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Security researcher and former cybersecurity reporter Brian Krebs says he knows exactly who may be behind the massive attacks that took down both Sony's PlayStation Network and Microsoft's Xbox Live platform for two straight days.
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Los Angeles -
An entertainment engineering company called Two Bit Circus will hold the world’s 1st “Carnival from the Future.” A Hacker Preview day will be held beforehand to show what types of experiences will be seen at the carnival.
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Bergen -
Recently we heard that Anonymous Norway had taken responsibility for what was thought to be the country's biggest-ever network attack. However, police now have in custody a 17-year-old hacker, who claims he was the one that did it.
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Target has been named as a defendant in over 90 lawsuits with plaintiffs ranging from banks to customers. The plaintiffs are citing negligence on the part of the big box retail giant and are seeking various amounts in compensatory damages.
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Roy Sun, 25, was sentenced to 90 days in jail last week for computer tampering after he and two undergraduate classmates were accused of hacking into Purdue University's data system to change their grades to A's.
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Berlin -
Germany's cyber crime watchdog said Wednesday it learnt last month of the mass theft of 16 million digital identities through a criminal probe but needed weeks before alerting the public.
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The Anonymous collective staged at least one high-profile website attack on Friday. The day marked the one-year anniversary of Aaron Swartz’s suicide.
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Today is hacktivist Jeremy Hammond’s birthday. The Anonymous affiliated hacker made headlines with a massive leak of documents from Stratfor and his subsequent arrest. Recently, some have questioned whether Hammond cooperated with the federal government
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Around 2 million Facebook, Gmail, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts were compromised by hackers in the past month, according to a new report.
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As the Anonymous collective branches out into public street-level operations and gains momentum, a digital activist discusses some of the philosophy and strategy behind the online activities of the movement.
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Anonymous took over the streets in over 470 cities all over the world as part of the Million Mask March. The mass protest left many wondering exactly who they are and what they want. The answer is as complex and simple as the movement itself.
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Just 48 hours after getting their hands on the new iPhone 5S, hackers over at Chaos Computer Club in Europe have found a way to bypass Apple's TouchID fingerprint security scanner.
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Operation: Inform serves as one of the collective’s intelligence wings. Those within Anonymous subscribe to the various social media accounts of #opINFORM to stay abreast of current events related to some of the organization’s goals.
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San Francisco -
A hacker scheduled to speak at the recent Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas was mysteriously found dead in his apartment just days before the event was scheduled to take place. His death has prompted some speculation over what happened.
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Hackers have revealed, and continue to release, the alleged financial records of various US politicians and celebrities including the First Lady Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Kim Kardashian and even Donald Trump. (Update.)
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Charlottetown -
A gamer dad jumped into action when his three-year-old daughter wondered why she couldn't play as a girl character in her favourite video game, Donkey Kong. Why not? Dad thought. It made sense since she already plays Princess Peach in Super Mario Bros. 2.
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The hacker group Anonymous has targeted the website of Westboro Baptist Church after the church announced plans to protest Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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New Westminster -
The hacker group known as Anonymous has named a person who allegedly drove 15-year-old Amanda Todd to commit suicide on Oct. 10.
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Defense Department and Pentagon officials believe that Iranian hackers are responsible for the recent rash of cyber attacks on financial institutions in the United States, as well as oil companies in the Persian Gulf.
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Twitter has allegedly been hacked and tens of thousands of user names and passwords were published on pastebin.com. Should you be worried?
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Anonymous is famous for attacking the FBI on Fridays. Well, now it seems that has changed as the battleground gets bigger. On Wednesday, the FBI openly admitted that they are losing the cyberspace battle.
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Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange is set to run for a Senate seat in the Australian upper house according to an official announcement from the organization he founded six years ago.
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Anonymous, famous for targeting certain websites, especially since the SOPA/PIPA debacle, has now taken down the CIA website. The website is currently unavailable with an error 101.
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Saudi hackers exposed personal banking information of thousands of Israelis by hacking into a sports site on the Internet and obtaining credit card details.
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The British Intelligence Agency is recruiting talent in the hacker community via a code-cracking online game released on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook.
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The Metropolitan Police have announced the arrest of a 19-year-old man, known online as Topiary, who has been identified by Scotland Yard as the spokesman for the hacktivist group's Lulzsec and Anonymous.
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Notorious hacking community LulzSec claimed responsibility for the Monday night attack on UK's The Sun and Times Online. They also posted a fake story on the Sun homepage about Rupert Murdoch's death before it was removed.
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A man from a suburb of St. Paul-Minneapolis, Minnesota has been accused of wreaking havoc on his neighbors by publicly humiliating them by means of Wi-Fi network hacking and identity theft.
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Countless customer emails addresses that do business with many companies have been exposed, thanks to a security breach. Some of the companies include Walgreens, Capitol One, JPMorgan Chase, TiVo, Citi, and Marriott rewards.
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Customers are reporting Bank of America's online banking service is extremely slow or not working at all. The bank's spokesperson claims the disruption occurred because of routine upgrades, while others believe the hacking group Anonymous attacked BoA.
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Images from a hacker's website Exposed.su
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Modern hacker Davide Restivo
Traditional Anonymous wardrobe.
Hackers announce JAVA security vulnerability dontneedcoffee.com
Israeli military website hacked by Anonymous http://www.sharonet.co.il/
The logo to represent the hacking community LulzSec LulzSec logo
Hackers are often represented in art as formless or vague, which in many cases they might as well be since tracking them is so difficult. mikael altemark
Iconic Anonymous mask on keyboard with phone displaying some of the location of the upcoming Million Mask March. (5 Nov 2013)
David Kernell david kernell
Hacker Christophe Verdier
A still from the film We Are Legion about the Anonymous hacktivists Courtesy Hot Docs
Andrew Auernheimer, 24, hacker in AT&T-iPad security situation was arrested by police. Washington County Sheriff's Office
A still from the film We Are Legion about the Anonymous hacktivists Courtesy Hot Docs
Images from a hacker's website Exposed.su
Barnaby Jack died at age 35 in San Francisco, Calif. on July 25, 2013 YouTube screen grab
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