Infamous hacktivist collective Anonymous has turned its eye to Sony, with denial-of-service attacks in retaliation for the tech giant’s lawsuit against a PS3 hacker who is accused of violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and for allegedly contributing to copyright infringement. Earlier this year, Sony filed for a [...]
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A Dallas man who was a member of hacking group Electronik Tribulation Army and called himself Ghost Exodus has been sentenced to serve 110 months in federal prison, according to a release from the FBI’s Dallas office. Jesse William McGraw, 26, worked as a security guard at a Dallas-based hospital, where he hacked into the [...]
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Anonymous this morning released a series of emails it obtained from a former Bank of America employee who claims they reveal how a division of the bank sought to hide information on foreclosures, according to media reports. In the emails dating from November 2010, individuals who appear to be employees of Balboa Insurance, a BofA [...]
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Anonymous has cyber attacked the website of copyright collection agency BMI as part of Operation Payback, the collective’s ongoing war against copyright and anti-piracy enforcers. According to Rolling Stone magazine, BMI temporarily took down its website in response to the group’s denial-of-service attack and in a statement said the hackers were not able to compromise [...]
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The Pentagon has requested an investigation into Anonymous’ reported cyber threat against the military base used to hold Pfc. Bradley Manning, who is accused of leaking secret government documents to whistle-blower site WikiLeaks and “aiding the enemy,” The Financial Times reported. Pentagon spokesman Col. David Lapan told AFP the probe was requested after news emerged [...]
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Following cyber attacks on government websites in Tunisia and Egypt, the self-described online gathering Anonymous has shifted its focus to Yemen as part of its fight for greater web freedoms, AFP reported. The website of Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh, presidentsaleh.gov.ye, was down yesterday after members of Anonymous had called for attacks on the site. [...]
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FBI agents yesterday executed more than 40 search warrants throughout the United States as part of an ongoing investigation into recent coordinated cyber attacks against major companies and organizations. According to a press release by the bureau, Anonymous has claimed responsibility for these distributed denial of service attack, saying the attacks were conducted in protest [...]
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Detectives from London’s Metropolitan Police Service’s Police Central e-Crime Unit have arrested five individuals in connection with offenses under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. The suspects, whose ages range from the teens to the mid-20s, are being held after a series of coordinated arrests occurred at residential addresses in various locations throughout the U.K, including [...]
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Irish politician Enda Kenny’s new website of the Fine Gael party was hacked this weekend, allegedly by Anonymous, Belfast Telegraph reported. Kenny, who is the leader of the second-largest political party in Ireland, said the party shut down its normal website last week and replaced it with what he described as a “web connection point,” [...]
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