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Stratfor Cyber Breach Adds to Debate Over Govt Role in Protecting Private Networks
A cybersecurity breach at intelligence think tank Stratfor over the weekend struck close to the central point of debate over how to secure domestic networks, Josh Smith wrote in the National Journal today.
Smith wrote that this debate “has revolved around the division between government and private sector security,” where businesses…
DHS Warns Security Community of Potential Cyberattacks
Published on 7 Sep, 2011 at 10:37 in Cyber | Viewed 100 times | No Comments
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned the security community about potential attacks from Anonymous over the next few months demonstrating that the DHS is taking non-professional cyberattackers more seriously.
The recent bulletin from the DHS National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center warned financial services companies to look out for Anonymous attackers attempting to solicit dissatisfied and sympathetic employees to…
UK Cracks Down On Hacktivists: Two Charged, Two Arrested
Published on 2 Sep, 2011 at 10:20 in Cyber | Viewed 39 times | No Comments
The U.K. recently charged two men and arrested two more on Thursday that are allegedly connected with hacktivist groups Anonymous and Lulz Security.
The two men arrested Thursday night are being detained at police stations in South Yorkshire and are suspected of conducting DDOS attacks as well as hacking law enforcement and government websites. Police said the men are believed to have used the online identity “Kayla” which was allegedly…
Anonymous Hacks Vanguard Defense Industries, Leaks Emails and Documents
Published on 19 Aug, 2011 at 10:36 in Cyber | Viewed 101 times | No Comments
The hacking collective known as Anonymous has breached the system of yet another defense contractor.
In a tweet posted today on a Twitter account maintained by members of the AntiSec collective, the group announced the release nearly 4,713 emails and thousands of documents belonging to Richard Garcia, the senior vice president of Vanguard Defense Industries.
According to The Hacker News, AntiSec targeted VDI’s website due to their…
Anonymous Hacks BART Website, Leaks Customer Information
Published on 15 Aug, 2011 at 17:27 in Cyber | Viewed 62 times | No Comments
Following the Bay Area Rapid Transit’s decision last week to cut off underground cellphone service in several San Francisco stations, the notorious hacktivist collective Anonymous infiltrated the organization’s website yesterday and stole personal identification information on thousands of users.
About 2,400 members of the myBART.org website were notified Sunday that personal details of hundreds of users were stolen and posted online, BART officials said.
“We’re doing what we can to…
Anonymous Vows to ‘Kill’ Facebook
Published on 10 Aug, 2011 at 14:51 in Cyber | Viewed 41 times | No Comments
Members of the hacktivist collective Anonymous recently announced their newest target — Facebook.
According to a proclamation made via YouTube, associates of Anonymous will “destroy” Facebook on Nov. 5 in retaliation of what they claim is the site’s misuse of personal information.
The group members uploaded the video and attached a press release to raise support for what they have dubbed “Operation…
Anonymous, LulzSec Retaliate: Hack 70+ Law Enforcement Sites, Leak Information
Published on 8 Aug, 2011 at 9:04 in Cyber | Viewed 47 times | No Comments
In retaliation of the recent arrests of their alleged members, the hacking collectives Anonymous and LulzSec recently infiltrated the websites of more than 70 U.S. law enforcement institutions across the United States and released this weekend 10 gigabytes of confidential information.
The hacktivists claimed to have accessed and leaked hundreds of emails, passwords, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers for U.S. officers from websites in 11…
Twitter Wars: Scotland Yard vs. Anonymous, LulzSec
Published on 5 Aug, 2011 at 16:59 in Cyber | Viewed 109 times | No Comments
As part of its ongoing battle against the notorious hacktivist collectives Anonymous and LulzSec, the British Metropolitan police recently issued a public warning via Twitter to U.K. members of the two organizations reminding them of the laws on computer misuse.
The tweet follows the court appearance this week of Jake Davis, an 18-year-old from Shetland who authorities believed to have used the online alias “Topiary ” and was acting…
DHS Warns of Potential Attacks by Anonymous, LulzSec
Published on 4 Aug, 2011 at 11:02 in Cyber | Viewed 90 times | No Comments
In light of recent cyber attacks against government agencies and affiliations, the Department of Homeland Security released a statement warning organizations to keep alert for potential cyber attacks from hacktivist groups Anonymous and LulzSec.
The bulletin, which was released by DHS’ National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, aims to provide accurate situational awareness for federal organizations’ leaders…
Anonymous Strikes Again, Hacks ManTech
Published on 1 Aug, 2011 at 10:52 in Cyber | Viewed 89 times | No Comments
The online hactivist group “Anonymous” gained access to yet another government security contractor’s server and released approximately 400 megabytes of sensitive, internal documents.
The servers at ManTech International, a company that provides cybersecurity services to the U.S. government, were breached by the group on Friday and announced on the group’s Twitter account.
“ManTech has been owned,” Anonymous tweeted. “Release within 24h.”
Included in that batch of stolen information are mail…
