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Security Trends of 2011: The Shadow of Anonymous and the Year of the Internet Hactivist

Every time there is a door, you need a lock because there’s a bad guy that wants to get in and the Internet is no different. Corporations generally sit on the leading edge of new technology and in this case … Continue reading → Security Trends of 2011: The Shadow of Anonymous and the Year of the Internet Hactivist is a post from: SiliconANGLE We're now available on the Kindle! Subscribe today .
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The Hacks That Mattered in the Year of the Hack

A year ago,few people had heard of Anonymous, understood what a DDoS attack was, or even realized that hackers were capable of bringing down entire networks. But as geek bloggers love to point out, 2011 was the year of the hack, the year that Anonymous became a household name and armies of its devotees took to the streets, all wearing Guy Fawkes masks like that final, mind-blowing, Parliament ...
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Anonymous targets US security thinktank Stratfor

Hacking movement boasts of stealing confidential client list and mining it for credit card numbers The loose-knit hacking movement Anonymous claims to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of US-based security thinktank Stratfor. One hacker said the goal was to pilfer funds from individuals' accounts to give away as Christmas donations ...