The "hacktivist" group Anonymous thrives on chaos and surprise, which makes their recent promise to schedule online attacks every Friday somewhat puzzling.
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'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 .
Hacker group Anonymous delivered another blow on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) by taking down the Web site of the Dayton Ohio Chapter of InfraGard Friday.
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DMandPenfold writes with a quote from an article in Computer World: NASDAQ and BATS saw their sites disrupted during the day on Monday and Tuesday respectively. The sites host company news and share price data, as well as vital information on live service status on the exchanges. It is understood, however, that while the websites were affected, the stock exchanges continued to trade as normal …
Hacker collective Anonymous has taken down a number of Web sites on Tuesday, including that of the Bahrain government and the U.S.
Hacker group Anonymous claimed responsibility for hacking the CIA’s website on Friday, which was the latest attack by the group on a U.S. federal agency
The Central Intelligence Agency website was brought down for several hours in what appeared to be a concerted attack by hackers.
Hackers claim responsibility for disabling the CIA website in an announcement on a Twitter feed under the banner of the Anonymous group.