What Do the LulzSec Arrests Mean for Anonymous?
The arrest of LulzSec's vocal ringleader is likely to put a chill on the hacktivist movement, according to an author who writes about Anonymous. Would-be Anonymous hackers may think twice before they...
View ArticleDaily Report: Hackers Can’t Trust Their Own
The arrest of an Anonymous leader rocks the the hacker community as law enforcement appears to gain an edge. Whether this will temper the larger hacker cause remains to be seen. Anonymous is a...
View ArticleF.B.I. Director Warns Congress About Terrorist Hacking
A day after the authorities arrested several hackers from a group called Anonymous, Robert S. Mueller III told Congress that terrorists might use hackers to attack the United States.
View ArticleA Hacker Charms and Disappoints
The hacker-turncoat known as Sabu charmed even those who disdained his tactics -- that is until they realized he was trying to implicate them in crime. More details on the life of Hector Xavier Monsegur.
View ArticleNews Analysis: The Soul of the New Hacktivist
In Sunday's New York Times, Somini Sengupta considers the nature of Anonymous, the loose confederation of hackers. It has become impossible to tell at whom and at what Anonymous might take aim — or...
View ArticleWarned of an Attack on the Internet, and Getting Ready
The largely unseen forces that keep the Internet running have fortified crucial parts of it after learning of plans for an attack by Anonymous on the Domain Name System.
View ArticleAfter Threats, No Signs of Attack by Hackers
Threats of an attack on one of the crucial parts of the Internet have not had a measurable impact, said several people monitoring the Domain Name System.
View ArticleThe Twitter Hack Attack That Wasn’t
Anonymous hackers claimed responsibility for leaking 55,000 hacked Twitter accounts on Tuesday. But a closer look revealed about half were duplicates and that most had been suspended by Twitter.
View ArticleHackers Claim to Have 12 Million Apple Device Records
Hackers have released a file that they say contains more than one million identification numbers for Apple iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices. They claim to have obtained the file by hacking into...
View ArticleGoDaddy Says Its Troubles Were Not Hacker-Related
GoDaddy, the Web services company, said that its extensive technical problems on Monday were a result of internal issues, not an attack by a supporter of Anonymous, the loose confederation of rogue...
View ArticleOne On One: Andy Greenberg, Author, “This Machine Kills Secrets”
Andy Greenberg traveled to cypherpunk hangouts all over the country and then the world — Iceland, Sweden, Bulgaria, Berlin — to meet Julian Assange’s predecessors and those who seek to build the next...
View ArticleAnonymous Did Not Hack PayPal
A number of reported Anonymous cyberattacks on PayPal, Symantec and other sites on Monday, timed to Guy Fawkes Day, did not appear to be the work of the group after all.
View ArticleAnonymous Attacks Israeli Web Sites
After Israel killed a top military commander of Hamas, the hacker group Anonymous retaliated with attacks on several Israeli Web sites, taking down one military blogging site and defacing the site of...
View ArticleTwitter Reacts to Anonymous Attacks on Westboro Baptist Church
Twitter briefly suspended an account associated with Anonymous, the hacker collective, on Wednesday following a week of Anonymous attacks on members of the Westboro Baptist Church.
View ArticleIn Swartz Tribute, Hackers Attack M.I.T. Site
Anonymous, the loose collective of hackers, attacked the Web site of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Sunday, in a tribute to Aaron Swartz, the 26-year-old technology programmer who died on...
View ArticleHacking Group Attacks Weapons Maker
Hackers observing the one-year anniversary of the uprising in Bahrain attacked Combined Systems, a company based in Jamestown, Pa., saying that the attack was in retaliation for the company's sale of...
View ArticleDaily Report: Anonymous Feeds Stolen E-Mail to WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks announced that it would release reams of e-mail correspondence from Stratfor, a geopolitical analysis firm, Somini Sengupta reports in The New York Times on Monday. WikiLeaks did not disclose...
View ArticleInterpol Site Knocked Offline Following Anonymous Arrests
Interpol’s Web site went down Tuesday just hours after the international police agency announced the arrest of 25 suspected members of the hacking collective Anonymous in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and...
View ArticleSecurity Event Features Fearmongers, Buzzwords and a Love for Anonymous
A look at some of the highlights, lowlights and scarier happenings taking place at the annual RSA security conference this week.
View ArticleHacking Group Attacks Weapons Maker
Hackers observing the one-year anniversary of the uprising in Bahrain attacked Combined Systems, a company based in Jamestown, Pa., saying that the attack was in retaliation for the company's sale of...
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