Hackers on Sunday claimed to have stolen 200GB of emails and credit card data from United States security think tank Stratfor, promising a weeklong Christmas-inspired assault on a long list of targets.
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Glenn Steven Mangham has pleaded guilty of hacking into Facebook. He faces five charges for repeatedly trying to penetrate the defenses of the social network and will be sentenced in February.
The video seems to hold fast to the group’s public goal of using digital and online mediums to expose what they declare are government and corporate wrongs.
What happens when the DC establishment tries to undersatnd one of the strangest beasts to emerge from the Internet’s murk?
Hacktivists with a virtual axe to grind got their fair share of the spotlight in 2011, most notably a group called LulzSec that managed to cause problems for organisations ranging from the CIA to Sony, thereby earning them a place in the top 10 influential.
Lulz Security computer hacker claims responsibility for the attacks on the governmental websites in Portugal, as a response to social inequalities and police brutality, Press TV reports.
According to the Philippines Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, they busted the four with the help of the FBI, which are connected to a Saudi-based terrorist group that caused almost $2 million in losses to AT&T. read more
This year saw a number of sensational instances when the Web sites of various government agencies and corporations were hacked, in what appeared to a series of cyber-wars, initiated by a group of hackers.