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Anonymous hacks DoJ and dumps data online

Marcos Colon May 22, 2012

The infamous hacktivist collective Anonymous released a 1.7-GB archive of sensitive information after infiltrating the U.S. Department of Justice.

Alleged LulzSec hacker Hammond pleads innocent

Dan Kaplan May 14, 2012

Accused Stratfor hacker Jeremy Hammond plans to fight the charges filed against him for the devastating breach of the global affairs firm.

Alleged CabinCr3w member denies hacking police sites

Dan Kaplan April 18, 2012

A 21-year-old Ohio man has pleaded innocent to charges he hacked into the websites of the Utah Chiefs of Police Association and the Salt Lake City Police Department to release sensitive data, which included crime tips and personal information about officers.

Anonymous turns attention to Chinese web oppression

Dan Kaplan April 05, 2012

Anonymous has found a new target. The hacktivist group has defaced some 500 Chinese business and government websites over the last week, a protest against the government's censorship practices.

News briefs: LulzSec head worked with FBI, Sony breached, and more

Staff Report April 02, 2012

News briefs: LulzSec head Sabu worked with FBI, Extension in DNSChanger servers, Sony breached again, and more

Military dating website says LulzSec hack didn't happen

Dan Kaplan March 29, 2012

A military dating website, which a band of hackers claimed this week to successfully infiltrate to pillage members' personal information, was not actually hacked, according to its administrator.

LulzSec redux dumps data after raiding military dating site

Dan Kaplan March 27, 2012

Hackers calling themselves "LulzSec Reborn" have claimed responsibility for two breaches that resulted in the dumping of personal information.

Verizon: Hacktivists reigned supreme in 2011

Dan Kaplan March 22, 2012

Traditionally known for defacing websites and knocking them offline, so-called hacktivists stepped up their game last year and were responsible for a majority of data stolen in breaches, according to an annual study from Verizon.

Claims over entrapment, FBI-enabled hacks fly after arrests

Dan Kaplan March 07, 2012

As the news settles that a trusted member of Anonymous was actually an FBI informant, some are wondering whether his FBI handlers went too far when trying to gather evidence about other suspected hackers.

Facebook users experience two-hour blackout

Marcos Colon March 07, 2012

Facebook users in Europe experienced a two-hour blackout that the company describes as "technical difficulties."

Anonymous hacker-turned-informant helps feds arrest five

Dan Kaplan March 06, 2012

Sabu, an Anonymous/LulzSec/AntiSec hacker beloved by many across the world, has spent the last nine months providing information to the FBI. What does this mean to the future of the hacktivist movement?

Hacktivism endures

Jim Romeo March 01, 2012

The threat posed by politically motivated attackers, known as hacker activists, or hacktivists, is far-reaching, yet authorities are finding it difficult to take down a structurally decentralized movement.

News briefs: The latest from the Google, Anonymous and others

Staff Report March 01, 2012

News briefs: The latest from the PCI Security Standards Council, Google, Anonymous, Facebook and others...

RSA Conference 2012: Hacktivism forcing organizations to look inward

Marcos Colon February 29, 2012

Hackvistim is not just resulting in high-profile breaches and data loss, it's also shedding light on the neglect many organizations are showing security.

Video: Hacktivism, Anonymous and the new security model

Dan Kaplan February 24, 2012

Noted security researcher Hugh Thompson, the chief security strategist at People Security and the program chairman of the RSA Conference, discusses how companies may reconsider controversial business decisions if they mean inciting the wrath of the Anonymous hacktivist collective.

Anonymous says power grid concerns are U.S. gov't spin

Dan Kaplan February 21, 2012

The head of the National Security Agency is warning that Anonymous may be developing capabilities to target the U.S. power grid, but members of the hacktivist collective called such claims nothing more than fear mongering.

Anonymous hacks FTC over Google privacy, ACTA

Dan Kaplan February 17, 2012

The Anonymous collective has again targeted the Federal Trade Commission, bringing down some of its websites and claiming to have rooted hundreds of its servers.

Hacktivist-led DDoS is now the most common type, study finds

Dan Kaplan February 08, 2012

DDoS attackers motivated by social or political purposes are more common than conventional criminals out for financial gain, concluded a new report from Arbor Networks.

Anonymous renders Canadian Nazis not-so-anonymous

Danny Bradbury February 08, 2012

Hacktivist online community Anonymous exposed prominent Canadian neo-Nazis last month after hacking into a fascist website.

Symantec code posted despite attempt to trap suspect

Dan Kaplan February 07, 2012

Email correspondence between a hacker and undercover agent may provide a glimpse into the type of blackmail that takes place when intellectual property is stolen.

FBI call gives clues into Anonymous, LulzSec probes

Dan Kaplan February 03, 2012

Security experts believe a member of Anonymous hacked into the email account of a law enforcement official, which provided them the credentials necessary to eavesdrop on an FBI-led conference call.

Can Anonymous force its victims to reconsider their actions?

Dan Kaplan January 31, 2012

Hugh Thompson, an adjunct professor at Columbia and program committee chairman of the RSA Conference, got me thinking that, in the face of hacktivism, security these days also means deliberating business practices.

Symantec admits stolen source code impacts pcAnywhere

Dan Kaplan January 25, 2012

Big Yellow has done an about-face in light of new analysis that confirms users of its pcAnywhere software may be at risk to attack due to the disclosure of source code.

Anonymous shutters government, music industry sites

Greg Masters January 20, 2012

In a reprisal for the government's takedown of MegaUpload.com, the hacker group Anonymous has apparently shuttered recording and movie industry websites, as well as the U.S. Department of Justice.

Hacktivists expose personal info of T-Mobile staff

Greg Masters January 17, 2012

T-Mobile was hit on Saturday with a hacktivist attack, which resulted in the publication of personal information of some 80 of the wireless communications provider's employees.

Anonymous, Reddit to protest SOPA with blackout

Dan Kaplan January 12, 2012

Hacktivist group Anonymous and the popular news-sharing site Reddit both have pledged to go offline on Wednesday in protest of the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), an anti-piracy measure that critics believe amounts to an internet censorship bill.

Stratfor returns as Anonymous readies 5M stolen emails

Dan Kaplan January 12, 2012

An Anonymous representative said some 5.2 million emails stolen from Stratfor, a Texas-based global intelligence firm, will go live within the coming days.

Anonymous attacks Sony again, this time over SOPA

Dan Kaplan January 06, 2012

Anonymous said Friday that it is responsible for temporarily defacing the website and Facebook account belonging to Sony Pictures.

California union latest Anonymous police victim

Dan Kaplan January 03, 2012

Anonymous hackers affiliated with the group's "AntiSec" initiative stuck again over the New Year's weekend, this time dumping private data they stole by breaking into the website belonging to the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) union.