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Sony and Nintendo drop SOPA support amid Anonymous threats

, Jan 3rd 2012 Discuss [15]

Sony and Nintendo have dropped support for the controversial SOPA bill, backtracking on what has been accused as a pro-censorship push by legislators amid threats of internet attack from groups like Anonymous. Both companies are now absent from the official list of supporters [pdf link] of the Stop Online Piracy Act, along with games publisher Electronic Arts, though it’s unclear how much of the decision – by Sony Computer Entertainment, at least – was swayed by Anonymous’ threats to target first the PlayStation Network and then individual executives at the firm.

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Stolen Stratfor member details put online by AntiSec

, Dec 30th 2011 Discuss [0]

Earlier this week we talked about the security breach that happened with anonymous hacked the servers at a security firm based in Austin, Texas called Stratfor. The breach resulted in a huge number of passwords and credit card details being stolen. Anonymous has claimed that a huge amount of money had been donated to charity using the stolen credit cards already. Read The Full Story

Anonymous hacks online military gear supplier

, Dec 29th 2011 Discuss [14]

Anonymous has hit an online supplier of military goods operated by a former special forces Lt. Col. named Dave Thomas. The hacker group was able to infiltrate the server of the supplier and claims to have stolen about 20,000 credit card numbers and passwords from the servers of the website. Anonymous posted to Pastebin claiming the hacking victory. Read The Full Story

Stratfor users check if you’ve been hit by Anonymous now

, Dec 27th 2011 Discuss [2]

This week the customers of global intelligence firm Stratfor fell victim to the hacker amalgamation known as Anonymous, and starting today the folks at Dazzlepod have made a webpage available where you, the user, can check your email to make sure you weren't amongst those hit. The Dazzlepod collective has a searchable database which includes all of the information stolen and dumped by Anonymous over the past few attacks, this able to be searched by you to see if your email is amongst those compromised. A lovely service for those wishing to stay clean! Read The Full Story

Stratfor security firm hit by Anonymous

, Dec 27th 2011 Discuss [6]

Hacker group anonymous has hit a security firm based in Austin, Texas called Stratfor. The hackers are alleging that they were able to gain access to the security firm's servers and steal detailed information on customers, including credit card details. Anonymous claims that they could steal the detailed information because Stratfor didn’t encrypt the data. Read The Full Story

Anonymous #OpCartel ends over fears of death and violence

, Nov 7th 2011 Discuss [8]

I don't think any of us though there was a redeeming quality about Anonymous and the way they hack credit card information and other personal details about people and then offered it up publically. Not too long ago, the hacker collective took on a project that had some redeeming qualities in an effort to out pedophiles online that were looking at child porn online. Read The Full Story

Anonymous ramps Pedophile campaign with IP honeypot

, Nov 3rd 2011 Discuss [4]

Hack collective Anonymous has ramped up its anti-pedophile campaign, reportedly tricking those attempting to browse clandestine sites hosting child pornography into accessing a service that would identify their IP address and, subsequently, identify and location. According to a statement attributed to the loosely-banded group, a custom Firefox button was developed and links placed to it - along with a fake Tor update message - on the "Hard Candy" and "Lolita City" sites offering the illegal content. Those who clicked it "would then be forwarded to our special forensics server and log the incoming IP and destination." Read The Full Story

Anonymous takes on child pornographers

, Oct 24th 2011 Discuss [24]

Hack collective Anonymous has turned its attention to child pornography, claiming to have brought down a webhost alleged to be hosting more than forty sites on which the illegal content was offered. According to the loosely-affiliated group's statement, Freedom Hosting was challenged by evidence of the pornography stored on its servers but refused to delete it; Anonymous then "infiltrated the shared hosting server of Freedom Hosting and shutdown services to all clients." Read The Full Story

FBI crows Anonymous/LulzSec arrests as “Day Of Vengeance” nears

, Sep 23rd 2011 Discuss [2]

Two alleged members of Anonymous and LulzSec have been arrested by the FBI, the law enforcement bureau has confirmed, with a further suspect facing more charges. One of the men, Cody Kretsinger who goes by the LulzSec handle "recursion," is accused of assisting in the Sony hack earlier this year, Fox reports, and attempted to cover his tracks by wiping his hard-drives. Read The Full Story

Police investigations into LulzSec and Anonymous result in two more arrests in England

, Sep 2nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Suddenly the hackers participating with Anonymous and LulzSec aren't so anonymous. Back at the beginning of August, police tracked down the suspected Anonymous leader going by the name Topiary and arrested him. The teen was arrested and was found to have the details of 750,000 people on his computer. That single arrest was just the start of things as the investigation continued into the two hacker groups. Read The Full Story

BART hacked again: Police addresses leaked

, Aug 18th 2011 Discuss [1]

Hackers have breached the San Francisco BART systems for a second time, releasing personal details of the BART police that includes home addresses, email addresses and passwords. The new attack targeted the BART Police Officers' Association, SFGate reports, though there's disagreement supposedly within Anonymous - which took responsibility for the original hack - over whether it should have been done in the first place. Read The Full Story

Anonymous hacks BART: Releases user database

, Aug 15th 2011 Discuss [2]

Another high-profile hack this weekend, as the San Francisco BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) transport authority confirms that "at least 2,400" of its 55k strong member database has been compromised, with hacking collective Anonymous claiming responsibility. Names, emails and passwords - as well as potentially phone numbers and addresses - have been snatched, with the BART site - and services that rely on the transit data it publishes - sluggish on Sunday under an ongoing assault. Read The Full Story
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