Five members of Anonymous and an offshoot hacking group, including two Britons, have been charged in the United States with taking part in a computer hacking conspiracy, a US law enforcement official and reports said.
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The FBI may be having the "last lulz" today after arresting five top LulzSec members based on reports from one of the group's own.
Two men have been charged in Britain with hacking into Sony Music's computers and stealing music, the company and British police said Monday. A person familiar with the situation said the hackers had obtained unreleased Michael Jackson tracks.
LONDON – Two men have been charged in Britain with hacking into Sony Music's computers and stealing music, the company and British police said Monday.
The infamous hackers sought protection from online security service CloudFlare. The company's boss, Matthew Prince , reveals why
Anonymous defended WikiLeaks when it was facing a funding cutoff, but the release of the Stratfor emails appears to be the first direct collaboration between the hackers and the anti-secrecy site.
Hacker group joins forces with Occupy movement to urge citizens to vote out lawmakers, but also declares war on the government. Originally posted at InSecurity Complex
In the past decade, international conflict has expanded to include cyber warfare. Joshua E.
The "hacktivist" group Anonymous thrives on chaos and surprise, which makes their recent promise to schedule online attacks every Friday somewhat puzzling.
'Hacktivist' group Anonymous continued their weekly cyber-assault on the Federal Bureau of Investigation, nicknamed #F–KFBIFRIDAY, on Feb. 24, using a hack to temporarily replace the homepage of the Dayton, Ohio chapter of private FBI partner InfraGard .