Tag: Anonymous
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Anonymous turns anti-hero in fight against child abuse online
Anonymous, the online hacking troupe that has previously crippled world governments and entertainment giants has turned its attention to cleaning up the internet from child pornography and preventing paedophilia. The tech troublemakers have issued a warning to a number of servers, in particular Freedom Hosting, accusing the web hosts of “openly supporting” child pornography. This…
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Explanation for Apple Store outage? Mac Pro gets social sharing button
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For a number of hours yesterday afternoon the Apple Store was down for everybody. At first the we were excited, this usually a sign heralding a new product, possibly the latest Apple TV gadget with 1080p HD. But when the familiar “We’ll be Back” message disappeared speculation turned a bit darker. A number of sources were…
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Anonymous hacking group set to bring down Facebook?
Date has been set for an apparent social networking Guy Fawkes Night
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Sony Wins Pwnie Awards for PSN Hack
We really should have placed a bet on this one, it was that obvious. Sony has won the Pwnie Award 2011 for the ‘Most Epic FAIL’, for their well documented, much talked about Playstation Network (PSN) hack earlier this year. Every year there is a Black Hat Security conference held where hackers, software developers and…
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The Sun Admits User Data May Have Been Stolen During LulzSec Hack
The Sun newspaper has admitted that user data may have been stolen during the high profile website hack suffered recently. Online hacker collective LulzSec attacked The Sun newspaper’s website on July 19th and redirected users to their own site which was designed to look exactly like the real deal. LulzSec then used this phony website…
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Anonymous & LulzSec appeal for PayPal account closures
Forsaking the usual route of intrusion and crippling of high profile targets it seems the mischief making hacktivist pair Anonymous and LulzSec – together forming AntiSec – are taking a backwards step in latest operation against the online payment transaction site PayPal. They posted an appeal on a hacker-safe forum asking us to close our…
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Anonymous & LulzSec appeal for PayPal account closures
Forsaking the usual route of intrusion and crippling of high profile targets it seems the mischief making hacktivist pair Anonymous and LulzSec – together forming AntiSec – are taking a backwards step in latest operation against the online payment transaction site PayPal. They posted an appeal on a hacker-safe forum asking us to close our…
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AnonPlus Hacked! – Hackers turn on each other after government & entertainment hits
Are hackers becoming tired of easy pickings, the likes of entertainment giants and world governments? It would seem some are now turning their attentions to the challenge of hacking other hacker groups – as AnonPlus has reportedly been pulled following an intrusion by a rival gang. The collective known as Anonymous recently attempted to invade…
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AnonPlus Hacked! – Hackers turn on each other after government & entertainment hits
Are hackers becoming tired of easy pickings, the likes of entertainment giants and world governments? It would seem some are now turning their attentions to the challenge of hacking other hacker groups – as AnonPlus has reportedly been pulled following an intrusion by a rival gang. The collective known as Anonymous recently attempted to invade…
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Apple Hacked! Anonymous & LulzSec tag-team take credit for hit on Cupertino co.
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After high profile hits on tech and entertainment companies and world governments, it seems someone has finally taken a bite out of Apple – with members of hacker group Anonymous claiming an attack on the Cupertino, California based tech company. The Twitter account AnonymousIRC (a tag-team of members from both LulzSec and Anonymous) has claimed the intrusion…
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Apple Hacked! Anonymous & LulzSec tag-team take credit for hit on Cupertino co.
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After high profile hits on tech and entertainment companies and world governments, it seems someone has finally taken a bite out of Apple – with members of hacker group Anonymous claiming an attack on the Cupertino, California based tech company. The Twitter account AnonymousIRC (a tag-team of members from both LulzSec and Anonymous) has claimed the intrusion…
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Tango Down: LulzSec take out SOCA website
We heard yesterday that the identities of hacking group LulzSec (Lulz Security) may have been compromised to an FBI agent, but that hasn’t stopped them in their quest to wreak havoc on the internet. Their latest target is another big one, this time the UK Serious Organised Crime (SOCA) agency’s website (kinda ironic, no?). Throughout…