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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 11th, 2015
Anonymous Takes Down Donald Trump Website Because of His Anti-Muslim Hate Speech

Anonymous Takes Down Donald Trump Website Because of His Anti-Muslim Hate Speech

Anonymous DDoSes Trump Towers NY website

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 10th, 2015
NullCrew Hacker Timothy "Orbit" French Pleads Guilty

NullCrew Hacker Timothy "Orbit" French Pleads Guilty

Hacker admits to one of three charges, will be sentenced next year in March, faces up to 10 years in prison

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 10th, 2015
Anonymous Takes Down Japanese PM Website to Protest Whaling

Anonymous Takes Down Japanese PM Website to Protest Whaling

Group resumes operations on #OpKillingBay campaign

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 2nd, 2015
Australia Blames China for Hacking Weather Bureau Supercomputer

Australia Blames China for Hacking Weather Bureau Supercomputer

Chinese hackers wreak havoc in Australia's Weather Bureau

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 1st, 2015
Anonymous Hacks Thai Police, #OpSingleGateway Still Alive

Anonymous Hacks Thai Police, #OpSingleGateway Still Alive

Hacktivists leak data on Thai police officers

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 30th, 2015
Indian Hackers Deface 125 Pakistani Websites as Payback for Mumbai 2008 Attacks

Indian Hackers Deface 125 Pakistani Websites as Payback for Mumbai 2008 Attacks

Indian hackers continue their virtual war against Pakistan

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 29th, 2015
Anonymous Takes Down Five Government Websites in Iceland to Protest Whale Hunting

Anonymous Takes Down Five Government Websites in Iceland to Protest Whale Hunting

Group also goes after the website of a whale hunting company

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 26th, 2015
Anonymous Trolls ISIS with Prozac and Viagra Ad

Anonymous Trolls ISIS with Prozac and Viagra Ad

Hackers deface ISIS propaganda site with a chillout message

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 14th, 2015
Brazilian Army Gets Hacked Following Cyber-Games Cheating Accusations

Brazilian Army Gets Hacked Following Cyber-Games Cheating Accusations

Hackers leak data of over 7,000 officers

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 13th, 2015
British Hacker Part of Anonymous Sentenced to 34 Weeks in Jail

British Hacker Part of Anonymous Sentenced to 34 Weeks in Jail

Liverpool father loses his children, launches DDoS attacks against everyone he sees as guilty for his situation

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 12th, 2015
Hacker Breaches Database of 70 Million Prisoner Phone Calls

Hacker Breaches Database of 70 Million Prisoner Phone Calls

Telco breaks client-attorney privilege by recording calls

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 9th, 2015
Chinese and Russian Hackers Tried to Steal Australia's Future Submarine Plans

Chinese and Russian Hackers Tried to Steal Australia's Future Submarine Plans

Australia is building a new submarine model, and everyone is interested on getting their hands on the blueprints

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 7th, 2015
CWA Hackers Gain Access to JABS, the US Arrest Records Database

CWA Hackers Gain Access to JABS, the US Arrest Records Database

CWA is not done yet, plans to release more sensitive files

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 7th, 2015
CWA Hackers Dox 2,400 US Government Employees

CWA Hackers Dox 2,400 US Government Employees

Teenage hackers strike again, release details on thousands of government employees to protest US backing of Israel

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 6th, 2015
DDoS Attacks on ProtonMail Continue, Despite the Company Paying $6,000 Ransom

DDoS Attacks on ProtonMail Continue, Despite the Company Paying $6,000 Ransom

Company is suspecting a state-sponsored actor

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 6th, 2015
Anonymous Stands by Its Promise, Releases Data on KKK Members

Anonymous Stands by Its Promise, Releases Data on KKK Members

Not everything went as planned, but the group pulled it off

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 3rd, 2015
Man Who Tried to Hire Hacker to Wipe Out Court Fines Sentenced to 2-4 Years in Prison

Man Who Tried to Hire Hacker to Wipe Out Court Fines Sentenced to 2-4 Years in Prison

Landis faced up to 7 years in prison, got only 2-4 years

 
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