. “This domain has been seized by Exphin1ty and #AntiSec For Australia’s decision to censor the internet...

28 November 2011
03:59 GMT

Anonymous Hacks Vanguard Defense Industries

Hackers associated with Anonymous' AntiSec campaign have targeted yet another US defense contractor and leaked business emails belonging to one of its senior officers.In a post on Pastebin, the hackers announced the release of 1GB worth of emails belonging to Richard T. Garcia, Senior Vice President of Vanguard ...

19 August 2011
13:54 GMT

Antisec Hackers Dump Massive Cache of Law Enforcement Data

Hackers associated with Anonymous' Operation Antisec have leaked a massive cache of personal records, email messages and confidential documents belonging to law enforcement agencies.The data was obtained recently when the group hacked into a server housing 77 websites belonging to county sheriff offices and othe...

6 August 2011
05:26 GMT

AntiSec Hackers Hit 77 Law Enforcement Websites

Hackers associated with Anonymous' Operation AntiSec have hacked into 77 websites belonging to various law enforcement agencies and stole sensitive data. The websites were apparently hosted on the same server and include those of the sheriff's offices and local administrations in many counties. The hac...

1 August 2011
12:17 GMT

Anonymous Hits US Government Contractor ManTech

Anonymous has published around 400 MB of confidential documents involving ManTech, a large federal contractor which provides IT solutions to many government departments. The hacktivist collective announced plans to release the files yesterday and even posted some teaser samples to prove it means business. The f...

30 July 2011
04:00 GMT

AntiSec Hackers Hit in Philippines and Peru

Hackers affiliated with Anonymous and its AntiSec campaign have hacked into the website of Filipino Congress, as well as ten sites operated by the Peruvian government.Originally launched by LulzSec, Operation Anti-Security (AntiSec) calls for the leaking of confidential data stolen from governmental websites with the...

26 July 2011
07:58 GMT

Pfizer Facebook Page Hijacked by Hackers

The Facebook page of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer was hijacked by hackers associated with the AntiSec movement who used it to post rogue messages.The attack was claimed by The Script Kiddies, the same hackers who two weeks ago hijacked the @FoxNewsPolitics Twitter account and announced the assassination of President O...

21 July 2011
05:35 GMT

U.S. Military Contractor Hacked and Email Addresses Exposed

Hackers affiliated with the Anonymous collective and its Antisec campaign have hacked into computer systems belonging to U.S. military contractor Booz Allen Hamilton and leaked sensitive data found inside.The hackers described the attack in the description of a torrent posted on ThePirateBay which also contains a lis...

12 July 2011
04:20 GMT

Anonymous Hacks into FBI Contractor's Network

Hackers affiliated with Anonymous' AntiSec campaign have hacked into the network of IRC Federal, an engineering company that works with several federal agencies including the FBI.The group of hackers claim to have obtained access to the contractor's web server, email database, VPN logins and other informati...

9 July 2011
06:39 GMT

Anonymous Claims to Have Popular VoIP App's Source Code

Anonymous claims that blackhat hackers associated with its Antisec campaign have broken into the network of a company called Nimbuzz and stole the source code of its popular VoIP application.The hacktivist group accuses Nimbuzz of colluding with oppressive governments to block its own VoIP services in countries like ...

7 July 2011
10:57 GMT

Antisec Hackers Begin Attacking Websites at Random

A hacker known as p0keu who claims to be affiliated with the Antisec movement, has leaked usernames, email addresses and passwords stolen from several seemingly random websites.During the course of less than a day, p0keu published sensitive information extracted from the databases of five different websites.The first...

7 July 2011
09:16 GMT

Anonymous Hacks One Hundred Turkish Government Websites

Members of the Anonymous collective have hacked and defaced over one hundred websites belonging to the Turkish government in a campaign against Internet censorship in the country.In addition to defacing 74 websites with the Anonymous logo and a message for the government, the hackers also leaked information extracted...

7 July 2011
05:48 GMT

Hackers Leak More Arizona Police Data

Hackers associated with Operation Anti-Security (AntiSec) have leaked sensitive information and defaced several websites belonging to the Arizona Fraternal Order of Police (FOP).In a press release entitled "Chinga La Migra Communique 3" the hackers announce that their release includes the usernames, passwords and ema...

1 July 2011
01:20 GMT

Hackers Leak New Batch of Sensitive Data

Hackers have published a new torrent containing data allegedly stolen from the government of Zimbabwe, an Australian municipal council, Universal Music Group, Viacom and various Brazilian government departments.According to the press release accompanying the leak, the data was captured by hackers and groups associate...

29 June 2011
09:57 GMT

MasterCard Website Hit by DDoS Attack

MasterCard's website was the target of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that was carried out earlier today by a hacktivist associated with the AntiSec movement."MasterCard.com DOWN!!!, thats what you get when you mess with @wikileaks @Anon_Central and the enter community of lulz loving individuals :...

28 June 2011
13:31 GMT

LulzSec Attacks UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency

After launching an anti-government campaign yesterday, the notorious LulzSec hacking outfit attacked the website of the UK Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).The hackers called on everyone with the know-how, enemies and friends alike, to hack online assets belonging to governments around the world in retaliation t...

20 June 2011
13:26 GMT


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